Stage 2 HSIE Unit 7 – The Sydney Cove Penal Settlement – Lesson Slides
Stage 2 HSIE Unit 7 – The Sydney Cove Penal Settlement – Lesson Slides
- 346 student-facing slides
- All 16 lessons plus 4 consolidation activities
- Non-editable PowerPoint (.pptx)
- Instant digital download
- Requires the supporting Stage 2 HSIE Unit 7 lesson plans
What you receive
1 non-editable PowerPoint file (.pptx), delivered as one file
346 classroom-ready slides across all 16 lessons plus 4 optional consolidation activities
Stage 2 / Years 3 and 4 – history content on the First Fleet and the Sydney Cove penal settlement
What you need
Access to the Stage 2 HSIE Unit 7 lesson plans — this PowerPoint supports their delivery and does not replace the teaching guidance, lesson notes or printed resources.
PowerPoint to open and display the file.
An internet connection for embedded videos and source links.
Please note: this is a teaching resource and is not an official NESA product.
File details
1 non-editable PowerPoint file (.pptx) — designed for projecting
346 slides across the full unit, delivered as one file
Digital download only
Internet connection required for embedded video and webpage links
How downloading works
Everything is a digital download — nothing is posted. As soon as your order is complete, you'll receive an email with a secure download link, and the same link appears on your order confirmation page. Download your file, save it somewhere you'll find it again, and you're ready to teach.
Frequently asked questions
How do I receive my resource?
Instantly. The moment your order is complete, you'll get an email with a download link, and it also appears on your order confirmation page.
Can I use these on an interactive whiteboard?
Absolutely — many of our lesson slides are made exactly for whole-class display and explicit teaching.
Can I share a resource with my colleagues?
Your purchase is licensed for use in your own classroom. If a colleague would like to use it too, please point them our way to grab their own copy.
Licence and permitted use
Your purchase includes a single-classroom licence. You may display the resource in your classroom, print copies for your own students, and use it for as many years as you teach.
Resources may not be shared, sold, sub-licensed, emailed to colleagues, uploaded to any public or school-wide server, or posted anywhere others can download them. If your team would like to use a resource, additional licences are very welcome.
About this resource
Teach the whole story of the First Fleet and the Sydney Cove penal settlement straight from the screen — 16 no-prep lessons, ready to project.
Overview
This is a complete, student-facing PowerPoint for NSW HSIE Stage 2 Unit 7. It covers all 16 lessons plus 4 optional consolidation activities across 346 classroom-ready slides, so you can open it, project it and teach — no printing, no planning lost to setup.
Students follow the early colony from the ground up: founding the settlement at Sydney Cove, the initial contact between Aboriginal Peoples and the British, the lives of Arabanoo, Patyegarang, Nanberry, Bennelong and Colebee, convict and marine life, law and order, food and survival, and the leadership and conflict that shaped the colony through to the Rum Rebellion. Throughout, students use journals, maps, artworks and objects as sources of evidence to build narratives of the past. Every lesson runs on a clear I Do · We Do · You Do flow with learning intentions, key vocabulary, discussion prompts and challenge tasks.
The 16 lessons cover
- Establishing a settlement
- Initial contact
- Arabanoo and Patyegarang
- Convict life
- Nanberry
- Bennelong and Colebee
- Law and order
- Life of the marines
- Food and water for the settlement
- Objects and sites as evidence
- Settlers
- Life in the settlement
- Leading the settlement
- Conflict in the settlement
- Bennelong
- Research and recount
Each lesson includes
- Learning intentions and success criteria
- Key historical vocabulary
- Primary sources — journals, maps, orders and artworks
- Explicit teaching slides with think-about prompts
- Discussion questions and think-pair-share routines
- A challenge task to extend thinking
- A concluding reflection
- An optional assessment task
Perfect for
- Stage 2 HSIE, Years 3 and 4
- First Fleet, convicts and colonial Australia units
- Whole-class explicit teaching on the smartboard
- History and sources-as-evidence lessons
- No-prep lessons and relief or casual cover
- Building a consistent, sequenced unit across a term
Please note
- You will need access to the Stage 2 HSIE Unit 7 lesson plans to teach the unit — this PowerPoint supports their delivery and does not replace the teaching guidance, lesson notes or printed resources
- The slides are designed to be projected and every image is locked in place, so the file is not editable
- Some slides include embedded videos and source links that require an internet connection
- This is a teaching resource and is not an official NESA product
File details
- PowerPoint (.pptx), 346 slides across the full unit
- Delivered as one file — all 16 lessons and the optional consolidation activities together
- Not editable — designed for projecting
- Stage 2 · Years 3–4
- Digital download
- Internet connection required for embedded video and webpage links
Everything you need to teach the Sydney Cove penal settlement is ready to go — one consistent, sequenced unit that saves you hours of planning and preparation.