Project
Miss Bowden visiting the Three Sisters
LI: Students can explain the creation and value of one landscape and landform.
PowerPoint: 8. Values of landscapes and landforms
Activity: Pictures of different landscapes and landforms displayed on board. Students are to identify what value they think people might have to the landscapes and landforms displayed. Students to write their answers in the chart provided.
Research Activity: Values of landscapes and landforms
Students will research the landform “The Three sisters” to understand the cultural and spiritual value of the landform to the indigenous people. Students will also discuss the creation of the landform using geomorphic process and the Indigenous perspective.
Students will use this information to create an informative poster.
Extension:
Dreamtime Stories:access the Dust Echoes website http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/
Students to listen / explore a Dreamtime story related to a landmark or landform, discuss the spiritual and cultural nature of dreamtime stories.
PowerPoint
Research scaffold
Content:
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Students investigate the aesthetic, cultural, spiritual and economic value of landscapes and landforms for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, for example:
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explanation of the aesthetic value of landscapes and landforms to culture and identity
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description of the cultural and spiritual value of landscapes or landforms in different places
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identification of how a landscape can have economic value for different people
Geographical tools
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Mapping
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Visual representation
Cross-curriculum priorities
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
General capabilities
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Critical and creative thinking
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Information and communication technology capability
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Intercultural understanding
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Literacy
Other learning across the curriculum areas
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Work and enterprise
Outcomes:
GE4-1
GE4-2
GE4-4
GE4-7
GE4-8