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=Teachers page:= = Teacher's Page = The three lessons are aimed at stage two, year three. The lessons are sequenced, building from lesson one to lesson three. The aim of the lessons are to build upon students prior knowledge, engage them to search the internet learning about their state/ territory whilst working collaboratively and sharing their new knowledge with their class mates. ** The syllabus outcome that the following lessons aim to achieve is: ** // ENS2.5 // //Describes places in the local area and other parts of// //Australia and explains their significance//. each State/Territory, and major regional centres. and uses locational terminology such as north, south, east, west.
 * Locates and names the capital city of Australia and of
 * Locates and maps cities, rivers and mountains in NSW
 * Compares sites and places in their local area.
 * Recognises Aboriginal place names for places in Australia.

Lesson 1: First lesson (45 minutes). Place students in groups of three. Assign groups, have the students follow the links and process through researching their state or territroy. Ask students to identify features, sites, cities or rivers in their chosen area whilst they determine why these places might be seen as significant. Discuss strategies used by students to determine significance. Ensure students reword the information they have researched by recording it in a word document. The last fifteen minutes will be spent having the groups discuss their findings to the class. Lesson 2: The second lesson (45 minutes)  The students will stay in the same groups, however in this lesson they will be researching Aboriginal culture in their chosen state or territory. Ensure they recognise changes to the continent which have occurred over the years for example, the formation of the Three Sisters or Ayers rock in Uluru whilst having students pointing out Aboriginal place names and find the meaning. Have students record their information. Lesson 3: The third lesson (45 minutes) The first ten minutes will be spent listening to the teacher instruction about the advertising task whilst displaying the followig examples:
 * a brochure: []
 * a television advert:[]
 * a billboard: []
 * a poster:[]
 * a jingle:[]
 * a radio add:[]

Once the groups have chosen they can start designing. Encourage them to add photographs or drawings whilst consolidating what they have learnt in a creative fun advertising piece. During the next lesson the children will present their work to the class.

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