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Elaboration ACHASSK067

using a globe to locate the Pacific Island nations, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Indonesia and countries relevant to students, labelling them on a map, and identifying the direction of each country from Australia

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK069

discussing why it is important to protect places that have special significance for people (for example, a wetland, a sacred site, a national park or a World Heritage site)

Elaboration ACHASSK070

making a decision as a class by allowing everyone to have a say and a vote

Elaboration ACHASSK072

identifying groups in the local community or through a virtual community and exploring their purpose

Elaboration ACHASSI075

using graphic organisers to sort and record information (for example, flowcharts, consequence wheels, futures timelines, Venn diagrams, Y-charts, network diagrams) or to show simple relationships (for example, a food web in mangrove or Antarctic wate …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI076

recounting and sequencing events associated with a particular history (for example, developing an annotated map to describe the sea route of the First Fleet and the timing of its passage)

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI077

exploring different viewpoints about the sustainable use of a place (for example, environmental management laws and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ practices)

Elaboration ACHASSI078

decoding the meaning of symbols and emblems associated with Australian history, geography and civic life and applying an understanding of conventions, vocabulary and symbols when interpreting large-scale maps

Elaboration (4) ACHASSI079

using new knowledge to make an argument on a topic relevant to them and their community (for example, whether they agree with a school rule, a proposed change in the community, what the local government can do about an issue)

Elaboration (5) ACHASSI079

reflecting on how people of the past are represented in fiction and other sources, and critically examining stereotypes in their representations (for example, claims that women did not work, inferences that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI082

describing the relative location of different features in a place by distance and compass direction (for example, the distance from their home to the local waste management site, the route of a navigator)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK083

recognising that Australia has two indigenous cultural groups: Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK084

examining the journey of one or more explorers (for example, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan), using navigation maps to reconstruct their journeys

Elaboration (6) ACHASSK084

examining the journey of one or more explorers of the Australian coastline (for example, the Macassans, Dirk Hartog, Abel Tasman, James Cook, Comte de la Perouse) using navigation maps to reconstruct their journeys

Elaboration ACHASSK085

investigating reasons for the First Fleet journey, including an examination of the wide range of crimes punishable by transportation, and looking at the groups who were transported

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK085

investigating daily life in the Botany Bay penal settlement and challenges experienced by the people there and how they were managed

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK087

using a globe to investigate the Great Circle routes of aeroplane travel between Australia and the major countries of Africa and South America

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK088

exploring how vegetation has an important role in sustaining the environment by producing oxygen, protecting food-producing land from erosion, retaining rainfall, providing habitat for animals, sheltering crops and livestock, providing shade for people, …

Elaboration ACHASSK090

identifying some of the resources produced by the environment and where they come from (for example, water, food and raw materials such as fibres, timber and metals that make the things they use)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK090

identifying renewable and non-renewable resources

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