Description
Engage your students as they explore their connections in and around Australia with this unit designed to compliment the Year 2 Australian Geography curriculum (version 8.4 and 9.0). Highly engaging, this unit includes printable activity sheets, a classroom poster, multiple student assessment opportunities and a unit plan to guide your teaching sequence. This unit is a great way to engage your students interests in the topic as well as expand their knowledge on their connection to our country as well as that of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
PLEASE NOTE: this unit has been updated to comply with the new Australian Curriculum 9.0 standards. The old version (version 8.4) is also still included in this bundle for now while schools make the transition to the new curriculum.
This bundle includes the following:
– Unit Plan
– Activity Bundle – some activities may require the internet if you wish to extend your student’s knowledge and understanding of the topic.
– Classroom Posters – Bulletin board header, maps
– Assessment Rubric – version 9.0 unit only
– Unit Plan
– Activity Bundle – some activities may require the internet if you wish to extend your student’s knowledge and understanding of the topic.
– Classroom Posters – Bulletin board header, maps
– Assessment Rubric – version 9.0 unit only
This bundle compliments the following Year 2 Australian Geography Curriculum content descriptors:
Version 9.0
– How places can be spatially represented in geographical divisions from local to regional to state/territory, and how people and places are interconnected across those scales AC9HS2K03
– The interconnections of First Nations Australians to a local Country/Place AC9HS2K04
Version 8.4
– 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)
Topics covered in this unit include:
– Special Places
– Welcome to Country
– Indigenous Connections to Place
– Dreamtime Stories
– Where I Live
– My Community
– Indigenous Connections to Place
– Dreamtime Stories
– Where I Live
– My Community
– My Community and Beyond
– Assessment: Me on the Map
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FAQ
Can I share this resources with my teaching partner?
No. This product is for personal use only. Multiple licences are available for use among more than one person.
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