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Migration to Australia – AT

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Humanities and Social Sciences

Year 6

Satisfactory

Migration to Australia

Summary of task

Students completed scaffolded inquiry into migration to Australia. Part 1 involved an examination of the sources of migration. Part 2 involved using data to draw conclusions about the nature and purpose of migration. The task involved students conducting class surveys, interrogating provided data sources and formulating hypotheses based on the gathered information. They used a range of digital technologies to record and represent their findings. The task was completed in class over four 50-minute lessons.

Achievement standard

By the end of Year 6, students explain the significance of an event/development, an individual and/or group. They identify and describe continuities and changes for different groups in the past and present. They describe the causes and effects of change on society. They compare the experiences of different people in the past. Students describe, compare and explain the diverse characteristics of different places in different locations from local to global scales. They describe how people, places, communities and environments are diverse and globally interconnected and identify the effects of these interconnections over time. Students explain the importance of people, institutions and processes to Australia’s democracy and legal system. They describe the rights and responsibilities of Australian citizens and the obligations they may have as global citizens. Students recognise why choices about the allocation of resources involve trade-offs. They explain why it is important to be informed when making consumer and financial decisions. They identify the purpose of business and recognise the different ways that businesses choose to provide goods and services. They explain different views on how to respond to an issue or challenge.

Students develop appropriate questions to frame an investigation. They locate and collect useful data and information from primary and secondary sources. They examine sources to determine their origin and purpose and to identify different perspectives in the past and present. They interpret data to identify, describe and compare distributions, patterns and trends, and to infer relationships, and evaluate evidence to draw conclusions. Students sequence information about events, the lives of individuals and selected phenomena in chronological order and represent time by creating timelines. They organise and represent data in a range of formats, including large- and small-scale maps, using appropriate conventions. They collaboratively generate alternative responses to an issue, use criteria to make decisions and identify the advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others. They reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge and describe the probable effects of their proposal. They present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of communication forms that incorporate source materials, mapping, graphing, communication conventions and discipline-specific terms.

By the end of Year 6, students describe the location of places in selected countries in absolute and relative terms. They describe and explain the diverse characteristics of places in different locations from local to global scales. They describe the interconnections between people in different places, identify factors that influence these interconnections and describe how interconnections change places and affect people. They identify and compare different possible responses to a geographical challenge.

Students develop appropriate geographical questions to frame an inquiry. They locate, collect and organise useful data and information from primary and secondary sources. They record and represent data and the location of places and their characteristics in different graphic forms, including large-scale and small-scale maps that use cartographic conventions of border, source, scale, legend, title and north point. Students interpret maps, data and other information to identify, describe and compare spatial distributions, patterns and trends, to infer relationships and to draw conclusions. They present findings and ideas using geographical terminology and digital technologies in a range of communication forms. They propose action in response to a geographical challenge and describe the probable effects of their proposal.

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Represents collected survey data in a pie chart
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Subject - Geography
Represents collected survey data in a pie chart
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Uses data to draw conclusions about class perceptions
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Subject - Geography
Uses data to draw conclusions about class perceptions

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Constructs a choropleth map with some cartographic conventions to represent data
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Subject - Geography
Constructs a choropleth map with some cartographic conventions to represent data
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Uses data to describe patterns and distributions
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Subject - Geography
Uses data to describe patterns and distributions
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Learning Area
Proposes a relationship between migration and the characteristics of countries
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Subject - Geography
Proposes a relationship between migration and the characteristics of countries
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Represents collected data in a pie chart
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Subject - Geography
Represents collected data in a pie chart

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Compares and interprets data from different sources
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Subject - Geography
Compares and interprets data from different sources
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Suggests a reason for variations in data
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Subject - Geography
Suggests a reason for variations in data
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Presents different solutions to possible misconceptions
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Subject - Geography
Presents different solutions to possible misconceptions
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Proposes a response to a perceived challenge
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Subject - Geography
Proposes a response to a perceived challenge
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Learning Area
Develops questions as the basis of an inquiry
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Subject - Geography
Develops questions as the basis of an inquiry

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Interprets collected data to describe migration trends
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Subject - Geography
Interprets collected data to describe migration trends
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Represents collected data in a line graph to show trends over time
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Subject - Geography
Represents collected data in a line graph to show trends over time

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Presents examples of the ways in which the characteristics of places influence how people live
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Subject - Geography
Presents examples of the ways in which the characteristics of places influence how people live
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Presents reasons for migration to Australia
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Subject - Geography
Presents reasons for migration to Australia