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Australian States and Territory Poster
F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources Classroom Displays HASS Geography 1 Page

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.
 

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Learning goals

  • 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.
  • 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 understand the way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions.
  • 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 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 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.

Curriculum alignment

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
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 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 VCGGC059 Identify how people are connected to different places 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 VCGGK069 Reasons why some places are special and some places are important to people and how they can be looked after VCGGK065 Connections of people in Australia to other places in Australia and across the world 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 VCGGC058 Describe and explain where places and activities are located

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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