People Live in Places Unit Plan
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This Geography unit covers a range of concepts relating to the places students live in and belong to.
It consists of 7 lessons of approximately 60 minutes duration.
The sequence of lessons and suggested time frames should be regarded as a guide only; teachers should pace lessons in accordance with the individual learning needs of their class.
An assessment task for monitoring student understanding of the unit objectives is included and will require an additional lesson.
Overview
Objectives
- To investigate the importance of the places students live and to explore the people who make up families.
- To identify schools as special places.
- To explore each student's responsibility in caring for their school environment.
- To represent places on simple maps.
- To examine the different groups people belong to, why these groups are important and how these groups celebrate.
- To identify that their place is also the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
- To appreciate the responsibility of all people to care for our natural environment.
Preparing for Learning
This Geography unit provides excellent opportunities for cross-curricular integration. Look for ways to meaningfully integrate the content of the unit with other learning areas e.g. Literacy, Numeracy, The Arts.
Prior to commencing the unit, create a classroom display which acknowledges the places students live in and belong to. Display teaching resources that will stimulate the students’ interest and assist in their learning, such as the Caring for Places Word Wall and the People Live in Places – Banner. For examples of additional teaching resources to display in your classroom, browse the Places collection on the Teach Starter website.
Some of the resources which accompany this unit plan will need to be prepared prior to teaching. For this reason, it is advised that teachers browse through all lessons before commencing the unit.
Lessons
Resources
Australian Curriculum alignment
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Inquiry and skills > Questioning > ACHASSI001
Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and eventsElaborationsposing questions about family and places having explored sources relating to their own life (for example, sources su...
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Knowledge and Understanding > Geography > ACHASSK014
The representation of the location of places and their features on simple maps and modelsElaborationscreating story maps or models to represent the location of the places and features they pass on the...
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Inquiry and skills > Evaluating and reflecting > ACHASSI008
Draw simple conclusions based on discussions, observations and information displayed in pictures and texts and on mapsElaborationssuggesting ideas about the use of objects from the past and proposing ...
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Knowledge and Understanding > Geography > ACHASSK015
The places people live in and belong to, their familiar features and why they are important to peopleElaborationsidentifying the places they live in and belong to (for example, a neighbourhood, suburb...
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Inquiry and skills > Researching > ACHASSI003
Sort and record information and data, including location, in tables and on plans and labelled mapsElaborationsdisplaying sources related to an investigation (for example, historical sources such as pi...
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Inquiry and skills > Evaluating and reflecting > ACHASSI009
Reflect on learning to propose how to care for places and sites that are important or significantElaborationstalking about what has been learnt about a place or site of significance to themselves or o...
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Knowledge and Understanding > Geography > ACHASSK016
The Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Country/Place on which the school is located and why Country/Place is important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesElaborationsidentifying and usi...
Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Foundation Year > Knowledge and Understanding > Geography > ACHASSK017
The reasons why some places are special to people, and how they can be looked afterElaborationsidentifying places they consider to be âspecialâ (for example, their room, a play area, holiday...
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Comment by Uma Cerimagic on June 2, 2018 at 7:21 pm
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Official comment by Kristian on June 4, 2018 at 8:19 am
This is an amazing resource! Thank you for all your hard work! This will definitely come in handy this term
Comment by Emma on July 8, 2018 at 9:50 pm
You’re most welcome, Emma! I hope that your students enjoy the unit… and that you enjoy teaching it!
Official comment by Stephanie (Teach Starter) on July 9, 2018 at 8:37 am
Hello
Are there outcomes linked to this unit?
Comment by Melina Caldwell on January 2, 2019 at 6:21 am
Hi there Melina, this unit is linked to the Australian Curriculum for Foundation Geography. All of the linked content descriptions can be found on this page (just scroll up and you should be able to see them). Each lesson in the unit also has an objective (these are also listed above). If there is anything else that I can help you with, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Official comment by Stephanie (Teach Starter) on January 2, 2019 at 8:25 am
Thank you, Stephanie. Do you have any Geography units for Year 1/2? I haven’t been able to locate any.
Comment by Melina Caldwell on January 2, 2019 at 9:17 am
Hi there Melina, unfortunately we don’t have any unit plans for Year 1 and Year 2 Geography at this stage. The good news is that we are creating more and more units with every passing day! You can also request that we create a specific unit for you using our Request a Resource widget. If your request is popular among our members we will commit to creating the unit for you.
If you are looking for Geography resources for these year levels, simply visit our Geography resources page, then select the year group you wish to filter by using the drop-down menu.
Have a great day!
Official comment by Stephanie (Teach Starter) on January 2, 2019 at 10:20 am