Excursion Report

Order Description 1000 word Excursion report Purpose Assignment 2 requires you to plan, go out and report on a self-organised excursion and outline a series of integrated experiences that support student learning in History through an integration diagram (with links to other key learning areas such as Arts, English, Maths, PDHPE, Science and Technology). The purpose of the excursion is to unpack the critical significance of a local site and it?s socio-cultural history (consider the importance of encouraging children to explore the world and their place in it). Assignment 2 asks you to outline integrated learning experiences and cross curricular links, planning for diversity in the classroom through considering multiple ways of thinking, being, learning, teaching and doing with children. The assignment asks you to briefly address legislative requirements and policies relating to excursions (e.g. accessibility of excursion site for young children who experience disability and/or respecting Indigenous culture and knowledge in relation to local sites). Our expectation is that you will make informed decisions about your choice of excursion, based on consideration of the following objectives of this assignment: learning about and highlighting cultural, historical, social and physical diversity in your local context; thinking about how excursions can be used as a starting point for learning concepts related to history (e.g. shared heritage), citizenship society and diversity; consideration of factors related to safety. The main component of this is for you to investigate an excursion that children can go on and to make strong, justified links back to the History K-10 syllabus. You are asked to consider how history can be taught critically and through hands on research with children (e.g. by considering strategies for developing your own and children?s i) empathetic understandings, ii) sense of belonging, iii) shared heritage). Note: as this a REPORT, the use of subheadings is recommended. Requirements You are required to plan your excursion of any choice (some examples: NSW art gallery, botanical gardens, Museum, observatory) Your choice of excursion should give you background information / insights and / or resources that will enable you to begin planning a unit of study that is linked to one or more of the strands outlined in the History syllabus. Your report should include the following: 1. A description of the excursion site ? you may choose to include jottings, sketches, photographs and notes from your visit (in text or in an appendix) 2. A justification and rationale for your choice of excursion ? why did you choose this venue? What is its historical significance? 3. Consider what key socio-historical ideas you can unpack with children and what key questions you could ask them (remember to draw on readings and syllabus here, think about how you can engage children in thinking critically about key ideas) 4. Consider ideas on how you might use the excursion to plan a series of learning experiences for young children using an integration diagram to show crosscurricular links for these experiences (across KLA)(see appendix for examples of integration diagrams). Marking Criteria 1. Thoughtful description of the excursion site 2. Thoughtful justification and rationale for the choice of excursion 3. Demonstrated understanding of key socio-historical ideas to be unpacked with children. 4. Demonstrated understanding of ways to engage in ?hands-on? history with young children. 5. Strong links to the history syllabus 6. Demonstrated understandings of the practicalities associated with taking children on an excursion. 7. Thoughtful planning of learning experiences across the curriculum for young children through the use of an integration diagram. 8. Appropriate assignment layout and APA referencing- journal articles, peer reviewed, NSW syllabus