She began writing fulltime in 1976 and has written numerous awardwinning picture books, novels, and works of history for children and adults. Worksheets are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence structure. Focusing on video clips and associated stills, the teaching activities reflect and support the australian curriculum objectives for studies in. My place by nadia wheatley, illustrated by donna rawlins, everyone is part of history, and every place has a story as old as the. It depicts the history of one particular piece of land in sydney from 1788 to 1988 through the stories of the various children who have lived there. This unit is integrated to include ongoing english outcomes. My place picture book, teaching history, books australia. This document contains eight worksheets for students and five answer sheets for the teacher. This video is a readthrough of the book, and is intended for educational purposes only, in flipped primary class. Starting from 1988 the individual little stories go back in time dating back to 1788.
With each turn of the page, a new story begins in a new decade, all taking place. Behind the scenes information including interviews with nadia wheatley writer and penny. The making of my place information includes interviews and chapter readings with author nadia wheatley, interviews with tv series producer penny chapman, as well as production information and materials, including poster designs, cast and crew lists, press kit and details about the my place. These activities use resources from the website my place for teachers, which is the. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. Nadia wheatley began writing fulltime in 1976, after completing postgraduate work in australian history. A twentieth anniversary edition was released in 2008.
Ask children to justify their selections what things have changed. Have students go to the libraryuse the internet to research about australian history using the following questions as a guide. How does knowing about each other, our families our culture, our neighbourhoods, our celebrations and our places help us to. This pack for years 3 6 is designed to use for literacy rotations, contract activities, extension work, group work, individual work or fast finishing activities.
Each page demonstrates what the homes looked like and a map of the area in which the house is positioned. About the author 2008 nadia wheatley is an australian writer, born on april 30, 1949 in sydney, new south wales, australia. Students completed a series of activities associated with a teacherled reading and discussion of my place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. Their final composition will consist of a number of multimodal texts that they have created and arranged into a cohesive digital story to share with others. My place for teachers teaching resource external websites. My place by nadia wheatley, illustrated by donna rawlins, everyone is part of history, and every place has a story as old as the earth. Be sure to visit this beautiful interactive website based on my place by nadia wheatley. The making of my place information includes interviews and chapter readings with author nadia wheatley, interviews with tv series producer penny chapman, as well as production information and materials, including poster designs, cast and crew lists, press kit and details about the my place websites. Students can present their findings in the form of a poster or dot point answers. In this section you will find more than 40 teaching activities and 20 video clips, taken from my place series 1 and 2. My place tells the story of one location in sydney over a period of 240 years, providing useful material for the outcomes and subject matter related to ccs2. My place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins picture book. This blooms and gardner grid is based on the book my place by nadia wheatley.
A 3 minute video showcasing a selected english text my place by nadia wheatley for use with primary aged children for intercultural understanding. Wheatley displaying top 8 worksheets found for this concept some of the worksheets for this concept are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence. Work samples humanities and social sciences year 3 satisfactory my place. Find my place nadia wheatley lesson plans and teaching resources. Rss feed all images on this website are creative commons except where otherwise stated. Some of the worksheets displayed are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence structure. Buy a discounted big book of my place online from australias leading online bookstore. The site offers teaching ideas based on scenes from the program with links to timelines, worksheets, activities, and further resources. Dont copy the questions, but answer each one in a full sentence, so that you end up with 10 facts. Work samples my place at the australian curriculum. The teaching activities were written for years 34 and years 56, though many teachers of higher grades will find ideas that they can adapt for their class. In 2010, the abc produced a part television series based on my place. Students completed a venn diagram to record similarities and differences between known.
Some of the worksheets for this concept are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence structure. Short video clips from the my place episodes covering 1788 to 2008. Ive mentioned nadia wheatley and donna rawlins wonderful book my place 1987 a number of times on this blog. We are also going to look at film clips from the my place television series that was made about the book. My place by nadia wheatley teaching history, picture book. This term our program will be based on the australian childrens classic my place, written by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. Copies of maps from each decade objective b a student. This resource is a fourteen page pdf document with activities to do based on the book my place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins.
