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• VCGGK070

  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

  Elaborations

  • identifying the activities located in their place, such as retailing, medical, educational, police, religious, recreational, farming, manufacturing or office activities, locating them on a pictorial map, and suggesting why they are located where they are
  • investigating the places they and their families visit for shopping recreation, religious or ceremonial activities, or other reasons
  • suggesting what the pattern of visits to places might have been two generations ago and comparing this to their current pattern
  • investigating how people's patterns of visits to places are affected by transport and information and telecommunications technologies

  VCGGK070 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGK056

  Places used regularly in the community, their location, activities undertaken in this place and frequency of visits

  Elaborations

  • using pictures, symbols, labels to identify features or spaces in a significant place
  • beginning to use special, locational and directional vocabulary
  • investigating places, activities and frequency of visits
  • exploring places and reason for visiting different places in the community

  VCGGK056 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGC061

  Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps

  Elaborations

  • making a map to show how a bird would see a place (birds-eye view), using pictures or models of objects
  • completing a table to show the significant features or uses of different places
  • locating on an outline map the places they are connected to, or the places they visit for shopping, recreation, family, personal or other reasons
  • investigating how symbols are used to represent categories of objects and categorising drawings or images of environmental features of the local place into natural, managed and constructed features

  VCGGC061 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• Geography: Level D description

  The Level D curriculum focuses on the features of places where students live focusing on developing student’s awareness, understanding and purpose of a place. Students are encouraged to be curious about a place and explore its local area. They use their senses to explore the tangible characteristics...

  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

• VCGGK051

  The connection of their school and local community to other places in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • investigating how local celebrations and events link to places in the world
  • exploring the location of places people have visited

  VCGGK051 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGK023

  The connection of self to other places in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • experiencing specific activities in a place
  • connecting places to location
  • exploring places they have visited and their location

  VCGGK023 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGC020

  Respond to elements of a space using positive and negative response

  Elaborations

  • choosing to visit a particular place in the community from a small selection of options
  • indicating what they want or where they want to explore within a place
  • indicating a space they want to visit/ use/ stay within a place
  • answering simple questions about a place using ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response or augmentative and alternative communication

  VCGGC020 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGC030

  Link activities to a location

  Elaborations

  • investigating places they visit and what they do there
  • identifying their favourite place and why they like it such as specific features or activities
  • drawing on their own experience to use a place appropriately

  VCGGC030 | The Humanities | Geography | Level C | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGK037

  The connection of their family and peers to other places in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • investigating important local places and events and their connection to other places around the world
  • investigating places their family and peers have visited or are connected to in the world

  VCGGK037 | 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: Foundation to Level 2 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 students live, but they also start to investigate other places of similar size that are familiar to...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography

• 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

• VCGGC003

  Experience places that are important for specific people and related activities

  Elaborations

  • exposed to the purpose of a space in a place, for example swimming in the middle pool at the local pool, shopping at supermarket at the local shops
  • exposed to special events and reacting to sensory element they experience, for example cream, face paint, whistle, sand, visual images
  • exposed to the caring and maintaining of a space, for example, watering, cleaning up
  • reacting to sensory element of an event or activity experienced in a place, for example decorations, food or parade

  VCGGC003 | The Humanities | Geography | Level A | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGK013

  Experience the purpose of or the special event/s of a space

  Elaborations

  • exposed to the purpose of a space in a place, for example swimming in the middle pool at the local pool, shopping at supermarket at the local shops
  • exposed to special events and reacting to sensory element they experience, for example cream, face paint, whistle, sand, visual images
  • exposed to the caring and maintaining of a space, for example, watering, cleaning up
  • reacting to sensory element of an event or activity experienced in a place, for example decorations, food or parade

  VCGGK013 | The Humanities | Geography | Level A | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGC043

  Identify familiar places and their features, using photos and locational vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • identifying and labelling places they regularly visit
  • discussing the major features and spaces of each place, such as: What do I do here? What do I like/ dislike?
  • exploring all the spaces and features of a space and capturing images of a place
  • becoming familiar with the location of significant community facilities and the spaces within them

  VCGGC043 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• 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

• VCGGC060

  Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources

  Elaborations

  • asking questions about features they observe in the local area and collecting and recording information using all their senses
  • using geographical tools, such as photographs taken from the air or a digital application such as Google Earth, to identify places ranging from those with largely natural features to those with largely constructed features
  • interviewing their grandparents or significant Elders to find out the places they visited when they were young
  • recording what they have learned about the different weather and seasons of places in a picture diary or a series of paintings, and annotating them with changes that occur throughout a year
  • recording how frequently they visit places and for what purpose

  VCGGC060 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGC059

  Identify how people are connected to different places

  Elaborations

  • examining the ways people are connected to other places through, for example, relatives, friends, things people buy or obtain, holidays, sport, family origin, beliefs, and places of particular significance
  • suggesting what the pattern of visits to places might have been two generations ago and comparing this to their current pattern
  • discussing how some people are connected to one Country, for example, because it is ‘mother’s’ Country or ‘father’s’ Country

  VCGGC059 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGC100

  Identify, analyse and explain spatial distributions and patterns and identify and explain their implications

  Elaborations

  • interpreting the spatial distribution of rainfall in Australia and comparing it with that of other continents
  • comparing accessibility to and availability of a range of services and facilities between different types of settlements (urban, rural and remote) in Australia and other countries. For example, shops, access to clean water, sanitation, education and health services
  • investigating the natural causes and spatial distribution of a geomorphological hazard. For example, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and avalanches
  • exploring the arguments for and against a more balanced distribution of the urban population

  VCGGC100 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection