Recognise the connections between Indigenous Australian languages and our everyday language in Australia.

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Curriculum content descriptions

AC9HS2K04

The interconnections of First Nations Australians to a local Country/Place


AC9HS2K03

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


AC9HS2S01

Develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present


AC9HS2S02

Collect, sort and record information and data from observations and from sources provided, including unscaled timelines and labelled maps or models


AC9HS2S03

Interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present


AC9HS2S04

Discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events


AC9HS2S05

Draw conclusions and make proposals


AC9HS2S06

Develop narratives and share observations, using sources, and subject-specific terms


ACHASSK047

The way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions


VCGGK063

Representation of the location of places and their features on maps and models, including a globe, and the location of the major geographical divisions of the world in relation to Australia


GE1-1

Describes features of places and the connections people have with places


GE1-3

Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry


ACHASSK048

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


VCGGK064

Definition of places as parts of the Earth’s surface that have been given meaning by people, and how places can be defined at a variety of scales


ACHASSK050

The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world


VCGGK065

Connections of people in Australia to other places in Australia and across the world


ACHASSK051

The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places


VCGGK070

Activities in the local place and reasons for their location, and the influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places


VCGGC058

Describe and explain where places and activities are located


ACHASSK049

The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place


VCGGK066

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Country/Place on which the school is located and why Country/Place is important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the ways in which they maintain special connections to particular Country/Place


GE1-2

Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places


VCGGC057

Identify and describe the features of places at a local scale and how they change, recognising that people describe the features of places differently


ACHASSI034

Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events


HT1-4

Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication


ACHASSI035

Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided


VCGGC088

Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and secondary sources, using ethical protocols


ACHASSI036

Sort and record information and data, including location, in tables and on plans and labelled maps


VCGGC061

Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps


ACHASSI037

Sequence familiar objects and events


VCGGC060

Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources


ACHASSI040

Interpret data and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps


VCGGC062

Interpret data and information to draw conclusions and describe the direction and location of places, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far


ACHASSI039

Compare objects from the past with those from the present and consider how places have changed over time


ACHASSI038

Explore a point of view


VCHHC054

Identify the content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places or events


ACHASSI041

Draw simple conclusions based on discussions, observations and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps


ACHASSI042

Reflect on learning to propose how to care for places and sites that are important or significant


ACHASSI043

Present narratives, information and findings in oral, graphic and written forms using simple terms to denote the passing of time and to describe direction and location