Humanities and social sciences / Year 2 / Knowledge and Understanding / Geography

Curriculum content descriptions

The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world (ACHASSK050)

Elaborations
  • examining the ways people are connected to other places (for example, through relatives, friends, things people buy or obtain, holidays, sport, family origin, beliefs, or through environmental practices such as where their waste ends up and its effect on people there)
  • exploring how their place may be connected to events that have happened in other places (for example, sporting events such as the Olympic Games or natural disasters like the tsunami in Indonesia)
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
ScOT terms

Cultural identity,  Sense of place,  Cultural awareness,  Globalisation,  Social networking

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