Year 1 HASS - Time Mini Unit- WA Curriculum

This Australian Curriculum Year 1 HASS mini unit is a complete 4‑lesson program that helps students explore how the past, present and future are represented through time‑related terms, dates, and personally significant events. Designed to save teachers hours of planning, this unit delivers clear, engaging, hands‑on learning experiences that build foundational historical understanding.

With an editable planner, editable PowerPoint, editable learning intentions/success criteria, and an editable grading guide, you get the structure and flexibility you need - while all worksheets and lesson resources are provided as ready‑to‑use, non‑editable files.

✨ What Makes This Mini Unit Exceptional

✔️ Editable Planner

A clean, succinct planner outlining each lesson in simple, teacher‑friendly steps. Includes Australian Curriculum links, resources needed, and cooperative learning strategies. Fully editable so you can adapt it to your class and timetable.

✔️ Editable PowerPoint for Every Lesson

A matching PowerPoint guides students through key ideas with:

• Learning intentions & success criteria
• Discussion prompts
• Visuals and examples
• Worksheets and answer keys displayed at the right moment

Ideal for Smartboards and TVs — and optional if you prefer to minimise screen time.

✔️ Worksheets, Posters & Lesson Resources (Non‑Editable)

All resources are provided as separate, ready‑to‑print files. No giant PDFs, no scrolling, no searching. Everything is organised and easy to access.

✔️ Editable Grading Guide

A huge time‑saver during reporting. Shows what A–E looks like using tasks from the unit, aligned directly to the Year 1 HASS Achievement Standard.

✔️ Engaging, Hands‑On Learning

Lessons use a wide range of strategies including Think‑Pair‑Share, Gallery Walk, Card Cluster, Brainstorming, Community Circle, Modelling, and Flow Charts. Students stay active, reflective, and connected to the content.

📘 What Students Will Learn

Across four lessons, students will:

• Define past, present and future and identify examples of each.
• Sort time‑related terms into past, present and future categories.
• Recognise dates of personal significance, such as birthdays and special events.
• Create simple timelines showing changes and milestones in their own lives.
• Understand that people experience different significant events, influenced by culture, traditions and personal history.

📦 What’s Included

• Editable Planner (3 pages)
• Editable PowerPoint Presentation
• Worksheets, posters & answer keys (non‑editable)
• Editable grading guide
• Editable learning intentions & success criteria

🎯 WA Curriculum Aligned:

History

How the present, past and future are represented by terms indicating time as well as by dates and changes that may have personal significance.

Inquiry Skills

• Reflect on current understanding of a topic.
• Pose and respond to reflective questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present.
• Locate information from a variety of provided sources.
• Sort and record selected information and/or data.
• Process information and/or data collected.
• Explore and discuss points of view.
• Draw conclusions based on information and/or data.
• Participate in decision‑making processes.
• Present findings in a range of communication forms using relevant terms.
• Reflect on learning and respond to findings.

*This unit shares overlap with the Family and Time unit I used to have available for version 8.4 of the curriculum. If you have that unit, you could modify it to use for this outcome rather than buying a new unit."

→ Only the planner, PowerPoint, grading guide, and learning intentions/success criteria are editable. All other resources are provided as ready‑to‑use files.