Geography Topic: The Daily Lives of those in Australias Neighbouring Country

Lesson 2: Dear Kelas Tiga A, lets explore how our schools lives are Subject: Geography Year level: 3 Duration: 30 minutes Whole class? Yes No Nos of Students: 23
similar and different!

Curriculum Links:
Content Descriptors: Inquiry and Skills:
Knowledge and Understanding: Researching:
The similarities and differences between places in terms of their type of settlement, Sequence information about peoples lives and events (ACHASSI055).
demographic characteristics and the lives of the people who live there, and peoples Analysing:
perceptions of these places (ACHASSK069). Examine information to identify different points of view and distinguish facts from
Elaboration: opinion (ACHASSI056).
Examining the similarities and differences between their daily lives and those of people in Evaluating and Reflecting:
another place in Australia or neighbouring country, and inferring what it would be like to Interact with others with respect to share points of view (ACHASSI059).
live in these places.
Inquiry Question/s: What would it be like to be a student in kelas tiga A?, What are the similarities and differences between school in Indonesia and Australia?
Ask students questions before, during and after the inquiry. Questions should be specific and help students develop context for understanding concepts of geographical thinking.
Concepts: Place/Space/Interconnection
General Capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability.
Cross Curriculum Priorities: Asia & Australias Engagement with Asia.
Learning intention/s: Success criteria:
- We will compare and contrast our school/class with our kelas tiga A in Sukabumi, - Students will recognise the similarities and differences between their class/school and
Indonesia. buddy school in Indonesia.
- We will sequence our school day and the school day of kelas tiga A. - Students will be able to sequence events in their daily life and those of kelas tiga A.
- We will listen to others stories, the views of others and use our co-operative - Students will listen to others stories, the views of others and share their views with their
group work strategies. peers.
Key vocabulary: Resources:

- Compare - IWB
- Indonesian School clip (3 mins 58 seconds) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2013).
- Similar - Email response from Indonesian buddy school.
- Different - Venn diagram & images of Indonesian buddy school.
- Class iPad
- Sequence
For each student:
- Kelas tiga A translation is Class 3A - Comparison worksheet (Resource 1).
- Images of our school (Resource 2).
- Images of Indonesian buddy school (Resource 3).
- Scissors, glue, pencil, geography scrapbook.
In previous lessons:
- Lesson 4 of 8.
- In lesson 1 - 3 of this unit, students started to explore the geography of Indonesia. Students also investigated their buddy school, SD Islam Al-Azhar 7 Sukabumi in Sukabumi City,
Indonesia. They researched where the school is located, the climate, terrain and its location in comparison to other facilities and living areas. In a whole class activity, students then
posed questions to investigate the topic of school in Indonesia. These questions (key and probing) were compiled and emailed to the buddy school. In this lesson, students receive
a response to this email.
- Students have previously viewed a clip of another class conducting a similar investigation. Students watched and noticed similarities and differences between the two schools in
Indonesia and Australia. This lesson focuses on the similarities and differences between kelas tiga A and our class. Resource: Indonesian School clip (3 mins 58 seconds).

Learning experiences and teaching strategies: Following Bybees 5 Es for geography inquiry process
Teacher activities Student activities Differentiation considerations Formative assessment

Introductory activities: (7 minutes)
Engage:
- Establish expectations.
- Direct students to learning intention.
- Introduce inquiry questions for lesson: What are
the similarities and differences between school in
Indonesia and Australia? What would it be like to be
a student in kelas tiga A?
- Pique students interest by reading email response.
- Students have previously raised their own
questions. After the reading of email briefly, re-
iterate the topics of our key/probing questions
posed:
- Daily routine
- Subjects
- Uniforms
- Break times (what do you eat/do?)
- Transportation
- School grounds
Students are seated at desks. - Activation of prior knowledge - Open and closed
Students thinking is directed towards the inquiry questions, alerts all learners to the task questioning
learning intention, success criteria and reason. and expectations. - Inferential and literal
- Inquiry questions/topics are questions
discussed to establish
Engage: Announce that we have received a response to the
understanding for all students.
email we sent to kelas tiga A. Invite a student/s to read the
email using the class iPad. - Remind student/s to use their
presenting voice when
relaying information to the
At conclusion of email briefly discuss email elements: class.
Ask: Can anyone show me where Sukabumi City is on
the map?, What do you know about school/kelas tiga
A?, What did we learn about [inquiry topic] in the
email from kelas tiga A?.
Invite students share ideas to complete Venn Diagram on
whiteboard:
Ask: What are we comparing and contrasting in this
activity?, What is similar to our school/class?, What
is different to our school/class?.
Whole class activity: students complete Venn diagram.
Discuss similarities and differences in Venn diagram.

Body: (18 minutes) Students are seated at desks. - Activity modelled for all - Non-verbal
Explore and explain: students. communication (thumbs
- Integrating students of all up, thumb down, flat
- Direct students to turn to worksheet in unit School Life in Indonesia and Australia activity: Students use
abilities facilitates peer-to-peer palms to indicate
workbook. worksheet in unit workbook to compare a school day in
Indonesia and Australia (Resource 1). Students participate in scaffolding. Encourages feelings).
- Work through one question at a time.
completing activity together before completing activity student interaction.
- Model completing one answer in the activity before independently. Students use their schooling experiences to - Ensure students have - Observations:
allowing students time to complete the next develop understanding of similarities and differences. sufficient time to work through - Roles taken by students
together. Gradual release of responsibility before Students also develop understanding of sequence by problems. - Interactions
allowing independent completion of activity. sequencing events. - Gradual release of - Interpersonal skills
responsibility/teacher as
- This worksheet is pasted into each individual geography facilitator enables teacher to
scrapbook of each student. This enables students to return assist students requiring
to work and complete if necessary. Students may return to additional scaffolding.
this activity during catch-up times in class or if they are an
- It is not necessary that all
early-finisher in a subsequent lesson.
students complete cloze
activity. However, different
elements within activity enable
all students to experience
learning success.
Concluding activities: (5 minutes) Class discussion: Discuss similarities and differences - All students revise their ideas. - Non-verbal
Elaborate and evaluate: between a school day in our class and kelas tiga A. Enables - Students assess their own communication (thumbs
students to draw conclusions from email/activity. Allow progress. up, thumbs to side,
Class discussion: students time to compare/contrast their ideas with others. thumbs down to indicate
- Ask: Why is [] similar?, Why is [] different?, - New question is asked to
understanding).
Who had a different answer to this, why?, How encourage deeper interest in
are our classes similar?, How are our classes Students assess understanding by using non-verbal topic/concept.
different?. communication.
- Ask probing questions to re-direct students when
necessary. Request justification for Students complete exit pass. Exit pass asks students to
answers/explanations. specify how our class is similar or different to kelas tiga A.
Also asks students, what do you wonder? to determine
- Check for understanding (students use non-verbal interest areas within unit.
communication to indicate understanding).

- Provide each student with an exit pass.