Connecting to People and Places
This assessment task has been designed to be used at the conclusion of the ‘Interconnections of People and Places’ Year 2 Geography unit. Students will share their local and global connections to people and places using one of the 3 differentiated worksheets, before using the mapping worksheet to show the location of some of the places they are connected to.
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Learning goals
- 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 the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place.
- 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
AC9HS2K04
9
The interconnections of First Nations Australians to a local Country/Place
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
ACHASSK050
8.4
The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world
ACHASSK049
8.4
The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place
ACHASSK051
8.4
The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places
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
ACHASSK047
8.4
The way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions
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
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
VCGGC058
Describe and explain where places and activities are located
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
VCGGK066
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
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.
Differentiation
Modifications
There are 3 different versions for you to choose from, depending on your students’ needs and abilities. They are clearly marked with 1, 2 or 3 stars).