This set of 8 information worksheets are a terrific way to teach your students some interesting information about their home state or territory. Each sheet contains a series of facts about the state, as well as a map for students to identify the location of their state within Australia. Students will then answer a series of questions and label some features and places on the map of their state.
Print off the sheet relevant to the state/territory your school is located in.
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
Discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events
Collect, sort and record information and data from observations and from sources provided, including unscaled timelines and labelled maps or models
The way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions
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
The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world
The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places
Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided
Sort and record information and data, including location, in tables and on plans and labelled maps
Sequence familiar objects and events
Explore a point of view
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
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
Connections of people in Australia to other places in Australia and across the world
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
Describe and explain where places and activities are located
Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and secondary sources, using ethical protocols
Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps
Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources
Identify the content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places or events
Some students may benefit from working in a small, guided, teacher group or with mixed ability pairs.
An alternative option is to use the ‘All About My State/Territory Worksheet B’
The other state sheets could be used as an extension or high interest project for some students.