Terrific Australian Topics: Lower Primary

The eight topics covered in this Lower primary book are:
Australian Animals: Marsupials – Video extract
The Meaning of Anzac Day – Video extract
Volunteers in the Community
Farm Animals
Minibeasts: Insects and Spiders – Video extract
The First Australians, Then and Now – Video extract
Australian States and Cities – Video extract
The Circus – Video extract

The DVD on the inside back cover of this book contains video extracts to support six of the featured topics. This footage can be used as a lesson starter to introduce a new topic, or during work on the topic to provide more detailed information.

Click here for Terrific Australian Topics – Video library details which include detailed information, duration of the footage and a brief synopsis of the content.

Click here for Terrific Australian Topics – Overview of Units and Integrated Focus Areas.

About this series:

Terrific Australian Topics meets the challenge of providing an integrated approach to the curriculum and provides a springboard for exploring everything Australian. The units, on themes popular with both teachers and students, combine practical learning with lots of fun—they’re truly terrific!

Each of the topic units includes:
Introductory background notes for the teacher
An outline of the outcomes across the key learning area’s
References for topic-specific book and Internet resources
Answers for the work sheets (when necessary)
Detailed teaching notes and ideas for each work sheet
10 photocopiable work sheets
Photocopiable Topic word sheets for inclusion with weekly spelling lists