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All About My State/Territory (Worksheet A)

All About My State/Territory (Worksheet A)
Worksheets
HASS Geography
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Description

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. 
 

Suitable for
  • Fast Finishers
  • Relief Teachers
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
Curriculum Codes

AC9HS2K03 9

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

AC9HS2S04 9

Discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events

AC9HS2S02 9

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

ACHASSK047 8.4

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

ACHASSK048 8.4

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

ACHASSK050 8.4

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

ACHASSK051 8.4

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

ACHASSI035 8.4

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

ACHASSI036 8.4

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

ACHASSI037 8.4

Sequence familiar objects and events

ACHASSI038 8.4

Explore a point of view

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

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

VCGGK065

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

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

VCGGC088

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

VCGGC061

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

VCGGC060

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

VCHHC054

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

GE1-1 old

Describes features of places and the connections people have with places

GE1-3 old

Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry

HT1-4 old

Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

Differentiation

Modifications

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’
 

EXTENSIONS

The other state sheets could be used as an extension or high interest project for some students.
 

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