Unit+Objectives

Unit Objectives  From Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS): **Learning Focus** The Humanities – HISTORY - level 4:

Students apply their understanding of culture by investigating the history of [Nepal]. They will consider how the [Nepalese society] is organised, how they express their beliefs and make meaning of their world. They investigate significant people and events in [Nepal’s] recent history and learn about daily life, religious traditions, customs and governance. They learn about links between [Nepal] and Australia, develop ideas about Eastern and Western traditions, and about the values that are important to other societies and their own. Students use a range of written, visual, oral and electronic sources to study the past. With support, they frame research questions and plan their own inquiries using historical language and concepts such as time, sequence, chronology, continuity, change, culture and, tradition. They begin to question sources and make judgments about the viewpoints being expressed, the completeness of the evidence, and the values represented. They learn to develop explanations in a range of forms such as timelines, oral presentations, posters, multimedia presentations, reports and narratives.

They compare and contrast the values and beliefs of Australians and people of other cultures. They compare aspects of different cultures and countries, in both the past and present, and ask questions about their own society. They sequence events and describe their significance in bringing about particular developments.

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This unit was developed by Nicole Lewis, Amanda McGregor and Jason Horton