Society and Environment Gateway Grade Two

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Reception Time, Continuity and Change - Cultural Heritage (1.1-1.3) 1.1 - Identifies differences between their life and the lives of other generations in their society and explains some reasons for this: Use this Interview Form for children to interview Grandparents etc., Use these Interview Results, to present short talks about how life has changed over the years. Display results and photos of the Interviewee. Collect information from students about ethnic background. Make a Graph of the results. Use our Where in the World? Resources to research a country. Students use this Scroll Template to express culture and background. Make a Collage from magazine pictures of our Cultural Heritage. 1.2 - Presents events and life stages in sequence. Students make a picture diagram of their family. Make a Time Line with Microsoft Excel Visit the interactive Technology Time Line to recognize events in sequence. Make a Family Collage. Use these ideas about roles in a family. Students make a Family Tree using a Live Family Tree, An ancestory Chart Celebrate cultural diversity in the class and draw their own favorite celebration. Use our Holiday Resources for research information. 1.3 - Identifies and values aspects of environments, and of family and community ways of life, that have endured or changed, and makes predictions about the future in relation to these. Invite people from different ethnic groups to share and talk about their life and country of origin. Discuss the contribution of different ethnic groups - Food, Festivals, Stories. Explore a Unit on Space, and have particular focus on predicting what Space will look like in the future. Students draw and write about their favorite time when family comes together to celebrate. Students share their drawings with the class, by making a Class Book. Place, Space, and Environment - Places and People (1.4-1.6) 1.4 - Explains and communicates how people interact and identify with environments. Visit - Famous Landmarks and brainstorm why each place was built. Children then construct their own 'special place' using art materials. Using art resources, students design a place of the future. Teachers can include each 'place' in a Power point presentation for the class to view. Teachers introduce students to the Doors to the World Project. Students take photos using a digital camera, and submit their photo in the Project. 1.5 - Represents and categorises features of places and resources, using maps, contextual language and models. Students walk around the school environment, observing spaces, and the environment. A Map is drawn of the enironment using a simple key. Use this Map of Rivers in Australia to identify water resources. Label States of Australia on this map. Use this Map reading activity to read a Map with a simple key. Find community services in this Map reading activity. 1.6 - Participates actively in projects to show understanding of the importance of caring for local places and natural environments. Students make Posters and Signs to show others how to care for a local area. Use an activity from Kids-for-the-Environment to care for your environment. Students can participate in the Along the Pobblebonk Road Project - find ways to enhance your school environment. Help to save the Murray River at Landcare for Kids. Societies and Cultures 1.7 - Understands that, although all people are unique, they also have characteristics in common, and contribute in a variety of ways to their local and wider communities. Teachers connect with a classroom at Class Connect, to increase awareness of other people's culture and traditions. Students complete a K-W-L sheet about their local area. Research one aspect in groups, and give a short talk about their findings. Use our Alike and Different Worksheet to compare a different culture to ours. Negotiate to do research on a particular country or culture looking at its location, customs, and religion. 1.8 - Listens to and retells local Aboriginal stories and stories from cultures other than their own, and explains their relevance for Australians. Visit Aboriginal Dreamtime and read an Aboriginal Dreaming story Go on A web Sleuth Adventure to learn more about the Aboriginal culture. Print the Fact Sheets for Kids at Dreamtime.net 1.9 - Demonstrates a capability to see and value points of view other than their own. Social Systems 1.10 - Describes the meaning of ‘needs’ and ‘wants’, and identifies how people cooperate in society to meet current and future needs. Have Guest Speakers present their working day to the students. Students draw a picture about their Mom's or Dad's work. Students complete the Needs and Wants Worksheet. Using art materials, students construct a small town. Label services and people living in the town. Print out this Village Template and brainstorm ways it helps up with our needs. 1.11 - Identifies the sources of some goods and services, and can explain the ways our daily living depends on them. Discuss the work of mums, dads and carers (volunteer work, paid work, work in the home). Invite guest speakers to talk about their specific work (paid and unpaid). Walk around the local community to identify different community groups, facilities and services (eg post office, shops, homes, church and playgrounds). With friends, negotiate which kind of community worker they would like to research. Present the information as a project showing how the worker helps to meet the community needs. Consider how the job the worker does might change over time. Examples of evidence towards achievement of outcomes   1.12 - Takes an active part in making decisions to achieve goals while listening to, negotiating, and cooperating with others, and showing awareness of rights, responsibilities and rules. Time, Continuity, and Change Place, space, and Environment Societies and Cultures Social Systems Grade 1 Time, Continuity, and Change Place, space, and Environment Societies and Cultures Social Systems Grade 2 Time, Continuity, and Change Place, space, and Environment Societies and Cultures Social Systems Grade 3 Time, Continuity, and Change Place, space, and Environment Societies and Cultures Social Systems Grade 4 Time, Continuity, and Change Place, space, and Environment Societies and Cultures Social Systems Grade 5 Time, Continuity, and Change Place, space, and Environment Societies and Cultures Social Systems