My place was the 1988 childrens book council of australia childrens book of the year award for younger readers. On this website you will find rich educational material to support primary and lowersecondary teachers using the my place tv series in the classroom. My place by nadia wheatley is such a rich text that supports so many aspects of the hass curriculum across australia. She writes for adults as well as for children and her. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Book publishers teachers notes by nadia wheatley going. At a time when australian history was regarded by many as an account of two hundred years of white british settlement, my place firmly positioned the first australians as the beginning and end of the tale, and also showcased the way in.
Explore background information, aligned with the my place stories, on events and people significant to australias history. Donna rawlins depicts life in australia at different times in its development by viewing one place in different years while moving backwards from 1988 to. Unit of work for year 3 and 4 by alexander wharton on my place by nadia wheatley. In this unit, we are going to look at the book my place, written by nadia wheatley. Teaching activities the teaching activities provide suggested teaching strategies to support the use of the my place tv series in the classroom. Worksheet study illustrations for objects, clothing etc that depict the era, eg the hills hoist patented in 1958.
Unit outline focus of the unit involves the study of my place by nadia wheatley, to allow students to better understand the effect the developing world has had, and how the world has changed significantly since the colonisation of australia. Nsw english syllabus literacy continuum bostes suggested book list. Short video clips from the my place episodes covering 1788 to 2008 can be downloaded for viewing. From the moment it was first published, my place was greeted with delight by adults as well as young readers. A worksheet to help with any aboriginal artdesign project. Booktopia has my place, big book paperback by nadia wheatley. This little book reveals a series of stories about the history of children in australia. These activities use resources from the website my place for teachers, which is the companion site for the my place series, based on the book by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. All big house big tree my place nadia wheatley sydney park tempe. Visiting the real place in my place trevor cairney. Reflecting the indigenous principles of learning that nadia wheatley experienced while working in the aboriginal community of papunya nt, this workshop will engage you in a way of learning that has country at.
My place series, based on the book by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. There is an accompanying book, making my place by nadia wheatley which features interviews with cast and crew and a selection of onset photographs. This resource encourages students to engage deeply with the text and the revolving cast of characters as they practice the reading strategy of summarising. Chris frasers literacy work for programming woodlands literacy zone. This video is part one in a unit based around the book my place by nadia wheatley. Education australia has other resources available for purchase. This video is a readthrough of the book, and is intended for educational purposes only. My dad does yoga by phillip gwynne and andrew joyner my fathers islands by cristobel mattingley my gallipoli by ruth starke and robert hannaford my happy life by rose lagercrantz and eva eriksson my hippopotamus is on our caravan roof getting sunburnt by hazel edwards my life and other stuff i made up by tristan bancks my place by nadia wheatley. Each week, we will be focusing on a different time period. After examining several chapters of nadia wheatley s my place, s tudents will use a range of apps on their ipads to tell their own stories. Download clips and stills from the tv series, as well as teaching activities and. Study of a local environment curious creative minds. Well discuss the changes that have happened over time.
Multiculturalism the australian childrens diversity. My place, the classic australian picture book, is a time machine which takes the. Looking at the book my place by nadia wheatley the students will be able to see the impact over time that we have had on the natural. In response to my second post my daughter nicole read the book again to her three children jacob, rebecca and elsie. My place by nadia wheatley is a very popular australian childrens book that follows the lives, technology and cultural events that changed the way australians live for for 20,000 years. My place interactive site for teachers and students. My place for teachers is an exciting source of rich educational materials designed to support teachers in exploring issues and contexts presented in my place based on the childrens book my place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins, along with the recently launched television series, the my place for teachers interactive website provides. I used it as an example in my post on sense of place in literature and also focused on it as a book to read to children in a post on australia day this year.
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