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Goal Statement
The overall objective for this unit is for students to use prior knowledge alongside newly learnt knowledge, to demonstrate the skills involved with basic mapping. These skills should include the students ability to: recognise basic symbols that are represented within maps and discuss their importance, it should al so include awareness of relative position, landmarks and specific locations. Students will learn the importance of maps and why, when and how they are used. The students will also learn to communicate and share their ideas using texts and terminology that is associated with social and environmental studies. This will be conducted in the manor of individually or collaboratively using strategies that create a learning environment that is diverse and productive. Throughout the duration of the unit, students will use tools such as information technologies to create and communicate ideas and notions within the context of the unit. At the end of the unit students should be able to organise the information given to them enough for it to be demonstrated in the form of a culminating assessment task, where students will map their own city.
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Statement of Intention
By the end of this unit students should be able to demonstrate their ability to: Read and interpret a range of simple maps Understand common symbols and representations for landmarks, locations and buildings Identify the purpose of maps and their usage Demonstrate their ability to effectively design and draw a map with the inclusion of the BOLTS strategy Effectively communicate and reflect on their findings in a written and verbal form
Key Questions
1. What is a map? 2. What are some different types of maps? 3. What are maps used for? 4. What is the importance of a map? 5. How were maps used within the Indigenous Australian Culture? 6. Why are there symbols on maps? 7. What is a legend and what is its purpose? 8. What are cardinal directions and why do we use them? 9. What role does a scale play on a map? 10. Is it important that a map has a scale? 11. What elements are important to use when drawing or designing a map? 12. Are maps relevant in todays society?
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Identify curriculum
Ways of working
The students should be able to: Plan simple investigations based on questions Draw conclusions and give explanations, using information and evidence Reflect on learning to identify new understandings
General Capabilities
ICT o Locate, generate and access data and information from a range of digital sources. o Select and evaluate data and information explain why located or information was selected. Literacy o Comprehend texts o Navigate read and view learning area texts, navigate read and view different types of texts o Interpret and analyse learning area texts interpret literal information and make inferences to expand topic knowledge using comprehension strategies Numeracy o Interpret maps and diagrams and interpret information, locate positions and describe routes on maps and diagrams using simple scales, legends and directional language. Critical and Creative Thinking Continuum o Pose questions to expand their knowledge about the world. o Identify and clarify main ideas and select and clarify information from a range of sources The Intercultural Understanding Continuum o Investigate culture and cultural identity, identify and describe variability within and across cultural groups.
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. Students gain awareness of the history and diversity of lifestyles of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people throughout Australia. For example Indigenous cultures will be embedded into this unit through the use of how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people used maps in their culture.
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Develop assessment
Type of assessment What will be assessed
The students will not be formally assessed at this stage. The evidence that will be reviewed would be anecdotal notes of group discussions and anecdotal notes of group participation.
Make judgments
When it will be assessed
This assessment will take place at the beginning of the unit, and will be identified in the Motivate, Explore and Frame, Negotiate and Identify stage.
Purpose of assessment
The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate students knowledge before any main instruction takes place.
Assessable elements
Knowledge and Understanding: previous knowledge. Implementing and Applying: previous knowledge to complete the task.
Diagnostic
Formative
This assessment will take place The students will be assessed during the unit via throughout the whole unit, and the work they complete in their MAPPING MY will take place in various lesson WORLD booklet. This is an individual piece of modules. assessment and anecdotal notes will be taken on student progress.
The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate and identify areas of weakness and strength that may be evident.
Knowledge and Understanding: of aspects that come together to form a map. Planning: of relativity and position
Summative
This assessment task will take Ability to recognise basic maps and place in the take action stage symbols An understanding of symbols to represent (lesson 14). places Cardinal directions Identify key aspects of a town and appropriate relative positions of these aspects
The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate and assess students understanding of certain aspects that contribute to form a simple map.
