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Elaboration (2) ACHASSK048

describing the scale of places, from the personal (home), the local (their suburb, town or district), the regional (state) to the national (country)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI040

interpreting symbols and codes that provide information (for example, map legends)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI039

identifying features of a site that reveal its past (such as decorations and plaques on buildings) and suggesting clues that help understanding of its history (such as dates, ageing, building style)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI034

developing inquiry questions about places (for example, ‘What are the features of the place?’, ‘How far away is it?’, ‘How easy is it to get to?’, ‘How am I connected to it?’)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI036

locating the places they are connected to (such as through family, travel, friends), or the places they visit for shopping, recreation or other reasons on a print, electronic or wall map

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI035

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

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK047

describing the location of continents and oceans relative to Australia, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK051

investigating how people's connections with places are affected by transport and information and telecommunications technologies

examining a historical site (for example, a home, a school) to explore how technology has changed life over time (for example, how and where food was obtained and prepared, how people travelled, how people stayed warm or cool, how sewerage was managed, …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI041

discussing the history or value of places in the local community from an exploration of place names (for example, place names that are linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, historical events, early settlers, and political, religious …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK046

examining the traditional toys used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to play and learn (for example, Arrernte children learn to play string games so they can remember stories they have been told)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI038

listening to different stories (for example, Dreaming and Creation stories) about reasons for the change of seasons or about how natural features of Earth were created

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI043

describing a significant person from their community’s past in a short report or biography or through a fictional journal based on facts

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK045

identifying and designing a local historical tour of a building or site (for example, one related to a particular cultural group)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK044

investigating the history of a chosen person, building, site or landmark in the local community using sources (for example, books, newspapers, oral histories, audiovisual material, digital sources, letters, photographs) and relating a story which these …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI042

using their knowledge about a familiar place or site to imagine how it might change in the future and how they can influence a positive future for it

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK049

describing the connections of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with the land, sea, waterways, sky and animals of their Country/Place, and how this influences their views on the use of environmental resources

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