How We Spatially Represent Place Assessment Rubric
This assessment rubric has been designed to use alongside the ‘My Favourite Place Travel Brochure’ assessment task provided in How We Spatially Represent Place Year 2 unit. There are 3 levels to select from, from each expectation within the code. There is also a section to tick off HASS skills as you observe them throughout the unit plus a notes section to record any additional teacher notes and observations.
Print the rubric out at the beginning of the unit so that you can record any observations or HASS skills demonstrated by each of your students.
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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 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
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
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
ACHASSK050
8.4
The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world
ACHASSK051
8.4
The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places
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
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.