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Elaboration (2) ACHASSI002

observing the features of a special place (for example, their bedroom, under a tree) or local place (such as a beach, farm or ceremony site) and recording these observations

talking about differences between objects from the past and those of the present using comparative language (for example, 'This toy is older', ‘My new computer game is more fun than the old one', ‘This tree is older than …’)

Elaboration ACHASSI003

displaying sources related to an investigation (for example, historical sources such as pictures, photographs, family mementoes and geographic sources such as items collected in the field, sketches of observations, measurements)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI004

drawing story maps of events described in story books or in stories told by a storyteller

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI010

reporting family history by presenting information in talk, drawings and play and by creating imaginative responses

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI010

using simple terms to denote the passage of time (for example, 'then', 'now', 'yesterday', 'today', 'tomorrow') when talking about their experiences

Elaboration ACHASSI002

exploring sources (for example, pictures, photographs, story books, artefacts, excursions to places, family interviews) to gain information about the past

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI006

distinguishing between older and newer, using such clues as the condition of the object, the width of a tree, the height of a person

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK015

describing the features of their own place and places they are familiar with or they are aware of (for example, places they have visited, places family members have come from, imaginary places in stories, or places featured on television)

Elaboration (3) ACHASSK013

using images, students’ stories and stories from other places to explore what families have in common (for example, people who provide for their needs and wants, love, safety, rituals, celebrations, rules, change such as new babies and dying)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK014

describing how the globe is a representation of the world and locating Australia and other places on a globe

Elaboration ACHASSK017

identifying places they consider to be ‘special’ (for example, their room, a play area, holiday location or an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander place of family significance) and explaining why the place is special to them

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI003

illustrating on a pictorial map, or by making a model, the location of their home in relation to school or other features of the local area

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI006

identifying natural and constructed features of a place that have changed over time and those that have remained relatively unchanged

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK017

describing the features of places that are special to them based on what they see, hear, smell and feel

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI003

creating representations to show the location of features of familiar places (for example, making a map and illustrating it with pictures; using objects to create bird’s eye view models)

Elaboration ACHASSI008

suggesting ideas about the use of objects from the past and proposing reasons why the objects might have been important

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI009

describing or drawing special places, telling what they have learnt that makes them special and suggesting how to behave when there

Elaboration ACHASSI010

describing events they have experienced and/or different places they have visited, using different modes of communication, (for example, orally, through objects, pictures and drawings, role-play and photographs)

Elaboration ACHASSI004

ordering images and objects (for example, photographs, drawings or artefacts) to show a sequence of significant personal events or milestones (such as age when beginning to walk and talk, at the birth of a sibling, when moving house, when new teeth appear, …

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