HASS 3.2 bundle – Our Changing Community

Description

Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Year 3 unit 3.2

Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping and assessment guide, student workbook and model answers, plus all the resource PDFs for

• HASS + Science: Understanding Our World
• Year 3, Unit 3.2: “Our Changing Community”
• Minimum time allocation of one hour per week. Extensions are provided for up to 2.5 hours a week.

In this unit students will study a local place, such as a park or landmark, and consider its management. The teacher should contact the local library or town hall and ask if the students could display posters they make for a period at the venue. These posters will highlight issues concerning the local place, such as its history, management concerns and suggested improvements. Students will work in from global to local scales by first considering the arrival of Aboriginal People in Australia during the Ice Age. Consideration of strategies for managing the environment used by Aboriginal People, will lead on to a discussion of the local Aboriginal Group.

A local park or landmark is chosen for study and visited in week 5. Students will consider many aspects of the park or landmark and then design posters highlighting particular issues. These posters should be displayed either at a local venue or at the school at the conclusion of this unit. Students consider both current and future management of the place and suggest issues to be considered. Students then reflect on this activity and consider how future management might be undertaken.

Multi-Year Level Integration

In a multi-year level class, this unit can be integrated with the unit for Year 2: Our Local Landscape. It is also compatible with the unit for Year 1: Our Landscape.