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• VCGGC018

  Assist to collect geographical data and information

  Elaborations

  • assisting to create class multimodal texts which identify what they see, hear, smell and feel in a place
  • indicating what sensory input they liked/ dislikes while exploring a space, for example what they liked/ did not like to touch, hear etc.
  • experiencing directional language as they journey to and move within a place

  VCGGC018 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• The Humanities | Geography: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse...

  Overview material | Geography

• VCGGK083

  Similarities and differences in individuals’ and groups’ feelings and perceptions about places, and how they influence views about the protection of these places

  Elaborations

  • reading and viewing poems, songs, paintings and stories concerning people’s feelings about places as part of an exploration of the factors that influence views on the protection of places
  • discussing why it is important to protect places that have special significance for people. For example, a wetland, a site sacred to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , a national park or a World Heritage site
  • designing actions that people could take to protect and improve places in the local area that people perceive as important and discussing the likely reactions of different groups of people to these ideas

  VCGGK083 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 3 and 4 | Geographical Knowledge | Diversity and significance of places and environments

• VCGGC017

  Explore the importance of places and participate in special events related to specific places

  Elaborations

  • assisting to prepare and participating in special events associated to a place
  • matching places to related special event

  VCGGC017 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGK049

  Locating familiar places and label place and purpose

  Elaborations

  • assisting to create maps or models of significant places and the spaces within them
  • following simple maps of the school or classroom

  VCGGK049 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• Geography: Level C achievement standards

  By the end of Level C, students label personally significant places and what they do in the place. Students demonstrate a few ways they can care for a familiar place by creating a simple rule for this place.

  Students observe the familiar features of places and assist to represent these features...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography | Level C

• VCGGK118

  The differences in at least one landform in Australia compared to other places and the geomorphic processes involved

  Elaborations

  • undertaking fieldwork at a site such as the 12 Apostles and using secondary sources to compare wave action and weathering with a similar landform, such as Raukar - Limestone Sea Stacks of Gotland in Sweden
  • comparing weathering processes acting on rock masses in one location with another in Australia or elsewhere, considering differences in climate, rock type, rock structure and erosion

  VCGGK118 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Landforms and landscapes

• VCGGC046

  Reconstruct geographical data and information

  Elaborations

  • assisting to construct a recount of the journey to a place
  • comparing and contrasting images within a place and between places
  • labelling features and elements of a place within pictures and photos

  VCGGC046 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGK022

  Familiar places identified through images at a variety of scales

  Elaborations

  • assisting to collect images of a place at different angles, directions and scales
  • matching images to a place
  • exploring the different scales and images available to represent a place
  • exploring places they have visited and their location in relation to their town, state, Australia and world

  VCGGK022 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGK035

  Recognising and labelling familiar places in the school using a jointly constructed map

  Elaborations

  • locating and labelling familiar features around the school
  • assisting to construct a map using various materials
  • beginning to follow spatial, locational and directional vocabulary
  • using vocabulary to label or describe a journey, location or place

  VCGGK035 | The Humanities | Geography | Level C | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGC032

  Collect geographical data and information

  Elaborations

  • collecting objects, images and photos when visiting significant places such as community facilities
  • using images and objects to assist them to recall and label their experience/s within a place
  • recording and reflecting on visits to a community facility by making simple picture story books of their visits
  • assisting to construct multimodal texts which describe the journey to significant places, for example indicating a sound or photo to represent part of the journey or feature passed

  VCGGC032 | The Humanities | Geography | Level C | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• Geography: Level C description

  The Level C curriculum focuses on local places I live in and developing student’s exploration and curiosity of personally significant places. Students will build on their knowledge of the local space around personal significant places. Students will draw on their own experience to help them understand...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography

• The Humanities | Geography: Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F – 10 Resources and Support (VCAA)

  Includes general advice and information...

