What are Different Features of Places?

This unit is based on the Year 1 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings. Students explore the different features of places within the school environment. Students investigate what are, and how to care for, natural, managed and constructed features of the school and sort these into their categories. Students create a pictorial map of the school and use directional language to direct a peer around the school. Students look at the features of the school playground, and use this information to plan and design a new playground for the school.

9 x 1 hour lessons

Cross curriculum

19x resources/worksheets

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Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum - (QLD/SA/WA/NT/TAS/ACT)

ACHASSI018

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

ACHASSI019

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

ACHASSI020

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

ACHASSI024

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

ACHASSI025

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

ACHASSI026

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

ACHASSI027

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

ACHASSK031

The natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for

ACHASSK033

Activities in the local place and reasons for their location

NSW

HT1-4

Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

GE1-3

Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry

GE1-1

Describes features of places and the connections people have with places

GE1-2

Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places

VIC

VCGGC060

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

VCGGC061

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

VCHHC054

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

VCGGK068

Natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location and how they change

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

Overview

In this unit students explore the following concepts;

Explore the different features of places
Investigate differences between natural, managed and constructed features.
Explore pictorial maps
Understand directional Language
Investigate how to care for places

Learning Intention

We are learning to recognise natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for.
We are learning to identify activities in our local place on a map, e.g. medical, police, waste management, and suggesting the reasons for their location.