Our Place in the World

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• communication
• community engagement
• intercultural understanding

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 5 & 6, HASS

Year 5:

Students learn about

• the influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries on the characteristics of a place (AC9HS5K04)

Year 6:

Students learn about

• Australia’s interconnections with other countries and how these change people and places (AC9HS6K05)

Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 achievement standards: Students explain the influence of people on the characteristics of places and in the management of spaces. They explain the geographical diversity of places and the effects of interconnections with other countries.

General capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - Facilitate class discussions and activities.

UN SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

• Target: 13.3 - Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

• Activity sheet - Station cards 
• Activity sheet - Connection to nature action plan
• Assorted materials - Recycled newspapers, magazines or printouts
• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Student devices
• Student Worksheet
• Sticky notes
• Whiteboard

Future Council is a Regen Studios film co-produced with Tebbernekkel. Cool.org and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Shark Island Foundation, LEEAF, Alberts I The Tony Foundation, Documentary Australia and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources. These lessons have been created in partnership with Regen Studios & Regenerators.

Using the Cool.org Act Framework in the classroom - Primary

Quick Summary: This course will help you provide strategies and tactics for enabling action in order to give students a sense of hope for their futures.