Human Society and its Environment
STAGE 3 – YEAR 6
STUDY OF A CULTURAL GROUP: JAPAN
CONTENT OUTCOMES
CUS3.4- Examines how cultures change through
interactions with other cultures and the
environment.
 examines cultures within another nation
 identifies the impact that the environment
can have on any culture
 examines how cultural diversity causes
cultural change, including conflict explores
cultural change in their own country of
origin or in a country of interest
ENS3.6- Explains how various beliefs and
practices influence the ways in which people
interact with, change and value their
environment.
 examines factors that may give rise to
different views about the care of places
 evaluates alternative views about the use
of natural and built environments
examines how natural, cultural, religious,
historical, economic and political factors
can influence people’s interactions with
environments
Curriculum Links
English
Throughout this unit of work there is ample amount of opportunities to integrate the KLA ENGLISH as
the activities allow students to:
WS3.9 Produces a wide range of well-structured and well-presented literary and factual texts for a
wide variety of purposes and audiences using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and written
language features.
 when necessary, records information from a variety of sources before writing
 plans writing through discussion with others and by making notes, lists or drawing diagrams
 writes detailed descriptions
 writes more detailed procedures
 produces a range of short poems
 writes sustained arguments and discussions supported by evidence
RS3.5 Reads independently an extensive range of texts with increasing content demands and
responds to themes and issues.
 reads extended novels and informational texts for personal enjoyment, interest and research
 interprets a variety of literary and factual texts
 interprets more complex maps, charts, diagrams, graphs, photographs and other still and
moving graphics
 accesses and interprets a wider range of Internet/computer texts and graphics
 uses e-mail and Internet sources to request and receive information.
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Mathematics
Throughout this unit of work there is ample amount of opportunities to integrate the KLA
MATHEMATICS as the activities allow students to:
DS3.1- Displays and interprets data in graphs with scales of many-to-one correspondence
SGS3.3- Uses a variety of mapping skills
The student, for example:
 draws and labels a grid on a map
 identifies different scaled representations of the same plan or model
 draws a map from an aerial view
Science and Technology
Throughout this unit of work there is ample amount of opportunities to integrate the KLA SCIENCE and
TECHNOLOGY. These activities allow a springboard for students to investigate science concepts in:
- Physical Phenomena
- Built Environments
- Information and Communications
- Products and Services
Students will know and understand that:
 People live in communities and build environments to service their common needs.
 Both aesthetic and functional factors need to be considered when people make changes to their
environments.
 Information can be represented in a number of different forms, including graphics, sounds and
texts.
 There are environmental consequences of production and consumption.
 Systems are designed to provide particular services.
 Systems are used to deliver and distribute goods.
 Environments on Earth have been affected by technology.
PDHPE
Throughout this unit of work there is ample amount of opportunities to integrate the KLA PDHPE. These
activities allow a springboard for students to investigate the PDHPE outcomes and indicators:
Values
• importance of values
• influences on personal values
• challenging discrimination
Interpersonal Relationships
• challenging discrimination (racism)
• anti-discrimination legislation
The teacher may also play Japanese games to achieve outcomes for the ACTIVE LIFESTYLE and GAMES
AND SPORT strands.
Creative Arts
Throughout this unit of work there is ample amount of opportunities to integrate the KLA CREATIVE
ARTS. These activities provide students opportunities to experiment and to perfect Visual Arts in a
Japanese setting:
Visual arts:
Making
VAS3.1- Investigates subject matter in an attempt to represent likenesses of things in the world.
VAS3.2- Makes artworks for different audiences assembling materials in a variety of ways.
Appreciating
VAS3.4- Communicates about the ways in which subject matter is represented in artworks.
Music:
Performing
MUS3.1- Sings, plays and moves to a range of music, individually and in groups, demonstrating
acknowledge of musical concepts.
Organising sound:
MUS3.2- Improvises, experiments, selects, combines and orders sound using musical concepts.