Welcome

=__**Welcome**__=

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====Australia is a relatively young country and was settled largely by convicts (although there were already Indigenous Australians living here). There have been many events led by various people over the last 200 years or so that have made Australia the country it is today. It is important for students to know the history of their own country, this will help them to feel a part of this country and have a willingness to make it a greater country in the future. ====

====This unit will focus on some of the persons who have made this country what it is today, it is written for a year 5 cohorts. Students will investigate some important Australians and their contributions and then choose two of these Australians to be placed on the $200 note that they will create themselves. ==== ====The unit is written to encompass two key learning areas and relates to the time, continuity and change strand in the SOSE essential learnings and constructing texts within the English essential learnings. ====

====The process of researching to create a new note for Australian currency will teach students research skills, justification of decisions based on evidence gathered and reflections skills within the real world context of Australian currency that they interact with regularly. ====

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