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Elaboration (1) ACHASSI003

contributing information to shared records of places, families and friends (for example, adding personal details to murals, concept maps, tally charts and pictorial tables)

ordering images and objects (for example, photographs, drawings or artefacts) to show a sequence of significant personal events or milestones (such as age when beginning to walk and talk, at the birth of a sibling, when moving house, when new teeth appear, …

Elaboration ACHASSI005

comparing aspects of the childhood of parents, grandparents, elders or a familiar older person, with similar aspects of childhood today (for example, the favourite games of a familiar older person with those of self and class friends)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI006

distinguishing between older and newer, using such clues as the condition of the object, the width of a tree, the height of a person

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI008

identifying how a story connects with an aspect of their family history (for example, how a story book shows how and where their grandparents or a familiar older person once lived)

Elaboration ACHASSI020

creating and sharing concept maps to show personal understanding of their world (for example, a web of family relationships and connections, or a mental map of their place and its important features or spaces)

Elaboration ACHASSI022

comparing students’ daily lives and those of their parents, grandparents, elders or familiar older person, and representing the similarities and differences in graphic form (for example, in a Venn diagram or Y-chart)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI022

sharing personal preferences about their world (for example, their favourite weather, activities, places, celebrations) and explaining why they are favoured

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK028

comparing families in the present with those from the recent past (the families of parents, grandparents or familiar older person) in terms of their size and structure (for example, the different types of family such as nuclear, single parent, blende …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK029

identifying dates and changes that have personal significance (for example, birth dates, moving house, changing schools, religious and school holidays), marking these on a calendar and counting down time, as well as noting that events of personal significance …

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI037

creating a timeline, slideshow or story to show how things develop sequentially (for example, seasonal change in plants, cycles of the weather, personal growth milestones)

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) 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) 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 (4) ACHASSI053

interviewing people to seek information about feelings, preferences, perspectives and actions (for example, to find out how people feel about places; how people celebrate and commemorate; how decisions are made in different situations; how and why people …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI056

identifying differences in the meaning of celebrations when viewed from different perspectives that result in different actions (for example, the meaning of Australia Day for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples when compared with its meaning …

Elaboration (4) ACHASSI056

sharing points of view and identifying different perspectives and actions relating to issues that affect themselves and their peers (for example, discussing class rules, the different responses to them by class members, different perceptions of the value …

Elaboration ACHASSI059

sharing and listening to others’ stories about their community and place (for example, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander oral histories of an area, park ranger recounts, speakers from commemorative organisations, personal experiences of celebratio …

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI059

valuing for and against arguments when making personal and group decisions

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI061

arguing a point of view on a civics and citizenship issue relevant to their lives (for example, the consequences of breaking school rules, the value of contributing in their community, the need to preserve an endangered species) and making effective use …

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