Description
This bundle includes the following:
– Year 1 – Features of Places
– Year 2 – History of Technology
– Year 2 – Local Landmarks
– Year 2 – Connections to Place
– BONUS – Year 1 and Year 2 HASS Yearly Overview (so you can see at a glance our suggested timing in delivering each unit)
Geography:
– The natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for (ACHASSK031)
– The weather and seasons of places and the ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, describe them (ACHASSK032)
– Activities in the local place and reasons for their location (ACHASSK033)
These activities, powerpoints and posters compliment all the following Australian Curriculum Year 2 HASS content descriptors:
History
– How changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past) (ACHASSK046)
–Â The history of a significant person, building, site and/or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past (ACHASSK044)
– The importance today of a historical site of cultural or spiritual significance in the local area, and why it should be preserved (ACHASSK045)
Geography
– The way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions (ACHASSK047)
– The idea that places are parts of Earth’s surface that have been named by people, and how places can be defined at a variety of scales (ACHASSK048)
– The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place (ACHASSK049)
– The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world (ACHASSK050)
– The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places (ACHASSK051)
Term 1 – Local Landmarks
– Our Local Area – What are landmarks? – Our Local Landmarks – Famous Historical Figures (from our local area) – Local Area Historical Walk (excursion booklet provided)
– Our #1 Local Landmark
Term 2 – History of Technology
– What is Technology? – History of Technology: Timeline – Technology Changes: Home, Communication, Transport, Play – History of Toys – Traditional Aboriginal Toys
– Toy Invention (optional extra)
Term 3 – Features of Places
– Representing features of places in Aboriginal Paintings – Features of Places: Managed, Natural and Constructed – Identifying Features on a Map – Mapping Conventions – Representing Features Using Symbols – Caring for Spaces
Term 4 – Connections to Place
– Special Places – Indigenous Connections to Place – Dreamtime Stories – My Connections Around Australia – My Holidays – We are all connected
If you liked the look of this resource, you may also like these:
– Foundation Australian Curriculum Yearly Health Bundle
– Year 1/2 Australian Curriculum Yearly Health Bundle
– Foundation and Year 1 Science Units
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Mel
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