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Curriculum content descriptions

Who the people in their family are, where they were born and raised and how they are related to each other (ACHASSK011)

Elaborations
  • identifying and naming the different members of a family (for example, mother, father, step-parent, caregiver, sister, brother, grandparent, aunty, uncle, cousin) and creating concept maps of their family with pictures or photographs to show the relationship between family members
  • finding out where they were born and raised and placing their photographs, drawings and names on a classroom world map
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Family histories,  Family relationship

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