Hawker Vans
Hawker Vans
In this program students develop historical thinking by exploring the important role of hawkers in early Australia.
This education program is based around the ‘Hawker Vans’ exhibition at the National Motor Museum. In the early twentieth century hawkers connected rural Australian towns with cities by carrying and selling goods such as clothing, kitchen utensils and lollies. The first hawkers travelled by foot, horse or camel, but with the introduction of motor vehicles hawkers were able to cover larger distances and carry heavier loads.
In a fun and hands on activity, students will look at historical objects as sold by hawkers and carry out a simulated journey where they prepare their vehicle for travel, load up their wares and then spruik their wares to the other students from a mini scale model hawker van.
Curriculum
Year 1
HASS
AC9HS1K02 – continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods
Year 2
HASS
AC9HS2K02 – how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways, they worked, travelled and communicated
Year 3
HASS
AC9HS3K01 – causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
Year 5
HASS
AC9HS5K03 – the role of a significant individual or group, including First Nations Australians and those who migrated to Australia, in the development of events in an Australian colony
AC9HS5K07 – how citizens (members of communities) with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal
AC9HS5K08 – types of resources, including natural, human and capital, and how they satisfy needs and wants
Booking Information
Years: 1, 2, 3, 5
Duration: 1 hour
Session times: 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm
Student pricing: $11.00
Equity student pricing – Government category 1-4, rural or regional schools: $8.00
Teacher/student ratio:
- 1:6 for Pre-school to Year 2
- 1:10 for Years 3 to 7
Teachers and supervisors attend free of charge at these ratios.
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