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Part Eleven

Society and Environment

 

Ideas for Teachers ……………………………….………………………………..……Society and Environment

 

Investigation, Communication and Participation

Students investigate the ways in which people interact with each other and with their environments in order to make informed decisions and implement relevant social action

Caring for the Environment [1] …………………………………………………..…...See Reference

(Middle Childhood)

 

Environmental Destroyers Poster[2] ………………….....…………………….........See Reference

(Middle Childhood)

 

Environmental Carers Poster[3] ………………………….....……………….....……See Reference

(Middle Childhood)

 

Environmental Carers Action Ideas[4] ………………………….....………...............See Reference

(Middle Childhood)

 

Place and Space

Students understand that the interaction people have with places in which they live is shaped by the location, patterns and processes associated with natural and built features

Hunt for the Fairy Treasure [5] …………………..………..….……….………........…See Reference

(Early Childhood)

 

Finding Your Way Around the Planet ……..………..….….……...........................…Society and Environment

(Middle Childhood)

 

Resources

Students understand that people attempt to meet their needs and wants by making optimum use of limited resources in enterprising ways

Do it Yourself Desalination Plant ……………...…………….…..…………...............Society and Environment

(Middle Childhood)

 

Culture

Students understand that people form groups because of their shared understandings of the world and, in turn, they are influenced by the particular culture so formed

What’s Felicity Saying? …………………………………………………….….........…Society and Environment

(Middle Childhood)

Time, Continuity and Change

Students understand that peoples' actions and values are shaped by their understanding and interpretation of the past

Arctic peoples Research ………………….……………………………………………Society and Environment

(Middle Childhood)

 

Natural and Social Systems

Students understand that systems provide order to the dynamic natural and social relationships occurring in the world

How to Plant a Tree [6] …………………..…….………………………………….…….See Reference

(Early Childhood)

 

Happy Ways to Bring Fairies to Your Home [7] ……………………….................…See Reference

(Early Childhood)

 

Can you make this backyard safe? ………………….………………….…............…Society and Environment

(Middle Childhood)

 

Make Tracks [8] ……………...……………………………………………………...........See Reference

(Middle Childhood)


 

[1] Caring for the Environment (1999) in K-3 Class Ideas: Our Body, R.I.C Publications: New South Wales, Issue number 9, 1999, p. 44.

[2] ‘Environmental Destroyers Poster’ in Do Something!: Environmental Education in action for Primary Schools, Manly: Planet Ark, p.70.

[3] ‘Environmental Carers Poster’ in Do Something!: Environmental Education in action for Primary Schools, Manly: Planet Ark, p.71.

[4] ‘Environmental Carers Action Ideas’ in Do Something!: Environmental Education in action for Primary Schools, Manly: Planet Ark, p.72.

[5] Hunt for the Fairy Treasure in Eleanor Coombe (2000) The Ultimate Fairy Book, Pancake: Australia, p. 69. (Illustrations by Sally Watts)

[6] How to Plant a Tree (1999) in K-3 Class Ideas: Our Body, R.I.C Publications: New South Wales, Issue number 9, 1999, p. 47.

[7] Happy Ways to Bring Fairies to Your Home in Eleanor Coombe (2000) The Ultimate Fairy Book, Pancake: Australia, p. 88. (Illustrations by Sally Watts)

[8] ‘Make Tracks’ in David Suzuki, Looking at Weather, Australia: Allen and Unwin, p.70-1.