In Bobby’s Footsteps was developed with the Australian Curriculum in mind. Text, images and audio interviews with older Battery Point residents may be useful as teaching resources across a number of curriculum areas. This resource is relevant to many aspects of the primary and secondary school curricula. We have highlighted specific applications for grades 3–4.
Text/audio/images about childhood/daily life from living Battery Point residents
Year 1: Differences and similarities between students’ daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications.
Year 2: The impact of changing technology on people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated, and played in the past).
Year 3: ONE important example of change and ONE important example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory; for example, in relation to the areas of transport, work, education, natural and built environments, entertainment, daily life.
Text/images about significant early local/Tasmanian people
Year 2: The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past.
Year 3: The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community.
Year 5: The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony; for example, explorers, farmers, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, humanitarians, religious and political leaders, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander peoples.
Text/images which show the development of the area over time or a stage in that development
Year 3: ONE important example of change and ONE important example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory; for example, in relation to the areas of transport, work, education, natural and built environments, entertainment, daily life.
Year 5 (19th century only): The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples) and how the environment changed.
Text/images about significant buildings in the 19th century only
Year 5: The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait islander peoples) and how the environment changed.
Text/images about significant buildings in the 19th century and 20th century
Year 2: The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past.
Year 2: The importance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual significance; for example, a community building, a landmark, a war memorial.
Year 3: ONE important example of change and ONE important example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory; for example, in relation to the areas of transport, work, education, natural and built environments, entertainment, daily life.
Maps that show Battery Point at a particular point in time
Year 2: The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past.
Year 2: The importance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual significance; for example, a community building, a landmark, a war memorial.
Year 3: ONE important example of change and ONE important example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory; for example, in relation to the areas of transport, work, education, natural and built environments, entertainment, daily life.
Year 5 (19th century only): The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait islander peoples) and how the environment changed.