Year 5 HASS Geography Unit

In this Year 5 unit, students explore influences on the environment and the management of the Australian environment, addressing aspects of the HASS Australian Curriculum. It also looks at how their local place has changed and how unique places are managed. The unit also explores how the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people managed the land. Finally it looks at natural disasters including floods and bushfires.

✩ It is a 9 lesson unit (designed to be taught over a term) that contains all lesson resources including worksheets and posters*.

✩ The editable planner includes relevant Australian Curriculum links.

✩ The lessons are kept simple and succinct, five to six steps each, to help you save time. The clear instructions highlight the key points, allowing you to focus on the students and make the most of the learning opportunities.

✩ Mrs Amy123 is known for its fun and engaging lessons that involve a wide range of cooperative learning strategies. This means that some lessons will not feature worksheets, though many will.

✩ This unit also includes a grading guide that shows what each grade (A-E) would look like based on two activities from the unit. This document is also linked to the Achievement Standard for Year 6 HASS.

✩ This HASS unit also contains an editable PowerPoint presentation that can be displayed during each lesson. It includes the learning intentions/success criteria, key discussion points, worksheets and display resources. This makes teaching every lesson even easier if your classroom has a T.V or Smartboard.

Included are:

♦ Editable planner (6 pages)

♦ Worksheets (17 pages)

♦ Resources (17 pages)

♦ Editable PowerPoint Presentation (87 pages)

♦ Editable Grading Guide (1 page)

♦ Editable learning intentions and success criteria

Version 9 Outcomes covered:

Geography: The geographical diversity of the Asia region and the location of its major countries in relation to Australia (ACHASSK138)

Differences in the economic, demographic and social characteristics between countries across the world (ACHASSK139)

The world’s cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples (ACHASSK140)

Australia’s connections with other countries and how these change people and places (ACHASSK141)

Inquiry Skills: Inquiry Skills:

Questioning and research: Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems (AC9HS6S01)

Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats (AC9HS6S02)

Interpreting, analysing and evaluating: Evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships (AC9HS6S03)

Evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives (AC9HS6S04)

Concluding and decision-making: Develop evidence-based conclusions (AC9HS6S05)

Propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects (AC9HS6S06)

Communicating: Present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions (AC9HS6S07)

Version 8.4 Outcomes covered:

Geography: The geographical diversity of the Asia region and the location of its major countries in relation to Australia (ACHASSK138)

Differences in the economic, demographic and social characteristics between countries across the world (ACHASSK139)

The world’s cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples (ACHASSK140)

Australia’s connections with other countries and how these change people and places (ACHASSK141)

Inquiry Skills: ACHASSI122, ACHASSI123, ACHASSI124, ACHASSI125, ACHASSI126, ACHASSI127, ACHASSI128, ACHASSI129, ACHASSI130 and ACHASSI132

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