ACHASSI035

Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided

Elaborations

• identifying information in sources relevant to learning about the past (for example, photographs, interviews, newspapers, stories and maps, including those online) and sources relevant to learning about places (satellite images, globes, diagrams, measurements, field photographs) (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• locating historical evidence of the local community’s past (for example, place and street names that commemorate people, monuments, built and non-built historical landmarks, middens, remnants of native vegetation and old building remains) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• surveying peers to discover how they are connected to people in other places in Australia and the world, or to find out how frequently they visit places and for what purpose (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)
• exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ connections to Country/Place through oral histories Dreaming and Creation stories, dance, art and cultural representations (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)

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