Year 2 History & Geography - Connectedness

Why Does the community value certain Indigenous places, landmarks or people? What are
some of these in our community?

Finding Out : 6
Overview
In this lesson students will investigate the inquiry question: Why Does the community value certain
Indigenous places, landmarks or people? What are some of these in our community? Students
will collaborate to list and explore landmarks relevant to their school and wider community.
Research will then be conducted by students on these specific places, landmarks or people.
Students will then have to discuss and evaluate the community without one of these specific
landmarks.

Explanation
In previous lessons students have explored the values of their school community and the concept
of kinship throughout the Finding Out stage. Prior to this, students have explored their
connections to the school and wider community. Connections between the community and specific
places/people will be explored using this prior knowledge.

Learning Intentions

(ACHHK045) discussing why a particular site has heritage significance/cultural value for
present generations (for example it provides a record of a significant historical event, has
aesthetic value, reflects the communitys identity
(ACHGK012) 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

General Capabilities
Literacy
Students engage in discussion and research to ascertain why landmarks are important to a
community. Students also engage in reflective writing focusing on the community without
one of these specific landmarks
Critical and Creative Thinking
Students hypothesis and reflect on their community without certain features in it
Personal and Social Capability
Students collaborate together to explore significant aspects of the community and answer
research questions
ICT
Students will engage with information technologies to research information relevant to the
lesson content as well as create a digital poster

Assessment
Assessment For Learning will be used in this lesson with students researching and creating a
digital poster showing their knowledge in why landmarks are important to their local community.

Resources

Butchers paper/ Whiteboard

Books, information brochures (pre-sourced by teacher)
Tablet The Poster App
Computers

Student Orientated Instruction

1. The teacher poses to the class the inquiry question: What are some landmarks/important
areas in our local community? Students record their answers on the whiteboard/butchers
paper

2. The teacher then poses the inquiry question: Why are these landmarks important to our
community? Students record their answers, if any, on the whiteboard/butchers paper
3. Students will then be asked to research the inquiry question with different methods on how
and to and what to record discussed
4. Students will then form groups of four (prepared beforehand into mixed ability) and use the
resources and ICT available to research why specific landmarks are important to their local
community, with a particular emphasis on Indigenous landmarks. The teacher will be
available for support throughout this process.
5. Students, in their groups, will select key information from their research and use it to create
a digital poster using the app The Poster App

Modification for students with varying degrees of ability

Support
Allow a teacher aide/ parent helper to assist in classroom activities
Mixed ability groupings when research is conducted
Explore multiple ways of recording research/ provide research templates
Extension
Allow students to write a hypothetical letter/ Draw a series of pictures to the local Member
of Parliament explaining why a certain community landmark should not be demolished