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I found an inquiry unit titled: 1788 Was life the same for everyone? It is quite an extensive unit that would be more appropriate as a collaboration between the class teacher and the teacher librarian (TL). It contains various links to resources, suggestions for questioning and links to online learning tools.
I think the unit is quite difficult for a year 4 level and I would only attempt it if the class were already experienced in guided inquiry methods and learning tools. What I do like is the deep focus on various texts throughout the unit to explicitly give students focus on the topic. The unit explores a range of text tools to create meaning. It is a very thorough unit and you do need to have multiple copies of the text Nanberry by Jackie French.
NSW Department of Education. Scootle. (2019). 1788: Was life the same for everyone? Retrieved from http://e4ac.edu.au/units/year-4/index.html
