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What can photos from the past tell us?
What can photos from the past tell us?
Learning intention – We are examining old photographs to learn about the past.
Success criteria – We can describe what we see in a photograph and state ideas about its setting and purpose.
Photos of students in the past
Photos of students in the past
View the photographs below or in the See-Think-Wonder slides.
Answer the See-Think-Wonder questions for at least two of the photos.
You could work in Jigsaw groups. Examine one photo each and share your work.
(See-Think-Wonder Google Slides template adapted from NSW Department of Education Digital Learning Selector - Thinking Skills)
See
See
What do you notice first?
What people and objects can you see?
What is in the surroundings?
Think
Think
What do you think is happening in the photo?
What can you learn from the photo?
Why do you think this photo was taken?
Wonder
Wonder
What do you wonder about the photo?
School students travelling by horse-drawn cart to Bermagui Public School, 1920NSW State Archives on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions.
Students from Coreinbob Public School, probably brothers, travelling to school on their pony, 1920NSW State Archives on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions.
Infants students from Blackfriars Public School in the playground saluting the flag, 1923NSW State Archives on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions.
Fernleigh Public School playground, circa 1959NSW Schoolhouse Museum collection
Young students holding dumb bells, Hanleyville Public School, 1900. Dumb bells were used in exercise drills and routines.NSW State Archives on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions.
Class 2A Botany Public School, 1925. Teacher Mr Davies. NSW State Archives on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions.
2nd Class students in their classroom, Cootamundra Public School, 1933NSW State Archives on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions.
Croydon Park Public School road safety team, 1936. The pole was held across the road to stop vehicles so students could cross.NSW State Archives on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions.
Step into the photo
Step into the photo
In groups, choose a photograph from above or a school photo from your school's past.
What costumes and props do you need to recreate the photo?
Copy the poses of the students in the photo.
Take a photo and check it looks the same.
What might have been happening just before the photo was taken? Act it out.
Hot seat
Hot seat
Individually or in pairs:
Choose one or two students from one of the photographs.
Imagine the person's name and age.
Pretend to be the person – what are they doing, seeing, hearing, feeling, thinking?
Invite the audience to ask questions to find out about the person.
1943 aerial photographs
1943 aerial photographs
Use SIX Maps to examine your school and local area in 1943.
It was wartime then and aerial photographs were taken of all of Greater Sydney.
How to view the 1943 imagery:
Open SIX Maps
Type your school name into the search bar (top left)
Zoom into your school
Select Basemaps (top right)
Select 'Looking for 1943 or other imagery'
Use the lever to move between the current and 1943 imagery.
On the current image of North Ryde Public School we can see the outline in the grass of where a big house was in 1943!
What can you discover about your school and local area?
Aerial photograph of North Ryde Public School, 1943. SIX Maps. Spatial Services, NSW Government
The only school buildings in 1943 are the four rooms of what is now the Schoolhouse Museum. The 1877 teacher's house is on the left. The old St John's Church is on the right.
North Ryde was farmland in 1943. Can you see the orchard?
The only school buildings in 1943 are the four rooms of what is now the Schoolhouse Museum. The 1877 teacher's house is on the left. The old St John's Church is on the right.
North Ryde was farmland in 1943. Can you see the orchard?
Banner image – North Ryde Public School, 3rd and 4th Class, 1918
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