Connection to Place

Rationale

Sharing and celebrating our connection to places can help to tell our community’s shared story.

Big Question

How are we connected to places?

Guiding Question/s

  • How can we share a connection to a place through an artwork?

Essential Questions

  • Which places are important to people in our community and why?
  • How am I connected to places?
  • How are the First Peoples of Australia connected to different places?
  • How are places named?

Future Action

Students will feel more connected to places within their community. They will have a deeper appreciation of the historical and cultural significance of different places. Students will appreciate how the arts enable us to share our personal experiences and stories, connect with each other, and build a better understanding of our community’s shared story.

Immersion Phase (1 tasks)
Immersion
Your students will participate in immersion experience/s and record their ideas and questions.
 
Launch Phase (1 tasks)
Questions
Your students will develop questions to add to the classroom Wonder Wall.
 
Research Phase (1 tasks)
Research
Your students will conduct and record research and reflect on their effort at the end of each research session.
 
Synthesis Phase (2 tasks)
Findings
Your students will share what they have learnt with the rest of the class.
 
Assessment
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.
 
Collaboration Phase (1 tasks)
Product Creation
Your students will work in their Investigation Group to create their product/s and reflect on their role during this session.
 
Exhibition Phase (2 tasks)
Exhibition Preparation
Your students will prepare their product/s for the exhibition.
 
Exhibition
Your students will share their product/s at the exhibition.
 
Evaluation Phase (2 tasks)
Feedback
Your students will analyse feedback they received from the attendees of the exhibition, conduct self-assessment using rubrics, and reflect on social skills.
 
Future Action
Your students will reflect on what they have learnt during this investigation, consider the Habits they have practised, and revisit questions on the Wonder Wall.