This unit is based on the Year 1 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings for Geography. It explores the First Nation Australian’s Dreamtime beliefs on how the land was formed and changed, as well as looking at how places change over time due to environmental and human impact. Throughout the unit, students will also learn about local places and the people in charge of taking care of them as well as how they can help care for different places themselves.

Australian Curriculum - (QLD/SA/WA/NT/TAS/ACT)

AC9HS1K04

How places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including First Nations Australians

Overview

The key concepts in this unit include:

  • Investigate which important places exist in the local community.
  • Investigate the ways in which First Nations Australians believe places were originally formed and changed.
  • Investigate the ways in which places change over time.
  • Investigate how the weather can cause places to change.
  • Investigate why different places in the community should be cared for.
  • Identify the ways in which different places can be cared for by people.
Learning Intention
  • We are learning to understand how places change and how they can be cared for by different groups.
Lessons
Linked Resources & Activities
  • Resource Year: P F 1 2 +5

    KWL - Individual

    This poster was designed to be used a an individual or whole class graphic organiser for students to record what they already know about a u...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Wonder Clouds Display

    The 'Wonder Clouds Display' was developed to support your Inquiry Units, allowing students to write down anything they're wondering or would...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3

    Wonder Wall

    The Wonder Wall display header has been developed to be used as a word wall display to introduce vocabulary associated with various units of...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    WALT, WILF & TIB - HASS

    HASS, WALT, WILF & TIB - HASS

  • Resource

    Word Wall Banner and Flashcards - Chevron

    Word Wall Banner and Flashcards - Chevron

  • Presentation Year: 1

    What is a Place? - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. It allows the teacher to walk studen...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Our Local Places - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. It allows the teacher to walk studen...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    How Places Change in the Dreaming - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. It allows the teacher to walk studen...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    How Places Change - Presentation

    is presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students...

  • Resource Year: 1 3

    Constructed Features

    This poster depicts various Constructed Features of the landscape.  It can be used in conjunction with our posters on Natural and Managed...

  • Resource Year: 1 3

    Managed Features

    This poster depicts various Managed Features of the environment.  It can be used in conjunction with our posters on Constructed and Natur...

  • Resource Year: 1 3

    Natural Features

    This poster depicts various Natural Features of the environment.  It can be used in conjunction with our posters on Constructed and Manag...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Caring for Places - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. It allows the teacher to walk studen...

  • Resource Year: P F 1 2 +5

    Brainstorm Display

    This Brainstorm Display was desgned to use in order to promote classroom discussions. You can write the question on the display and use post...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    What Can We Do? - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support Lesson 6 of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. It allows the teacher to walk studen...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    What Have We Learnt? - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support Lesson 7 of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. It allows the teacher to walk studen...

Linked Worksheets
  • Worksheet Year: P F 1 2 +5

    KWL - Worksheet

    This worksheet was designed to be used a an individual graphic organiser for students to record what they already know about a unit, what th...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    How Places Change and are Cared For – Title Page

    This title page has been designed to use at the beginning of the How Places Change and are Cared For Unit of work. You may choose to have...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Places in Our Community

    This simple worksheet has been designed to allow students to record the different types of places that exist in their local community. Th...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    The Rainbow Serpent

    This simple worksheet has been designed to allow students to respond to the Dreaming story “The Rainbow Serpent.” Students will identify 2 d...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    How Places Change

    This worksheet allows students to demonstrate their understanding of different types of places and how they may change. Students will ide...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Window Frame Collage Template

    This simple template can be used to allow students to create an amazing collage craft piece that depicts what they would see from their wind...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Community Carers

    This simple worksheet allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the different people in our community who care for different pla...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Caring for Places Assessment

    This assessment is designed to be used at the completion of the How Places Change and Are Cared For Unit. Students will demonstrate their le...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    How Places Change and Are Cared For - Assessment Rubric

    This assessment rubric has been designed to use alongside the assessment sheet provided in the How Places Change and Are Cared For unit. The...

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