Students will develop an understanding of personal characteristics and motivations of explorers
Students will use reading, writing, thinking processes and skills to gain knowledge and understanding of historical explorers by framing and evaluating questions from primary and secondary sources.
Students will use geographic concepts and processes to examine the role of weathering and erosion on the changing of landscapes over time.
Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organizing patterns and events to analyze how exploring has changed over time.
Students will develop and demonstrate a deeper appreciation of the skills knowledge and qualities of past and present explorers.
Students will situate themselves as explorers, using and developing tools for them to better understand the world around them.
General Goals
Develop students information skills and competence
Increase students motivation for learning through the use of technology, games and experiential learning
incorporate realistic problem solving, enabling students to organise and analyse information in order to draw conclusions
develop social construction of knowledge through dialogue
develop enquiry skills enabling students to generate their own questions in relation to evidence and information
develop decision making skills so that problems can be broken down into manageable steps
develop knowledge transfer skills so that students can apply their newly acquired knowledge in a variety of contexts