  Overview material | Geography

• VCGGC076

  Interpret maps and other geographical data and information to develop identifications, descriptions, explanations and conclusions, using geographical terminology including simple grid references, compass direction and distance

  Elaborations

  • constructing tables or graphs to show the similarities and differences between places, and discussing possible reasons for them
  • discussing and comparing how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may represent places and their features visually, for example, in paintings and sand drawings, and identifying the symbols and patterns used.
  • comparing a range of thematic maps, for example, maps of relief, climate, vegetation, animals and bird life to find relationships
  • using geographical terms to explain relationships, for example between the environment and sustaining life
  • describing the relative location of different features in a place by distance and compass direction. For example, from their home to the local waste management site

  VCGGC076 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 3 and 4 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGK109

  The spiritual, economic, cultural and aesthetic value of water for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and peoples of the Asia region, that influence the significance of places

  Elaborations

  • examining and comparing places in Australia and countries of the Asia region that have economies and communities based on irrigation. For example, rice production in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in NSW and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
  • exploring the multilayered meanings (material, cultural and spiritual wellbeing) associated with rivers, waterholes, seas, lakes, soaks and springs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • examining bays, rivers, waterfalls or lakes in Australia and in countries of the Asia region that have been listed as either World Heritage sites or national parks for their aesthetic and cultural value
  • investigating the spiritual significance of water in an Asian culture

  VCGGK109 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Water in the world

• VCGGK096

  Environmental and human influences on the location and characteristics of places and the management of spaces within them

  Elaborations

  • comparing how people have responded to climatic conditions in similar and different places and factors that may have influenced this such as culture and technology
  • investigating the influence of landforms on the development of settlements that are involved in food and fibre production. For example, river valleys such as the Murray-Darling, Yellow (Huang He), Yangtze, Amazon, Mekong or Ganges
  • explaining why most Australians live close to the coast rather than in inland Australia
  • examining how the use of the space within their local place is organised through zoning
  • investigating a current local planning issue, such as the redevelopment of a site, preservation of open space or subdivision of farming land, exploring why people have different views on the issue, and developing a class response to it

  VCGGK096 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 5 and 6 | Geographical Knowledge | Factors that shape places and influence interconnections

• VCGGK021

  Moving to different places and recognising some features/places on the way

  Elaborations

  • experiencing transportation, places and activities being represented using word, gesture, Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) and/or image
  • responding to significant objects/ places on a journey, for example, truck, shopping centre
  • assisting to constructed a multimedia text to represent a place and the journey there

  VCGGK021 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGC085

  Describe and explain the diverse characteristics of places in different locations from local to global scales

  Elaborations

  • researching the population size and density of a selection of countries around the world
  • exploring the diversity of environments and types of settlement, in the Asia region, or in part of the region, or in a country in either North-East, South-East or South Asia and discussing any patterns
  • researching the proportions of the Australian population and of the population from their local area who were born in each world cultural region, using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and then comparing aspects of selected cultures
  • investigating the similarities and differences in languages, religions and spiritual traditions between Australia and selected countries of the Asia region and other parts of the world
  • examining how the use of space within an area may be influenced by designation of land, for example, national parks, reserves, significant sites

  VCGGC085 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 5 and 6 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGC029

  Identify a familiar place and present findings using locational vocabulary, photos and visuals

  Elaborations

  • identifying some significant places or objects passed on the journey to a place, for example parks, trees, shops, truck
  • identifying the type of transport they use to get to significant places, for example walk, bus, car, train
  • locating familiar rooms and places at school and navigating confidently within familiar places
  • assisting in the construction of multimedia texts which represent the location of the places and features they pass, for example on their way from school to the place; they pass on the way to school and/ or they pass on their way from place to place within the school

  VCGGC029 | The Humanities | Geography | Level C | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGK027

  Experience specific activities in a place

  Elaborations

  • assisting to create personal and class multimodal texts in structured situation which identify places they like and what they like to do in them; a place and what it is used for including ‘special’ event/s
  • participating in activities related to the care and maintenance of a place, for example planting and watering plants; weeding, picking up rubbish; cleaning, maintaining or putting away equipment
  • matching an activity to the place it occurs, such as matching a photo of an activity to its location or object to its usual location

  VCGGK027 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them