This unit includes everything you need to teach a Technology Over Time unit for Year 2 HASS for the entire term! Paired with my Importance of the Past unit, you can tick off all your History planning.
 
Through this unit, students explore how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways they worked, travelled and communicated. Note: This unit also includes optional First Nations Perspectives slides throughout.
 
|| Updated 2025 to reflect V9 changes||
 
What's included?
Technology Over Time HASS PowerPoint
200 slides.
Vocabulary loading slides.
Lesson aligned slides with warm-ups, content and conclusions.
Hyperlinked contents.
Bonus templates.
Assessment and rubric.
 
10 x Detailed Lesson Plans
• 60+ pages of activities and lessons.
• Learning intentions.
• Detailed steps.
• Resource lists.
• Activities with flexible options.
• Assessment rubric.
• Cover pages.
 
Lesson Outline
Lesson 1: Tech Times - Recognise how technology has changed over time.
Lesson 2: Technology at Home - Explain how technology around the home has changed.
Lesson 3: Time to Relax - Explore how leisure activities from the past have changed.
Lesson 4: Play Back Then - Recreate an old fashioned toy and explore how toys from the past reflect changes to leisure time.
Lesson 5: Travelling Technology - Order modes of transport on a timeline.
Lesson 6: Talking with Tech - Investigate how communication has changed over time.
Lesson 7: Munchin’ on the Past - Interview an older person and compare how shopping for food and goods has changed through time.
Lesson 8: Old School Rules - Identify school rules in the past that don’t apply in the present.
Lesson 9: World of Tech - Design a new piece of technology to solve a problem.
Lesson 10: Changes through the Ages (assessment) - Describe how technology has changed the way we live.
 
This unit has recently been revised and updated to align with the Australian V9 curriculum, however, is still relevant for the V8 curriculum.