Significant Sites of Australia
This resource has been created to support the Year 2 Unit of Work- People and Places of Historical Importance. Students read about significant sites to the First Australians from across Australia. They identify why they still important to us today and what they reveal about the past.
Learning goals
- We are learning to understand the history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past.
- We are learning to understand the importance today of a historical site of cultural or spiritual significance in the local area, and why it should be preserved.
Curriculum alignment
AC9HS2K01
9
A local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance
ACHASSK044
8.4
The history of a significant person, building, site and/or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past
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8.4
The importance today of a historical site of cultural or spiritual significance in the local area, and why it should be preserved
VCHHC057
Identify the significance of a person and/or place in the local community
VCHHK063
The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past
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The significance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual importance
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Have students work in groups to identify the information that reveals:
- Where it is located
- What the place is known for
- Important dates
- Why it is still important
- What it tells us about the past
Extensions
Have students individually identify the information that reveals:
- Where it is located
- What the place is known for
- Important dates
- Why it is still important
- What it tells us about the past