YEAR/SUBJECT: DEPTH STUDY: Australians at War TOPIC: The Pacific Theatre LESSON: 10

9 History
LESSON FOCUS (CONTENT): -Analyze how the pacific CONCEPTS SKILLS
theatre developed. Through the beginnings of Japanese Continuity and Comprehension: Chronology, Terms & Concepts
attacks to the dropping of the atomic bombs. Change Analysis and Use of Sources
Cause and Effect Perspectives and Interpretations
Understand the timeframe and points of crucial parts of the Perspectives Empathetic Understanding
pacific theatre. Empathetic Research
Understanding Explanation and Communication
Significance
Contestability

OUTCOMES STRATEGIES | LEARNING & TEACHING ACTIVITIES RESOURCES RATIONALE

HT4-6: uses Place the students in the pacific, state how the European war was Word doc- Go ENGAGE: Engage the students
relevant ending, the Pacific was still going. Introduce how the Japanese had through with by placing them in the pacific.
evidence from been aggressive within Asia and this eventually caused conflict. How students but not Use narrative to detail the
sources to Japan wished to create an empire in Asia and saw the USA as a threat. write it down. events.
support
historical EXPLORE: Explore the students
Give students a worksheet with the name of several key events in the Worksheet, only
narratives, knowledge by questioning.
pacific theatre. Ask them to use the laptops to gain information to make having the names of
explanations Further their understand by
a timeline. Put an exemplar on the board to show students how to pacific events.
and analyses questioning.
approach the task.
of the modern
world and
Australia. Get students to add more information such as the location, what Present a version of EXPLAIN: Explain the concepts
happened during the battle and its significance to the timeline. (do this the task that is and ideas through learning
while creating/researching the timeline) completed (On maps.
HT5-2: African Campaign)
sequences and as a learning map.
explains the
significant Go through each event in order. Ask students to go through the order ELABORATE: Go through the
patterns of with the students via class discussion, asking them the details of the events and ask students to dive
continuity and events. deeper into the ideas.
change in the
development of
the modern Give students an understanding of how the pacific theatre had many https://www.youtube.com/ EVALUATE: Evaluate the lesson
world and civilian deaths, not only from the A bombs, but the fire bombings of watch?v=ZdAvWfVD5Fk by questioning how the warfare
Australia Tokyo (video on the firebombing). Relate this to the community in the pacific was, in terms of
viewpoint of not being violent and caring about other people. how horrific it was for both
HT5-7:explains sides.
different
contexts,
perspectives
and
interpretations
of the modern
world and
Australia