HASS - Year 2

Architecture

• Our collection of Post-War Homewares (1946-1969) includes images demonstrating the revolution in homewares and furnishings following World War II, objects that would have been familiar to students grandparents' childhood, but might be unfamiliar to today's year 2 student.  

Events

• Our growing collection of Events can be used to illustrate changes in the way we have celebrated and commemorated events as a community over time

Map Search

• Use the Picture Ipswich Map Search to locate images of a street or locality familiar to students, this could be around the school or the street where they live

Places

• Picture Ipswich's Places collection hub features collections from all Ipswich suburbs and localities 
• As a class, explore content from images, written histories, videos, oral histories and more from your area
• If your area or school is underrepresented, students could identify what is missing and help us to fill in the gaps by contributing photos

School Activity Sheets

• Historical Places: Students are introduced to local historical places. Claremont House shares a story about its past with the Panton and Thorn families. Students compare objects and activities of the past with those they are familiar with today.
• Cunningham's Hill and Our Convict Past: Students are introduced to Cunningham's Knoll and Ipswich's convict history.
• Unemployed Work on Cunningham's Knoll: During the 1930s Great Depression, unemployed workers were paid by the government to build roads and beautify towns and cites, with work carried out at Cunningham's Knoll.
• Let's Talk About Roderick Street: Students explore Roderick Street, exploring the houses of the street and the old Ipswich Courthouse.
• Let's Talk About Nicholas Street: Students' looking at an image of Nicholas Street taken c.1919-1920, and responding to questions.
• View from the Post Office Clock Tower: Students view an image taken from the Post Office Clock Tower and respond to a series of questions, based on what they can see in the image.
• Convicts and Early Settlement: Unit 2 of The Ipswich Heritage Education Kit.This unit covers:the European settlement of Limestone Hills - which would become Ipswich - the establishment of The Plough Station and the Lime Kiln, the clothing of soldiers and convicts, the stories of six Ipswich convicts, travel on the Bremer River, and the explorers and surveyors of Moreton Bay.

Sites of Significance 

• Our Queensland Heritage Register collection features examples of architecture, places of worship, schools, and other places in Ipswich listed on the State Heritage Register

These are just a few examples of how you could use Picture Ipswich in year 2 History classes.  If you have further suggestions, please add them as a Recollection on this page.