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Geography

Geography Level Description

From Foundation to Level 2, the curriculum develops the concept of place through a study of what places are like over time and how they are defined. The emphasis in F-2 is on the places in which...

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Geography Content Descriptions

Geographical Concepts and Skills

Place, space and interconnection
  1. Identify and describe the features of places at a local scale and how they change, recognising that people describe the features of places differently (VCGGC057)
  2. Describe and explain where places and activities are located (VCGGC058)
  3. Identify how people are connected to different places (VCGGC059)
Data and information
  1. Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources (VCGGC060)
  2. Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps (VCGGC061)
  3. Interpret data and information to draw conclusions and describe the direction and location of places, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far (VCGGC062)

Geographical Knowledge

Places and our connections to them
  1. Representation of the location of places and their features on maps and models, including a globe, and the location of the major geographical divisions of the world in relation to Australia (VCGGK063)
  2. Definition of places as parts of the Earth’s surface that have been given meaning by people, and how places can be defined at a variety of scales (VCGGK064)
  3. Connections of people in Australia to other places in Australia and across the world (VCGGK065)
  4. 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 (VCGGK066)
  5. Weather and seasons and the ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, describe them (VCGGK067)
  6. Natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location and how they change (VCGGK068)
  7. Reasons why some places are special and some places are important to people and how they can be looked after (VCGGK069)
  8. Activities in the local place and reasons for their location, and the influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places (VCGGK070)

Geography Achievement Standard

By the end of Level 2, students define place and identify and describe features of places and changes in these, at a local scale. They identify how people are connected to different places and explain the value of places to people. They describe different ways that places can be cared for.

They collect and record geographical data and information. They represent data and information in tables, plans and labelled maps and interpret it to draw conclusions.

They describe and explain location and distance using geographical terms, and describe the location of the major geographical divisions of the world.

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