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Elaboration ACHASSI003

displaying sources related to an investigation (for example, historical sources such as pictures, photographs, family mementoes and geographic sources such as items collected in the field, sketches of observations, measurements)

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)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI003

illustrating on a pictorial map, or by making a model, the location of their home in relation to school or other features of the local area

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI003

creating representations to show the location of features of familiar places (for example, making a map and illustrating it with pictures; using objects to create bird’s eye view models)

Elaboration ACHASSI004

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 (1) ACHASSI004

drawing story maps of events described in story books or in stories told by a storyteller

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) ACHASSI005

identifying places in the playground or local area that they like or places they like to avoid, and talking about the reasons for their feelings

Elaboration ACHASSI006

talking about differences between objects from the past and those of the present using comparative language (for example, 'This toy is older', ‘My new computer game is more fun than the old one', ‘This tree is older than …’)

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 (2) ACHASSI006

identifying natural and constructed features of a place that have changed over time and those that have remained relatively unchanged

Elaboration ACHASSI007

talking about the relevance of information to a task (for example, how to find treasure on a treasure map, why a class timetable is helpful, how a weather map can help us decide what clothes to wear)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI007

sorting pictures of places and people using criteria such as old/new, younger/older, same/different, outside/inside, safe/not safe, special/not special

Elaboration ACHASSI008

suggesting ideas about the use of objects from the past and proposing reasons why the objects might have been important

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 ACHASSI009

talking about what has been learnt about a place or site of significance to themselves or others and if they would like it to stay the same in the future

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI009

describing or drawing special places, telling what they have learnt that makes them special and suggesting how to behave when there

Elaboration ACHASSI010

describing events they have experienced and/or different places they have visited, using different modes of communication, (for example, orally, through objects, pictures and drawings, role-play and photographs)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI010

reporting family history by presenting information in talk, drawings and play and by creating imaginative responses

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI010

using simple terms to denote the passage of time (for example, 'then', 'now', 'yesterday', 'today', 'tomorrow') when talking about their experiences

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