Discovering Geography - Lower Primary: Pack

Part of the series Discovering Geography - Lower Primary.

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Discovering Geography is a comprehensive, three-level resource that assists with the implementation, lesson planning and on-going teaching of the Australian Curriculum: Geography F-6.

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Discovering Geography Lower Primary Teacher Resource Book

Teacher Resource Books unpack the curriculum and support the teaching of Geography. They include learning sequences and engaging BLMs for student use at each year level. Topic Starter Picture Cards are available in both print and digital formats. What are the features of a place? What makes a place special? How do we connect to places? Geography fosters students’ investigation and understanding of the world around them. Written by highly respected and experienced educator John Butler OAM, Discovering Geography Lower Primary Teacher Resource Book is a dynamic teacher resource that assists with the implementation, lesson planning and ongoing teaching of the Australian Curriculum: Geography in the lower primary years. This teacher resource book goes to the core of Geography teaching. It provides a clear overview of the Australian Curriculum: Geography and helps teachers build the knowledge required to teach the skills and concepts of geography in context. The teacher resource book provides cohesive learning sequences for each topic that incorporate all series components, including Picture cards, imaginative and engaging Student Topic Books and Blackline masters. Discovering Geography Lower Primary Teacher Resource Book can be used to deliver pedagogically sound units of work and to support and inspire primary school teachers to teach geographical skills, concepts and inquiry in creative and engaging ways.

Features

• Australian Curriculum: Geography overviews
• Detailed topic overviews with curriculum links
• Offers engaging and varied levelled text types to inspire students
• Builds on the popular Discovering History series
• Written by experienced teachers with Geography expertise using current best teaching practice
• Learning sequences with teaching activities, helpful ideas and links to all series components
• Blackline masters
• Picture cards in print and digital formats

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Discovering Geography Lower Primary Pack

Discovering Geography Packs contain:

• The Discovering Science Lower Primary Teachers Resource Book, with Topic Starter Picture Cards
• 6 Fiction Topic Books
• 6 Non fiction Topic Books

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Pack Items

Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Nonfiction Topic Book): What is the Weather Like?

What Is the Weather Like? How does the weather affect our life? Do all places have the same seasons? Explore different types of weather in this book. Key concepts: Place, Weather and Seasons, Change over. AC Content Descriptions: The weather and seasons of places. The ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, describe them.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Nonfiction Topic Book): My Special Places

Where were you born? Do you still have a connection to that place? Do you have connections to other places? Explore special places and connections in this book. Key concepts: Interconnections, Place, space and location, Change over time. AC Content Descriptions: The connections of people in Australia to other places in Australia, the countries of the Asia region, and across the world.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Nonfiction Topic Book): What is a Map?

What Is a Map? Maps are pictures of places. They help us find things. Explore this book to find out about maps. How many maps can you use? Key concepts: Simple map representations, place, space. AC Content Descriptions: The representation of the location of places and their features on maps and a globe.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Fiction Topic Book): Sydney is a Fun Place, Too!

Kate is sad. She misses her old home. How can Zac help? Key concepts: Place, Sense of identity, and Simple map representations. AC Content Descriptions: The places people live in and belong to, their familiar features and why they are important to people.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Fiction Topic Book): Rainbow Serpent

Grandfather tells us stories. He draws the pictures in the sand. His story is Rainbow Serpent. Key concepts: Place, Country, Aboriginal Dreaming. AC Content Descriptions: The countries/places in the local region that aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples belong to and why they are important to them.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Fiction Topic Book): The Great Train Race

Ben is excited. He is going to the mountains. He may ride a train. He may go on a bush walk. Maybe he will race the train! Key concepts: Place, Space, Interconnections. AC Content Descriptions: The ways that activities located in a place create its distinctive features.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Fiction Topic Book): Daniel and the Puppet Master

Daniel was excited about visiting his pen pal. He had never been to Malaysia before. He had imagined what it could be like. But he never imagined that he would meet the puppet master! Key concepts: Place, Space, Interconnections, Location, Distance. AC Content Descriptions: The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Nonfiction Topic Book): Our Wonderful World

Look around you. You might see buildings, roads or fields.You might see trees, a river or hills. Explore this book to find out about some of the features of our wonderful world. Key concepts: Place, Space, Natural and constructed features. AC Content Descriptions: The natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Nonfiction Topic Book): Australia's Special Places

There are many special places in Australia. Explore some of these places in this book. How can you care for them? Key concepts: Place, Custodianship, Interconnections. AC Content Descriptions: The reasons why some places are special to people and how they can be looked after.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Fiction Topic Book): The Book Corner

Lily is sad. She misses the Book Corner. How does she solve her problem? How can Harry and Ari help? Key concepts: Place, Space. AC Content Descriptions: The ways that space within places like the classroom and backyard can be rearranged to suit different activities and purposes.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary): Wildlife Warrior

Charlie and Milly have a secret. Would you like to join them on their adventures? Where will they go next? Key concepts: Place, Space, Location, Distance. AC Content Descriptions: The location of the major geographical regions of the world in relation to Australia.

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Discovering Geography (Lower Primary Nonfiction Topic Book): Our Place On Earth

Where is your place on Earth? All the different parts of our world have different names. Explore the names of places in this book and find out how to name your own place on Earth. Key concepts: Place, Space, Change over time, Simple map and aerial views, Skills of photo interpretation. AC Content Descriptions: The definition of places as parts of the Earth’s surface that have been given meaning by people, and how they can be defined at a variety of scales.

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Discovering Geography Lower Primary Teacher Resource Book

This teacher resource book goes to the core of Geography teaching. It provides a clear overview of the Australian Curriculum: Geography and helps teachers build the knowledge required to teach the skills and concepts of geography in context.

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