Program overview
How is our class connected to other places in Australia and across the world?
'It's a Small World' is a two-hour incursion that explores our collective links with places near and far. By the end of the session, students will have produced a video where they share their personal stories and describe how places become special to us though our memories and personal connection.
Prior to the incursion, students complete a homework activity which involves asking their families/caregivers where in the world (locally or globally) they have familial links, or a place that has special meaning to them. This activity prepares them for the incursion and provides the chance to reflect on personal connections with places in Australia and around the world.
Students map their interconnections on an enlarged world map and demonstrate their knowledge of the cardinal points. Connections are represented in a human column graph, where we can begin to appreciate the range of global connections within the class and celebrate our diversity.
Following this, students answer a series of questions to create a basic script, which is highly scaffolded by Centre teachers. This forms the basis of their later digital presentation, where they discuss their special place and express the feelings and emotions attached to it.
Curriculum links
Risk Assessment - Year 2 - It's a small world
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