Last week the 1-2 class went on an excursion to the East Coast Heritage Museum to supoport our learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences curriculum. We are part-way through an investigation into continuity and change through decades and centuries.

We are considering how everyday life has changed over time, with a particular focus on how changes in technology make our lives different from the lives of people in times past. 

At the museum we saw so many old artefacts! Each student chose an artefact of interest. They drew it and recorded an interesting fact about it.

Back at the classroom we have been finding out more about some of these artefacts. We are now exploring how these artefacts can help us understand how life is different now from in the past. 

Here are a few photos that show what captured our interest and a selection of comments that show our thinking and discussions so far...

The paperbark boat

Carlix: The boat is made of paperbark. It is for transporting people and things. It is easier than swimming.

Benji: The canoe is pushed along by people. A new one would have a motor.

Max: It would take 20 minutes to get to Coles Bay in the motorboat but it would take two days in the canoe.

The harpoon

Abbey: It was used for shooting whales. Today we go spear-fishing.

Lincoln: There aren't very many whales left any more.

Carlix: We can still see whales around. I've seen one in Bicheno.

The encyclopaedia

Molly: It is an information book.

Piper: It's about lots of stuff.

Max: There are 25 of them.

Molly: Today we would use a phone and the internet [to look things up]