Blog Post 1: Civics & Citizenship

WEEK 5 BLOG: SUSTAINABILITY The Geography sub-strand in the Australian Curriculum (2016) provides opportunities to develop a students understanding of place, space, environment, interconnection and sustainability. So far this year in our Year 3/4 classroom, our focus has been on sustainability by exploring the ways that we can aim to improve creating a better world for this generation and future generations of all living things on planet Earth ( Nayar, 2013).  Our lesson links to Education for Sustainability by integrating Geography and Civics and Citizenship, which are two sub-strands of the Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum (ACARA, 2013). It is important for all parents to be informed about the significance of sustainability education as it allows your child to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future ( Nayar, 2013). Within our unit, we will cover the five components of Education for sustainability: §  ...

Year 3/4 Purpose of this unit: The Australian Curriculum content for Year 3/4 in the Civics and Citizenship Education (CCE) strand delivers opportunities for students to improve their understanding about diversity, identity, democracy and laws (ACARA, 2018). My students will explore how individuals contribute to their community which links to the year level content descriptor as they are questioned how and why they can participate and actively contribute within communities.   This allows the students to have the opportunity to explore how they can become involved in a school community project which links to the Australian Curriculum elaboration for the year group (ACARA, 2018). The purpose of this unit is so that our students are able to operate as informed and active citizens in their local communities, to enhance their own personal learning and sense of identity and to develop global consciousness (Gilbert and Hoepper, 2014).  ...