Australian Curriculum Global Geography - Through an ICT and Inquiry Lens: Year 5

Part of the series Australian Curriculum Global Geography - Through an ICT and Inquiry Lens.

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Take your students on an adventure around the world with Australian Curriculum - Global Geography. Through exploring the human and physical characteristics of places, students will investigate, create and communicate their understanding of the world around them.

Features

• Scope and sequence charts for HASS curriculum links and concepts for geographical thinking
• 20 easy-to-follow lessons for each year level which include an introduction activity, main development activity and a concluding activity
• A variety of student activities to develop the Inquiry skills of questioning, researching, analysing, evaluating, and reflecting and communicating
• The use of QR codes, URL links, online graphic organisers, and digital applications such as SeeSaw, iMovie®, Chatterbox, ShowMe, Prezi and digital cameras
• A ‘Travelling further’ suggestion which can be used to extend the lesson concept, provide further activity for more capable students or be used as a homework activity
• Assessment pages at the end of each unit, themed as passport pages to compile together at the end of the year

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Knowledge and Understanding - Geography (Year 5)

• The influence of people on the environmental characteristics of places in Europe and North America and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia (ACHASSK111)
• The influence of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australia places (ACHASSK112)
• The environmental and human influences on the location and characteristics of a place and the management of spaces within them (ACHASSK113)
• The impact of bushfires or floods on environments and communities, and how people can respond (ACHASSK114)

Inquiry and Skills - HASS (Year 5)

Questioning

• Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges (ACHASSI094)

Researching

• Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources (ACHASSI095)
• Organise and represent data in a range of formats including tables, graphs and large- and small-scale maps, using discipline-appropriate conventions (ACHASSI096)
• Sequence information about people’s lives, events, developments and phenomena using a variety of methods including timelines (ACHASSI097)

Analysing

• Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose (ACHASSI098)
• Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena using in the past and the present (ACHASSI099)
• Interpret data and information displayed in different formats, to identify and describe distributions and simple patterns (ACHASSI100)

Evaluating and reflecting

• Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions (ACHASSI101)
• Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI102)
• Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI103)
• Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects (ACHASSI104)

Communicating

• Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms (ACHASSI105)