Ohio Social Studies Strands Australia

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Ohio Social Studies StrandsAustralia

• 3rd Grade
• Christen Canter and Rochelle Grome

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Table of Contents

• 1.American Heritage
• 2. World Interactions
• 3.People in Societies
• 4.Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• 5.Democratic Processes
• 6.Decision Making and Resources
• 7.Websites

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American Heritage

• Create a timeline of important events throughout
  Australian History.
• Dress up and report on a famous Australian
  (actors/actresses, presidents/leaders)
• Given a map of Australia, students will locate
  and label different items, and places.

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American Heritage (cont.)

• 4. Students will view a videotape on the history
  of Australia. Through class discussion they will
  explore new facts that they learned from the
  video.
• 5. Have the students write a paragraph about what
  interests them about Australia.(past/present)

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World Interactions

• Research the Wilderness Society of Australia, and
  choose an issue and either defend or opose the
  issue.
• Pick a state/territory in Australia and research
  and draw the flag.

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World Interactions (cont.)

• 3.Given a map of Australia students will divide
  it into territories and states and name and
  locate each capital.
• 4.Have the students brainstorm and list some ways
  that The United States and Australia are the same
  and some ways they are different.

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World Interactions (cont.)

• 5. Divide the students into groups, and have them
  create a travel brochure trying to sell a
  vacation to Australia to an American family.

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People in Societies

• Students will research and develop a report on
  the Aboriginal culture.
• Students will research Aboriginal art, and create
  a unique piece of tribal jewelry.

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People in Societies (cont.)

• 3.Research the Australian Outback and the lives
  of the people who live and work their and create
  an informative poster/sign about what life is
  like in the outback.
• 4.Look up and define some original aussie
  vocabulary words.

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People in Societies (cont.)

• 5. Research and perform an Aboriginal tribe dance.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

• Students will create a territory/states
  government. Tell what the type of government is
  called and what the laws of this territory are.
• Have students pretend to be citizens of an
  Australian territory, each student must create a
  law to be presented in the next activity.
• Using the laws from the previous activity have
  the students present their laws and have the rest
  of the class decide wether or not each law should
  be passed.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities (cont.)

• 4. In a class discussion have the students talk
  about what they think being a good citizen is all
  about.
• 5. Discuss with the students what the difference
  between facts and opinions are. Give them and
  activity sheet for practicing the identification
  of facts and opinions.

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Democratic Processes

• Introduce the different types of government and
  some general background information about each.
  Ask the students to research, via internet what
  form of government is present in Australia.
• Introduce the different branches of government,
  who is in charge of each branch and what each
  branchs major roles are.

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Democratic Processes (cont.)

• 3. Have the students find a group or organization
  that interests them, and write a letter to them
  telling them why their efforts are appreciated.
• 4.Have the students research a crime that was
  comitted in Australia, then with the whole class
  conduct a mock trial.

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Democratic Processes (cont.)

• 5.Using the Australian laws, have the students
  choose a leader by holding an election.

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Decision Making and Resources

• 1.Student groups are given a randomly chosen
  amount of money. Each group has a different
  amount of money.(Australian Money) Each group
  must choose the most efficient way to live in
  Australia on the budget they have been given.
  Each group will write a report about where they
  have the funds to live and what they can afford
  to buy, etc. . .

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Decision Making and Resources

• 2. Select two students from the class to run for
  office of the territory of Victoria. The rest of
  the class will be divided up into groups as the
  campaign managers and helpers. Students will
  campaign and debate about why they think they
  should be elected as the president of the
  territory.

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Decision Making and Resources

• 3. Have the students research and report on the
  major imports and exports of Australia.
• 4. Have the students hold a trading simulation,
  where each group of students is a country trying
  to trade their goods.
• 5. Have the students map the world, routing each
  route that the major imports come from.

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Websites on Australia

• http//www.atozkidstuff.com/aus2.html
• http//www.wilderness.org.au/
• http//www.australiaforkids.com
• http//www.gigglepotz.com/caustralia.htm
• http//www.surfnetkids.com/australia.htm
• All websites can be used for each Social Studies
  Strand.