Connection to Place
Firing up the Brain
WALT: describe the feeling and connections between people and places
WILF: For you to show good listening and cooperation skills when sharing your ideas with peers.
WILF: For you to show good listening and cooperation skills when sharing your ideas with peers.
What is our place?
- Where are we located on the map? which continent do we live in?
- What City do we live in?
- What Suburb do we live in?
Who are the Indigenous people of Australia?
What connections do Aboriginal people have to their 'Place' ?
Discussion Questions
What does this story 'Land Rights' tell us about the strong connection Indigenous Australians have to the land?
What is native title?
Why was he fighting for the land rights of Murray Island?
What does the term Terra Nullius mean?
Why was Mabo an important case?
How did this story make you feel?
Imagine if someone told you that your house wasn’t yours. Describe your emotions.
What is native title?
Why was he fighting for the land rights of Murray Island?
What does the term Terra Nullius mean?
Why was Mabo an important case?
How did this story make you feel?
Imagine if someone told you that your house wasn’t yours. Describe your emotions.
Who are the native Australian's of our land in Perth?
Locate yourself on the map, write down where you think Perth is located on the map.
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The major cities and towns within the Whajuk region include Perth, Fremantle, Joondalup, Armadale, Toodyay, Wundowie, Bullsbrook and Chidlow. The approximate size of the Whadjuk region is 5,580 km.
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Connection to Place
WALT:
Identify places you connect with and understand that your connections may be different to your grandparents experiences.
WILF
Critical thinking
What was Jackadder Lake originally called?
Where are some places that you and your family visit for shopping, recreation, religious or ceremonial activities, or other reasons?
Do you think the places you visit now with your parents would be different to the places they used to visit with theirs?
If so why? what had changed? did people have mobile phones back then? where all of the shops close?
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Collecting Data
collect information and explore ideas about other places and people’s connections to them and how frequently people visit places and for what purpose
How often do you travel to the city?
What direction is the city from Woodlands? North or South?
What would you travel to the city for?
What other areas do you travel to and why do you travel there?
The places we travel to and have a connection to are...
collect information and explore ideas about other places and people’s connections to them and how frequently people visit places and for what purpose
How often do you travel to the city?
What direction is the city from Woodlands? North or South?
What would you travel to the city for?
What other areas do you travel to and why do you travel there?
The places we travel to and have a connection to are...
Our Results
WALT:
Content Description
Collect, check and classify data
Elaborations
HASS: Develop a table to show students’ connections to different places
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
Collect, check and classify data
Elaborations
- recognising the usefulness of tally marks
- identifying categories of data and using them to sort data
HASS: Develop a table to show students’ connections to different places
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
Task:
We are going to collate the places we visit and tally up the similar results.
How do we tally?
Places of importance that we have visited frequently
Who do you love Australia?
WALT: How to select engaging adjectives to describe Australia
WILF: To show enthusiasm and participation when 'jotting' your thoughts down with your group.
WILF: To show enthusiasm and participation when 'jotting' your thoughts down with your group.
When watching the video we will be word banking some adjectives to describe the amazing Australian features/landmarks.
How would you describe some of the ocean scenes?
The rocky cliffs were tow....... over the landscape
The Australian summers are scor......... hot
How would you describe some of the ocean scenes?
The rocky cliffs were tow....... over the landscape
The Australian summers are scor......... hot
Please ensure all major landforms have been noted as the students will need this bank of words for later.
for example:
Ocean
coral reefs
cliffs
mountain ranges
vallies
cities
plains
grasslands
rivers
bushland
rainforest
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Pick a few of your favourite adjectives from the Jot Thoughts activity and use these to write a descriptive sentence about why you love Australia.
I love Au---------because it has amaz--------- features such as towe------ cliffs, majest------ oceans as well as strange and uni------- wildlife.
Words from close
Australia, Amazing, towering, majestic, unique
I love Au---------because it has amaz--------- features such as towe------ cliffs, majest------ oceans as well as strange and uni------- wildlife.
Words from close
Australia, Amazing, towering, majestic, unique