Comparing Communities
This resource has been created to support the Year 3 Unit of Work- Local Community and Change. The worksheets ask students to illustrate and annotate different aspects of life from past and present communities, including transport, entertainment, technologies, and natural and built environments.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise the importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area.
- We are learning to understand how the community has changed and remained the same over time and that people of diverse backgrounds have helped shape our local communities.
- We are learning to recognise the importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area.
Curriculum alignment
AC9HS3K04
9
The ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place
AC9HS3K01
9
Causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
ACHASSK062
8.4
The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area
ACHASSK063
8.4
How the community has changed and remained the same over time and the role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community
HT2-2
old
Describes and explains how significant individuals, groups and events contributed to changes in the local community over time
HT2-5
old
Applies skills of historical inquiry and communication
GE2-2
old
Describes the ways people, places and environments interact
GE2-4
old
Acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
VCHHK073
A significant example of change and a significant example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory
VCHHK074
The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community and/or other societies
VCHHC067
Identify the origin and content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places and events
VCHHC068
Describe perspectives of people from the past
VCHHC070
Identify and explain the causes and effects of European settlement and exploration
VCHHK072
The significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who belong to a local area
VCGGC073
Identify and explain the interconnections within places and between places
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
- Have student ensure in their annotations they have included the causes and effects of the changes that have occurred.
- Have student predict what might happen in 100+ years to different aspects of a community.