A knowledge-rich, F–6 Humanities program with explicit teaching and literacy at its core.
Oxford Connections: People & Places is a brand-new program that will provide all the teacher and student resources needed to explicitly teach the full humanities curriculum, while embedding and developing core literacy skills.
The series supports a knowledge-rich curriculum by offering carefully curated reading passages that immerse students in diverse subjects, build background knowledge and strengthen literacy skills. With videos, interactives and check for understanding opportunities, Humanities becomes engaging and accessible.
Contents:
1. Caring for Country
- Sustainability
- Using resources
- Mapping Country and Place
- Trading Trails
- Impact of colonisation
- Connection to Country
- Review
- Further Application
2. People, Places and Patterns
- Australia’s States, Territories and Nation Groups
- Australia’s Neighbours
- Settlement Patterns
- Natural vs Human-Made
- Climate zones of Australia
- Rainfall patterns
- Review
- Further Application
- Assessment
3. Ancient Civilizations
- Mapping ancient worlds
- The Mayans
- Star charts and glyphs
- Farming the Americas
- World environments
- Cultural groups
- Review
- Further Application
4. Australian Society
- Celebrations
- Being a citizen
- Local communities
- Identity and belonging
- Rule vs Law
- Being an active citizen
- Review
- Further Application
- Assessment