Support your Year 1 students in their learning of HASS: History, with the Families Over Time Assessment task.

Created to coincide with Year 1 History Australian Curriculum, this activity will provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the concepts related to family structures and roles and how they have changed or remained the same over time.

Students will compare family structures and family roles from the past with present day by recording their similarities and differences on the Families Over Time worksheet. To gain further information on each child’s understanding of the topic, teachers can ask students follow up questions as outlined on the Families Over Time Recording Sheet. Students will use picture prompts to assist them in describing how the size and structure of families and the roles of family members have changed or stayed the same over time.

Teachers can assess this task using the Families Over Time Assessment Rubric. A blank version of this document has also been included.

This activity is part of our Exploring the Past and Present History Unit.