Stage 2 teaching programs

Stage 2 teaching and learning can include:

Published teaching and learning resources

China Downunder is a teaching and learning program that includes: mapping, linking Australia with China, Beliefs and contributions, Chinese influence on Australian life and Chinese New Year.

Assessment strand - Cultures.
Focus outcome CUS2.4.
Supporting outcomes CUS2.3, ENS2.5 and SSS2.7.

It didn't always look like this

This teaching program uses the Penrith lakes as a case study that provides a model that can be adapted to other local areas. Teaching and learning activities include - locating the site, mapping the location, identify features, locate information about previous land use / history of the site, key changes to the site over time, key people involved with the site over time, Aboriginal people of the area and the significance of the site / area, Aboriginal reaction / resistance / contact with British settlers in the area, impact of colonisation on the local Aboriginal people, the significance of the site today.

Assessment strand - Change and continuity.
Focus outcomes CCS2.1 and CCS2.2.
Supporting outcomes CUS2.3, ENS2.5, ENS2.6 and SSS2.7.

MakingCents: Budgeting and spending

The teaching and learning included in Budgeting and spending is about using a set amount of money to develop a budget for food purchases for a specific event, using a savings card account and playing a savings account game, money as a tool to meet needs and wants, financial sources and resources and how they are used and undertaken a simple class enterprise.

Assessment strand - Social systems and structures.
Focus outcome SSS2.7.

Talking Identity

Teaching and learning resource about contemporary Aboriginal culture, heritage and connection to the land. Teaching and learning acititivies include - the land, the lore and the Dreaming, The community, Community symbols, Families: our heritage, Belonging to country, Roles, rules and responsibilities, Who we are: identity, racism and prejudice, Diversity and Let's celebrate.

Assessment strand - Cultures.
Focus outcome CUS2.3.
Supporting outcomes CCS2.2, CUS2.4, ENS2.5, ENS2.6 and SSS2.8.

Celebrating together

A multistage unit of work with teaching and learning acitivites differentiated for Stage 2. The teaching and learning includes - some cultural dilemmas, celebrations that are part of other cultures, Aboriginal beliefs, investigate celebrations that are part of a world religions, symbols related to different festivals, investigates the influence of culture on the communities and students describe what it means to be part of a multicultural society.

Assessment strand - Cultures.
Focus outcome CUS2.4.

What is a national park?

This resource includes lesson plans about: What is a national park? What are national parks for? Are all national parks the same? What are the threats to native plants and animals? Attitudes towards animals. What are Aboriginal sites? What is historic heritage? Who works in a national park? What is your local national park like? Caring for national parks? National parks mini project.

Assessment strand - Environments.
Focus outcomes ENS2.5 and ENS2.6.
Supporting outcomes CCS2.1, CUS2.4 and SSS2.7.

Units of work

(A) Local environments (doc 504kb) (pdf 177kb)

The HSIE provides specific teaching and learning in; people as the custodians of the land for the future, understanding the environment of the local area, undertaking a local excursion, some important featuers of the Australian environment, environmental issues and considerations, identifying some environmental civic action and debating environmental responsibilities.

Assessment strand - Environments.
Focus outcomes ENS2.5 and ENS2.6.

(B) * Being Australian (doc 583kb) (pdf 828kb)

The HSIE teaching and learning in Being Australian provides learning about what it means to have an Australian identity, investigating the original inhabitants of the local area and life before British colonisation, Aboriginal cultural practice and customary lore, significant Australians, special days including Australia Day, symbols of Australia and identify some Australian civic values.

Assessment strand - Culture and Change and continuity.
Focus outcomes CUS2.3 and CCS2.2.

(C) * Effects of growth and change (doc 565kb) (pdf 541kb)

The HSIE teaching and learning in Effects of growth and change is about changes in the local environment, mapping environmental changes, the original inhabitants, significant people and European settlement, a timeline of development in the local area, looking ahead – making environmental decisions for the future.

Assessment strand - Environment and Change and continuity
Focus outcomes ENS2.6 and CCS2.2.

(D) * Working together (doc 526kb) (pdf 200kb)

The teaching and learning in Working together is about understanding the need to have rules and laws, identify own and community rights and responsibilities, local government, council elections and how councils make decisions, identifying and caring for significant sites in the local area and the role of volunteer groups in the community.

Assessment strand - Social systems and structures
Focus outcome SSS2.8

(E) * Products, services and systems (doc 544kb) (pdf 205kb)

The HSIE teaching and learning in Products, services and systems undertakes learning about needs and wants and goods and services using specific financial literacy examples that relate to family income and influences on spending.

Assessment strand - Social systems and structures
Focus outcome SSS2.7.

(G) * Our fleeting past (doc 575kb) (pdf 519kb)

The HSIE teaching and learning in Our fleeting past is about the European discovery of Australia, what Australia was like before British colonisation, Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks, the First Fleet and its people, the establishment of the colony and the consequences for Aboriginal people, Aboriginal resistance to colonisation and the early growth of the colony.

Assessment strand - Change and continuity
Focus outcomes CCS2.1 and CCS2.2.

(H) * Understanding each other (doc 603kb) (pdf 221kb)

The HSIE teaching and learning in Understanding each other is about the way we think, value and act in a multicultural community, investigating major world religions and Aboriginal spirituality and the effect of cultural diversity on Australian communities.

Assessment strand - Cultures
Focus outcome CUS2.4.

* denotes those documents that are only accessible via the DET intranet, using portal log for permanent DET teachers.

Multistage resources

The following internet published multistage units include Stage 2 teaching and can be adapted for use in a Stage 2 class. Refer to the Multistage section for additional information.

Australian Democracy (doc - 163kb) (pdf - 195kb)

Australian Environments(doc - 281kb) (pdf - 408kb)

Being Australian (doc - 268kb) (pdf - 323kb)

Celebrating together (pdf - 517kb)

Responsible Citizenship (doc - 261kb) (pdf - 335kb)

Cultural Diversity (doc - 167kb) (pdf - 190kb)

Governing Australia (doc - 177kb) (pdf - 205kb)

Unique Communities (doc - 180kb) (pdf - 208)