Year Two 

Unit Title: Maps & My Community

Through Line: Place

Learning Area/s: Geography

See also: Mathematics – Location & Transformation

Content:

Geography Content Descriptors – Geographical Knowledge

Places and our connections to them

• Representation of the location of places and their features on maps and models (including a globe)
• Natural, managed and constructed features of community places, their location and how they change
• Reasons why some community places are special and important to people and how they can be looked after
• How places can be defined at a variety of scales
• Location of the major geographical divisions of the world in relation to Australia

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Country/Place on which the school is located and why Country/Place is important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the ways in which they maintain special connections to particular Country/Place

Geography Content Descriptors – Geographical Concepts and Skills

Place, space and interconnection

• Identify and describe the features of places at a local scale and how they change, recognising that people describe the features of places differently
• Identify how people are connected to different places

Data and information

• Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources
• Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps
• Interpret data and information to draw conclusions and describe the direction and location of places, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far

Mathematics Content Descriptors – Location and Transformation

• Give and follow directions to familiar locations
• Interpret simple maps of familiar locations and identify the relative positions of key features

Achievement Standards:

By the end of Level 2:

Geography

• Defines place and identifies and describes the features of places and changes in places, at a local scale.
• Describes and explains location and distance using geographical terms.
• Describes the location of the major geographical divisions of the world (using a globe).
• Identifies how people are connected to different places and explains the value of places to people.
• Collects and records geographical data and information.
• Represents data and information in tables, plans and labelled maps and interprets data to draw conclusions.

Mathematics

• Interprets simple maps of familiar locations.

Unit Title: Maps & My Community

Through Line: Place

Themes: Students explore the geography beyond their home and school environments to identify and describe the features of places at a local community scale. They explore activities in the local place and reasons for their location. Students investigate the representation of local places and their features through maps and models. They begin to describe and explain location and distance using geographical terms. 

Students begin to explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Country/Place on which the school is located and the ways in which they maintain special connections to particular Country/Place

Questions:

Where is our place on Earth? 

What do we see in our local community?

What parts of our community are natural, or man-made?

How is our environment different to other places in the world?

What words can we use to describe location and distance?

Why are some places special to certain people?

What do we know about the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander People’s Country/Place on which the school is located?

Key Understandings:

The features of places within the local community.

The use of geographical terms to explain location and distance.

Ho simple plans, labeled maps and globes can represent familiar geographical places.

Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander People’s Country/Place on which the school is located.

Why geographical places are special and important to people.