Humanities and social sciences / Foundation / Knowledge and Understanding / Geography

Curriculum content descriptions

The representation of the location of places and their features on simple maps and models (ACHASSK014)

Elaborations
  • creating story maps or models to represent the location of the places and features they pass on their way to school
  • identifying the ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples represent the location of Country/Place and their features (for example, by inscriptions on stone, stories, sand drawings, paintings, song, music and dance)
  • describing how the globe is a representation of the world and locating Australia and other places on a globe
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Maps (Geographic location)

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