Australian States and Territory Poster
This simple and colourful poster has been designed to support the HASS curriculum in early years classrooms. The poster provides a clear map of Australia, highlighting each state/territory as well as their capital cities.
Learning goals
- We are learning to create story maps or models to represent the location of places and features.
- We are learning to identify the places we live in and belong to, e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town, and describe the features of these places.
- We are learning to understand the reasons why some places are special to people, and how they can be looked after.
- 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.
- We are learning to understand the way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions.
- We are learning to understand that places are parts of Earth’s surface that have been named by people, and how places can be described as personal, local, regional and national.
- We are learning to understand connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world.
- We are learning to understand why people choose to visit places, e.g. accessibility, transport, technology and distance, and the reason for visiting, e.g. shopping, recreation, sport, family.
- We are learning to identify the places we live in and belong to, e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town and describe why these places are important.
Curriculum alignment
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
AC9HS1K03
9
The natural, managed and constructed features of local places, and their location
AC9HSFK03
9
The features of familiar places they belong to, why some places are special and how places can be looked after
ACHASSK015
8.4
The places people live in and belong to, their familiar features and why they are important to people
ACHASSK050
8.4
The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world
ACHASSK014
8.4
The representation of the location of places and their features on simple maps and models
ACHASSK017
8.4
The reasons why some places are special to people, and how they can be looked after
ACHASSK031
8.4
The natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for
ACHASSK033
8.4
Activities in the local place and reasons for their location
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
ACHASSK051
8.4
The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places
GE1-3
old
Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry
GE1-2
old
Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places
GE1-1
old
Describes features of places and the connections people have with places
GEe-2
old
Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools
GEe-1
old
Identifies places and develops an understanding of the importance of places to people
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
VCGGK068
Natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location and how they change
VCGGK069
Reasons why some places are special and some places are important to people and how they can be looked after
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
VCGGC059
Identify how people are connected to different places
VCGGC058
Describe and explain where places and activities are located
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.