Differences and Similarities: A Toy Box Tale

What: Online
When: Terms 2 to 4, Monday to Friday
9:30am, 1:30pm
Duration: 45 minutes
Curriculum links & Accessibility
Year level: Years F to 2
Minmum student numbers: Minimum 20 students
Maximum student numbers: Maximum 90 students
Cost: Virtual Program
$90 per 30 students + booking fee
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Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

This interactive program based on the My grandmother's toy box storybook, provides a unique view of life in the past.

In this virtual history incursion for F-2 students, discover what toys can teach us about how people lived in the past.

Students will experience

Listen to an interactive, narrative story
Discuss features of objects
Ask historical questions
Identify similarities and differences between toys of the past and their own toys
Create a timeline together

Students will learn

About toys children played with in the past and how these have changed over time
That objects can give us clues about how people lived in the past
How their lives, toys and technology compare to the lives, toys and technology of children from the past
About continuity and change – how some things have changed and how some things have stayed the same
What is a timeline and how the chronological order of objects can show change

Students will need

Each student will require a timeline worksheet during the session. Teachers will be emailed this resource and will need to download and print a copy for every student.

Other key information

Additional resources will be provided for teachers to assist in consolidating student learning after the session.

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Victorian Curriculum links

History: Foundation to Level 2

the stories of family and close connections, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other
VC2HH2K01
differences and similarities between students’ daily lives and how these have changed or remained the same over time
VC2HH2K03
ask historical questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present
VC2HH2S01
sequence events chronologically
VC2HH2S02
identify the features and content of sources
VC2HH2S03
identify examples of continuity and change by comparing the past and present
VC2HH2S05
identify the causes and consequences of changes
VC2HH2S06
create a chronological account of events using historical terms and information from sources
VC2HH2S08

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