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TERM/WEEKS: Term 2 YEAR LEVEL: 4 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Humanities and Social

Weeks 5-7 Sciences: 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:

Lesson 1 - students will need access to at least one iPad or laptop between three
Lesson 2 - students will need access to at least one iPad or laptop per group
Lesson 3 – students will need access to iPads in their groups to be able to scan QR codes
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, Observation: Introduction Youtube video links
students will be able to: Teacher will use the - Teacher will play two short (1 minute each) YouTube videos to (Intro)
Lesson 1 The main mind maps to observe introduce the students to the topic and the two continents of Africa:
characteristics - Research and describe the whether the students https://www.youtube.co
interest for the next few lessons: Africa and Europe
(e.g. climate, natu climate, natural vegetation, have achieved the m/watch?v=Fuc8thqoe1
ral vegetation, - Teacher will ask students some introductory questions: E.g.
landforms and native objectives of the lesson o
landforms, native “Does anyone know any countries in Africa or Europe?” Europe:
animals) of the animals of a chosen major “Has anyone ever travelled to Africa or Europe?” https://www.youtube.co
continents of country in Africa or Europe - Teacher will put students into groups of approximately 3 and m/watch?v=Zs_DldO_G1
Africa and Europe, - Explain the relationship assign each group a major country in Africa or Europe w
and the location between Australia and the
of their major chosen country Ipads or laptops (the
countries in Body technology devices
- Create an interactive mind
relation to - Students will research their assigned country in their groups, available in the
map presenting
Australia using the available classroom technology (ipads or laptops) classroom)
(ACHASSK087) information, using 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
 HASS As a result of this lesson, Google Slides
students will be able to: Observation: Introduction https://www.google.com
The main While students are - The teacher will direct students to organise themselves into .au/slides/about/
characteristics working on their
(e.g. climate, natu
- Work in groups to create a the same groups as the previous lesson, choose a computer
presentations, the but do not log in yet Arthur: Public Speaking -
ral vegetation, presentation using Google
teacher will walk Video
landforms, native Slides with the information around the room https://youtu.be/0aFHa5
animals) of the gathered in lesson one observing students lKL9g
Body
continents of - Deliver the presentation for - The teacher will explain that the students are required to use
Week 6 Africa and Europe, no longer than 5 minutes, Presentations –
and the location the research they gathered in lesson one to construct a
in front of the class Marking rubric:
Lesson 2 of their major presentation using Google Slides
When students give
countries in their presentations, the - Students will be directed to watch the YouTube tutorial on the
relation to teacher will use a rubric lesson page titled, How to Use Google Slides before they start
Australia to assess them on: creating their presentations
(ACHASSK087) - The content of - The teacher will then explain to students that they need to
their presentation work collaboratively, choosing for themselves how they
(climate, natural organise group members and delegate the workload
vegetation, native - Students will be given 20 minutes to create a presentation with
landform, native a minimum of 5 slides that outlines all topics they research in
animal, relation to lesson one
Australia and how 1. Climate
to get there from 2. Natural vegetation
Australia) 3. Native landforms
- Group coherency 4. Native animals
- Lesson 5. Relation to Australia
presentation skills 6. How to get there from Australia
(eye contact, loud - While students are working on their presentations, the teacher
and clear voice, will walk around the room monitoring and helping students if
looking up at needed
audience and - If students finish early, they can start working on preparing and
enthusiasm) practicing for their presentation
- Creativity of the - After 20 minutes of working, students will have 5 minutes to
presentation prepare and practice their presentations
(colorful, use of - Students can choose to watch the “ARTHUR: Public Speaking”
transitions, easy to video on YouTube for ideas and inspiration on how to deliver a
read fonts, pictures good presentation, if they are unsure about what they need to
and/or videos) do
- Students will sit on the floor in front of the smartboard/screen
- The teacher will call up groups randomly and the students will
log into their account and display their presentation on the
smartboard/screen
- Each group member will present at least one slide
- While students are presenting, the teacher will be assessing
students on the content of their presentation using the
assessment rubric

Conclusion
- Race to the Board
- Students will be divided into two teams, Africa and
Europe.
- The teacher will ask a range of questions about Africa
and Europe
- If students know the answer, they need to race to the
board and write the answer down. The first student to
the whiteboard gets to write it down
- If they get the answer right, the team that the student
belongs to will get a point
- The team with the most points will receive a reward

The teacher will explain to students that the next lesson, they will
be participating in a scavenger hunt
 HASS As a result of this lesson, Kahoot quiz:
students will be able to: QR Scavenger Hunt will Introduction https://kahoot.it
The main - Use QR codes in order allow the teacher to - Students will be asked to get into a team of 2 (3 max) and
characteristics to research and see which students do to use a device to log into Kahoot QR Codes
(e.g. climate, natu and do not know the
answer questions - Students will take part in a quiz that the teacher has
ral vegetation, answers to the iPads
landforms, native based on the created in order to activate prior knowledge about the
questions, and
animals) of the curriculum link therefore which main characteristics of Africa and Europe
Week 7 continents of - Research and answer students retained the
Africa and Europe, questions based on Body
knowledge from
and the location - Teacher will explain scavenger hunt directions – each
Lesson 3 their prior knowledge previous lessons.
of their major Answers are to be team will need 1x device which has a QR scanner installed
- Work in groups and
countries in marked once students (or on the camera app). Teams (same as Kahoot groups)
use team work to find
relation to return to the are to race around the school with a list of their questions
Australia the answers
classroom. which relate to what the students have previously been
(ACHASSK087)
learning about in their HASS lessons
Diagnostic Assessment:
e.g.
Knowledge from prior
- Climate
lesson using Kahoot
- Natural vegetation
- Native landforms
- Native animals
- Relation to Australia
- How to get there from Australia

- Each stop will have a QR code that will link them to a

website, youtube video or URL which the students will
need to use to find the answer to that particular question
- The team who finish first with all of the correct questions
will win the scavenger hunt
- This is the last lesson of this learning area (curriculum
code), which is meant to be a fun and educational end to
this topic

Conclusion
- Once all students are back in the classroom, each group
will have a brief discussion with the rest of the class about
what they liked about the activity and share something
they learnt