Energy Then and Now

Energy Then and Now

Lesson 6 of 15 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Speaking
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • History
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • ...

Lesson summary

In this activity students compare how energy is used in their current world to how it was used in the past. They interview an older person about their energy use when they were the age of your student. This person should be at least as old as their parents or as old as their grandparents if possible.
NB: This activity must comply with your school’s privacy policies. Modify the activity if you need to. You may wish for students to contribute verbal rather than written findings.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • use oral skills to interview and gather information about past energy needs and consumption.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 History:

  • How the community has changed and remained the same over time and the role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community (ACHASSK063)
  • Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms (ACHASSI061)

Year 3 English:

  • Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according to the degree of formality in social situations (ACELA1476)

Year 4 History:

  • Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms (ACHASSI082)

Year 4 English:

  • Understand that social interactions influence the way people engage with ideas and respond to others for example when exploring and clarifying the ideas of others, summarising their own views and reporting them to a larger group (ACELA1488)

Syllabus Outcomes: EN2-1AHT2-, HT2-5.

Resources required

  • Printed interview sheets

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