Knowledge and Understanding: of the aspects that form a map. Planning: the ability to plan a town. Implementing and Applying: Implementing the appropriate aspects that form a map. Applying previous knowledge to form a directional map. Reflecting: Using newly formed knowledge to make decisions that reflect their choices that formed the students map.
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Unit Overview
Lesson Number
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Lesson Description
Resources
Deck of mapping cards Sticky notes Pens Whiteboard Whiteboard markers Whiteboard eraser Word wall
Assessment
Observation of students response and group discussions. Anecdotal notes of group participation.
Split the students into small groups of 3-4, and provide each group with a set of Guess What map cards. Each deck of cards contains different symbols and words that are used in relation to maps.
In the groups students will be given a sticky note pad, from here the students are to pull a card from the deck and either write or draw what they think each card is. Example a blue line card may be drawn from the deck, the students would then write down what they think a blue line would represent on a map.
The students in the small groups are to work together to discuss each card. At the end of the deck of cards each group will select a group speaker. As a whole class each group speaker will be asked at different times to stand up and tell the class what they chose for a card, and why.
This will then be led to a teacher/ class discussion on the students choices and their relevance. At the end of the session introduce the class to the word wall and explain its purpose and when it will be used.
Time:40 minutes Links to other curriculum areas: Year 3 English: Language: Express and Develop Ideas Understand that verbs represent different processes (thinking, doing, saying and relating). Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs.
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Interpreting, analysing and evaluating Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning.
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Time: 45 minutes Links to other curriculum areas: Year 3: Science: Processing and analysing data and information Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons and findings.
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Time: 60 minutes Links to other curriculum areas: Year 3 English: Language: Text structure and organisation. Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written text. Know that word contractions are a feature of informal language and that apostrophes of contraction are used to signal missing letters. 14. Reflect On Focus: What did we learn about mapping? The students will reflect on their learning by filling out the final page in the students, Mapping my World booklet. The students will be asked to write down 5 things that they have learnt about mapping. They will also be told to give one example of why they might use a map in the future. At the end the students will be asked a key question, Can we now effectively participate in society with our new found mapping skills? This allows the student to draw on the content taught. Students Mapping My World booklet Whiteboard or Interactive whiteboard Whiteboard markers Whiteboard easer Observation of student response during class discussion. Teacher questioning of class and individual students.
Time: 45 minutes
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CRITERIA Knowledge and Understanding Inclusion of landmarks, locations, buildings, roads etc. that are required for a functioning town. Skills Use of a wide range of mapping skills such as border, orientation, legend, title, scale and directionality.
A A wide variety of features present on the map. A thorough and well thought out placement of features within the map with thought to functionality.
B A variety of features present on the map. A thought out placement of features within the map with though to functionality.
C Use of a range of features present on the map. Satisfactory placement of symbols within the town, with some thought for the functionality of the town.
D Some features present on the map. Some thought to placement of features within the town with limited thought to functionality of the town.
E Little to no features present on the map. Features placed randomly with very limited thought to functionality of the town.
Exceptional demonstration of mapping skills with no mistakes. Includes all mapping skills covered.
Good demonstration of mapping skills with few mistakes. Includes the majority of the mapping skills covered.
Adequate demonstration of mapping skills, with minor mistakes. Includes most of the mapping skills covered.
Limited demonstration of mapping skills, with major mistakes. Includes some of the mapping skills covered.
Extremely limited demonstration of mapping skills with major mistakes. Include few mapping skills.
Communication Interpret and provide justifications for certain features and placements within the map.
Exceptional written justification for placement of features within the town with evidence of thorough planning. No errors within literacy. Well thought out written justification for place of features with evidence of prior planning. Few errors within literacy. Satisfactory written justification for placement of features within the town with some evidence of planning. Some minor errors in sentence structure, Limited written justification for Little to no written justification placement of features within presented. the town. Majors errors present within the literacy.
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