Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Conceptual thinking in HaSS


Image above: The four wheels of HASS.

*** 9 November Session PowerPoint

Related sites to Geogaction blog 
Spatialworlds
GeogSpace
AC History Units
Geogaction
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
DECD Achievement Standards Charts 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website

Geography Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of Australia
Legal Education Teachers Association SA (LETASA)
Business Educators Australia

Email contact:
malcolm.mcinerney@sa.gov.au


* The Australian Curriculum Portal



A selection of HASS resources and links

 Being a Citizen: a resource developed by AGTA


 South Australian Parliament teaching resources




 * DECD Australian Curriculum Implementation guidelines

Discovering Democracy resources 

* Parliamentary Education Office resources



AC History Units: the resource from HTAA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: History



* DECD Australian Curriculum: HASS resources 

The DECD "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource has been designed  to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: HASS.

As you can see below the resource to date includes a creative animation, broadsheets on the curriculum, sound bites and 'talking heads'.

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on 'What is Geography for'



The geography curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.




Achievement Standards Chart and activities for HASS from DECD 


 Assessment activities are at:
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader


The RSLSA Virtual War Memorial

A great resource for commemoration activities, historical research and work on Australian identity in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum.



Thursday, October 22, 2015

Port Augusta Workshop on 26 October 2015


Image above: The four wheels of HASS.

*** 26 October Session PowerPoint

Related sites to Geogaction blog 
Spatialworlds
GeogSpace
AC History Units
Geogaction
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
DECD Achievement Standards Charts 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website

Geography Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of Australia
Legal Education Teachers Association SA (LETASA)
Business Educators Australia

Email contact:
malcolm.mcinerney@sa.gov.au


* The Australian Curriculum Portal



A selection of HASS resources and links

 * Being a Citizen: a resource developed by AGTA


 South Australian Parliament teaching resources




 * DECD Australian Curriculum Implementation guidelines

Discovering Democracy resources 

* Parliamentary Education Office resources



AC History Units: the resource from HTAA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: History



* DECD Australian Curriculum: HASS resources 

The DECD "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource has been designed  to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: HASS.

As you can see below the resource to date includes a creative animation, broadsheets on the curriculum, sound bites and 'talking heads'.

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on 'What is Geography for'



The geography curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.




Achievement Standards Chart and activities for HASS from DECD 


 Assessment activities are at:
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader


The RSLSA Virtual War Memorial

A great resource for commemoration activities, historical research and work on Australian identity in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum.



Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Civics and Citizenship Forum in September 2015

Image above: The important concepts for the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship


Related sites to Humsteach blog 
Spatialworlds
Australian Curriculum Portal
GeogSpace
AC History Units
Geogaction
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
DECD Achievement Standards Charts 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website

Geography Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of Australia
Legal Education Teachers Association SA (LETASA)
Business Educators Australia

Email contact:
malcolm.mcinerney@sa.gov.au

* September 2015 Civics and Citizenship Forum PowerPoint presentation


* Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship  on the Australian Curriculum Portal



Relevant resources and links

 * Being a Citizen: a resource developed by AGTA


 South Australian Parliament teaching resources



* South Australian Virtual War Memorial

 * DECD Australian Curriculum Implementation guidelines

* July and September Civics and Citizenship Forum in the city

Discovering Democracy resources 

* Parliamentary Education Office resources


DECD has recently launched their "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: HASS.
As you can see below the resource to date includes a creative animation, broadsheets on the curriculum and 'talking heads'.


Achievement Standards Chart and activities for HASS from DECD 

The Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standards chart is at:  http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/files/links/acchart_civicscitizenship.pdf



 Assessment activities are at:
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader


The RSLSA Virtual War Memorial

A great resource for commemoration activities, historical research and work on Australian identity in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum.


The South Australian Suffragettes site

A great South Australian history site focussed on the work of the suffragettes in South Australia.


Thursday, August 20, 2015

HASS at Aberfoyle Park on 21 August 2015

 Image above: The Civics & Citizenship and Economics & Business concepts

*** 21 August PowerPoint at Aberfoyle Park workshop

Related sites to Geogaction blog 
Spatialworlds
GeogSpace
AC History Units
Geogaction
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
DECD Achievement Standards Charts 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website

Geography Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of Australia
Legal Education Teachers Association SA (LETASA)
Business Educators Australia

Email contact:
malcolm.mcinerney@sa.gov.au


* The Australian Curriculum Portal



A selection of HASS resources and links

 * Being a Citizen: a resource developed by AGTA


 South Australian Parliament teaching resources



The South Australian Suffragettes site

A great South Australian history site focussed on the work of the suffragettes in South Australia.



Discovering Democracy resources 

* Parliamentary Education Office resources


* DECD Australian Curriculum: HASS resources 

The DECD "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource has been designed  to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: HASS.

The Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.


* The Sound bites about Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business.






 
* The Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standards document

* The Economics and Business Achievement Standards document

Achievement Standards Chart for Civics and Citizenship from DECD 

* Achievement Standards Chart for Economics and Business
 


Engagement activities are at:

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader

 Aligning activity for content and achievement standards in Civics and Citizenship (only on Learnlink)

 Aligning activity for content and achievement standards in Economics and Business (only on Learnlink)



The RSLSA Virtual War Memorial

A great resource for commemoration activities, historical research and work on Australian identity in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum.



* The 2015 Eden Prize


In the spirit of the original bequest, students are asked to create a persuasive text of no more than 800 words that answers the question:

What can governments do to make the world a better and happier place?

This year's essay question is inspired by the introduction of the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship.

Prizes

  • First Prize: $1250
  • Second Prize: $750
  • Third Prize: $500

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

LETASA Annual Conference on 14 August 2015



Image above: The Civics and Citizenship concept wheel


*** 14 August workshop PowerPoint

Related sites to Geogaction blog 
Spatialworlds
GeogSpace
AC History Units
Geogaction
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
DECD Achievement Standards Charts 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website

Geography Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of Australia
Legal Education Teachers Association SA (LETASA)
Business Educators Australia

Email contact:
malcolm.mcinerney@sa.gov.au


* The Australian Curriculum Portal



A selection of HASS resources and links

 * Being a Citizen: a resource developed by AGTA


 South Australian Parliament teaching resources



The South Australian Suffragettes site

A great South Australian history site focussed on the work of the suffragettes in South Australia.



Discovering Democracy resources 

* Parliamentary Education Office resources


* DECD Australian Curriculum: HASS resources 

The DECD "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource has been designed  to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: HASS.

As you can see below the resource to date includes a creative animation, broadsheets on the curriculum, sound bites and 'talking heads'.


The Civics and Citizenship curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.




Achievement Standards Chart and activities for Civics and Citizenship from DECD 

 The Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standards document


 The Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standards Chart

Engagement activities are at:

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader

 Aligning activity for content and achievement standards in Civics and Citizenship (only on Learnlink)


The RSLSA Virtual War Memorial

A great resource for commemoration activities, historical research and work on Australian identity in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum.



* The 2015 Eden Prize


In the spirit of the original bequest, students are asked to create a persuasive text of no more than 800 words that answers the question:

What can governments do to make the world a better and happier place?

This year's essay question is inspired by the introduction of the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship.

Prizes

  • First Prize: $1250
  • Second Prize: $750
  • Third Prize: $500