This unit is based on the Year 2 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings.
Students are introduced to Dreamtime Stories to investigate the connections of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia to the land, sky and waterways. They learn to understand that Aboriginal languages are part of our everyday language.
Students investigate reasons for connections to places, and places that they, and their families, are connected to.
Students explore how we are connected to places through transport, communication and food, and they understand how we maintain those connections with places.
Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events
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
Interpret data and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps
Draw simple conclusions based on discussions, observations and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps
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
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 ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place
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
Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication
Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry
Describes features of places and the connections people have with places
Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places
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
Interpret data and information to draw conclusions and describe the direction and location of places, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far
Identify the content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places or events
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
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
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
Students will: