This unit includes everything you need to teach a Connecting to Places unit for Year Two HASS, fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum.
 
Throughout the unit, students learn to describe natural, managed and constructed places, explore place names and special meanings, and investigate how people form connections based on transport, distance, culture, and technology. Optional slides also include perspectives of First Nations Australians, exploring connections to land, sea, and sky.
 
What's included?
Connecting to Places HASS PowerPoint
150+ slides.
Vocabulary loading slides.
Lesson aligned slides with warm-ups, content and conclusions.
Hyperlinked contents.
Bonus templates.
Assessment and rubric.
Optional First Nations Perspectives slides.
10 x Detailed Lesson Plans
• 50+ pages of activities and lessons.
• Learning intentions.
• Detailed steps.
• Resource lists.
• Activities with flexible options.
• Assessment rubric.
• Cover pages.
 
Lesson Outline
Lesson 1: Pondering Over Places – Identify and describe natural, managed, and constructed features of places. Lesson 2: Looking Local – Explore a local place and investigate the meaning behind its name. Lesson 3: Connecting to Country – Describe how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples connect to the land, sea, and sky. Lesson 4: Special Places, Special Stories – Understand the significance of an Indigenous site and its story. Option provided for broader locations. Lesson 5: We Are Connected – Identify different places we are connected to and how those connections form. Lesson 6: Connections and Beyond – Discuss places near and far that are important to us and explain why. Lesson 7: Going Global – Recognise global events that connect us to other places. Lesson 8: Data On the Move – Graph places we visit and reflect on why. Lesson 9: Let’s Compare – Compare visiting patterns with someone who lives in a different place. Lesson 10: Tasty Travels (Assessment) – Use food to show how people are connected to different places.
 
 
This unit has recently been revised and updated to align with the Australian V9 curriculum, however, is still relevant for the V8 curriculum.