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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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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Activity 5
Describing location [7]
Students understand how to use positional langauge when describing location and geographical features.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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.
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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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Activity #5
Describing location [7]
Students understand how to use positional langauge when describing location and geographical features.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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.
Number of set tasks: 1
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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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