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TERM/WEEKS: YEAR LEVEL: 4 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: HASS: Geography

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural
thinking Competence Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

Notes about device access in the classroom: students will need access to at least one ipad or laptop between three
WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and other
LESSON
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 5 HASS As a result of this lesson, students Teacher will use the Introduction Youtube video links
will be able to: mind maps to - Teacher will play two short (1 minute each) YouTube videos to (Intro)
The main observe whether Africa:
Lesson 1 introduce the students to the topic and the two continents of
characteristics - Research and describe the the students have https://www.youtube.co
interest for the next few lessons: Africa and Europe
(e.g. climate, natu climate, natural vegetation, achieved the m/watch?v=Fuc8thqoe1
ral vegetation, - Teacher will ask students some introductory questions: E.g.
landforms and native animals objectives of the o
landforms, native lesson “Does anyone know any countries in Africa or Europe?” Europe:
animals) of the of a chosen major country in “Has anyone ever travelled to Africa or Europe?” https://www.youtube.co
continents of Africa or Europe - Teacher will put students into groups of approximately 3 and m/watch?v=Zs_DldO_G1
Africa and - Explain the relationship assign each group a major country in Africa or Europe w
Europe, and the between Australia and the
location of their chosen country Ipads or laptops (the
major countries in Body technology devices
- Create an interactive mind map
relation to - Students will research their assigned country in their groups, available in the
presenting information, using
Australia using the available classroom technology (ipads or laptops) classroom)
(ACHASSK087) Coggle
They will find information on:
Coggle – free online
1. Climate
mind mapping tool that
2. Natural Vegetation allows students to
3. Landforms create, and continue
4. Native animals adding to, a mind map.
5. Relationship between assigned country and Australia If using a laptop use
(e.g. distance, how to get from the country to coggle online:
Australia, are they both apart of certain organisations https://coggle.it or if on
an ipad use the Coggle
e.g. Commonwealth)
app (available for free
- Students will present this information in a Coggle mind map – download in the app
they are to add to it as they research store if not already on
ipad)

Conclusion
- Teacher will bring the class back together and each group will
tell the rest of the class something they have learnt about their
country