Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curricular Catholic Ethos Social Emotional Learning Inclusive Education Priorities Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Sustainability Education Histories and Cultures Asia General Literacy Numeracy Information and Communication Capabilities Critical and Creative Thinking Ethical Behaviour Technology Personal and Social Competence Explore Engage Explain Elaborate Evaluate EXPLORE Resources Mapping Australia: Google Earth Identify Australia on the or using Google earth. Discuss how Australia is a country and a continent and is split Google Maps into states/territories. Display map for students to see and name states. Use directional language to describe the Atlases location of each state eg. Eastern states, northern states etc. – Students are a map of Australia. Identify how to break the map into states. Teach mapping conventions using Map of Australia – the BOLTS elements (see appendix). Ask students to draw a line to PRINT on. Use capital letters for names of states and red dots to show where capital cities are (these are used to model a legend) Teacher models how to label the map with states and capital cities and students complete as guided practice. Use grid references to locate sheet and capital cities as in an atlas. checklist in appendix Australia Map Puzzle to see if the students are able to piece together a puzzle of the states and capital cities of – Australia. Promethean Planet Flipchart Capital Cities of Australia –
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curricular Priorities Catholic Ethos Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures Social Emotional Learning Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia Inclusive Education Sustainability Education General Capabilities Literacy Critical and Creative Thinking Numeracy Ethical Behaviour Information and Communication Technology Personal and Social Competence Engage Explore Explain Elaborate Evaluate EXPLORE Resources Mapping Australia: Identify Australia on the or using Google earth. Discuss how Australia is a country and a continent and is split into states/territories. Display map for students to see and name states. Use directional language to describe the location of each state – eg. Eastern states, northern states etc. Students are a map of Australia. Identify how to break the map into states. Teach mapping conventions using the BOLTS elements (see appendix). Ask students to draw a line to PRINT on. Use capital letters for names of states and red dots to show where capital cities are (these are used to model a legend) Teacher models how to label the map with states and capital cities and students complete as guided practice. Use grid references to locate capital cities as in an atlas. Australia Map Puzzle – to see if the students are able to piece together a puzzle of the states and capital cities of Australia. Promethean Planet Flipchart – Capital Cities of Australia Google Earth Google Maps Atlases Map of Australia – sheet and checklist in appendix
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