Locating places - People live in places

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Early Stage 1 [2]Geography: Kindergarten Topic: Locating Places: Pictorial Maps Students explore the places they live in and belong to. Students discover how the location of places can berepresented. Key inquiry question #1: What are places like?

Content

Locating places

Students:

investigate how the location of places can be represented, for example: (ACHGK001)location of familiar and local places on maps description of the location of places

Background Notes for Teachers

The focus of these activities is on developing an understanding of the features and uses of pictorial maps andusing the language of position to describe location.

Pictorial maps are a geographical tool that can be used to represent data in geographical inquiries. A pictorial mapis defined by the NSW Geography K-10 syllabus as ‘a map using illustrations to represent information on a map’.Pictorial maps are usually represented from a bird’s eye view or from a slanted angle.

Positional language includes: across, around, over, past, through, under, beside, behind, between, near, far,above, below.

Student Activities

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 6

Activity 1

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Pictorial maps [3]

Students locate places by using a zoomable map.

Number of set tasks: 1

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Activity 2

Pictorial representations [4]

Students use a zoomable map to explore its detail and answer questions.


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Activity 3

What is a map? [5]

Students study a picture book and discuss the maps shown and understand how to use positional language.


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Activity 4

A map of my desk top and a map of our playing area outside [6]

Students draw pictorial maps of their desk and outside play areas.


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Activity 5

Describing location [7]

Students understand how to use positional langauge when describing location and geographical features.


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Activity 6

A Playground Walk [8]

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Students study a picture book then plot a trail through their pictorial map and use positional language to describe.


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NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Geography K–6

Outcomes Geographical Inquiry Skills Geographical Concepts LAC

Outcomes

A student:

GEe?1 identifies places and develops an understanding of the importance of places to peopleGEe?2 communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools

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Geographical Inquiry Skills

Acquiring geographical information

pose questions and make observations (ACHGS001)record geographical data and information (ACHGS002)

Processing geographical information

represent data using charts or graphs (ACHGS003)draw conclusions based on discussions of observations (ACHGS004)

Communicating geographical information

present information (ACHGS005)reflect on their learning (ACHGS006)

Geographical Concepts

Place: the significance of places and what they are like (e.g places students live in and belong to and whythey are important).Space: the significance of location and spatial distribution, and ways people organise and manage thespaces that we live in (e.g location of a place in relation to other familiar places).Environment: the significance of the environment in human life, and the important interrelationships.

LAC

Learning across the curriculum

Information and communication technology capabilityCritical and creative thinkingLiteracyNumeracyPersonal and social capability

Resources

Picture books

My Map Book by Sara Fanelli

Maps by Aleksandria Mizielinska

Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins

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Pictorial maps

Winnie the Pooh – pictorial map of the Hundred Acre Wood [9]

Tourist map [10] of Penrith from the 1980s

Concept work for Sydney City Map [11]

Map of Luna Park Sydney [12]

Student Activities

Activity #1 Activity #2 Activity #3 Activity #4 Activity #5 Activity #6

Activity #1

Pictorial maps [3]

Students locate places by using a zoomable map.


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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Map_of_the_Hundred_Acre_Wood.gif

https://mirrorsydney.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/penrith-the-surprising-city.jpg

https://www.behance.net/gallery/Concept-work-for-Sydney-Rail-Map/4919657

http://www.lunaparksydney.com/sites/default/files/image_panel/updated-park-map-rides2.jpg




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Activity #2

Pictorial representations [4]

Students use a zoomable map to explore its detail and answer questions.


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Activity #3

What is a map? [5]

Students study a picture book and discuss the maps shown and understand how to use positional language.


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Activity #4

A map of my desk top and a map of our playing area outside [6]

Students draw pictorial maps of their desk and outside play areas.


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Activity #5

Describing location [7]

Students understand how to use positional langauge when describing location and geographical features.


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Activity #6

A Playground Walk [8]

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Students study a picture book then plot a trail through their pictorial map and use positional language to describe.


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Source URL:https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places

Links[1] https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places [2]https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/schools-and-teachers?stage=12071 [3]https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places/pictorial-maps [4]https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places/pictorial-representations [5]https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places/what-map [6] https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places/map-my-desk-top-and-map-our-playing-area-outside [7]https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places/describing-location [8]https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/locating-places-people-live-places/playground-walk [9]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Map_of_the_Hundred_Acre_Wood.gif [10]https://mirrorsydney.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/penrith-the-surprising-city.jpg [11]https://www.behance.net/gallery/Concept-work-for-Sydney-Rail-Map/4919657 [12]http://www.lunaparksydney.com/sites/default/files/image_panel/updated-park-map-rides2.jpg

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