Education for sustainability linking to both Geography and Civics and Citizenship

Dear year 4 parents/carers, I am writing to share with you about what our children will learn in Humanities and Social Science learning area in this term. This term we will focus on sustainability, which is one of the cross-curriculum priorities in Australian Curriculum. Education for sustainability could lead the young Australians to develop an overall capability to contribute to a more sustainable future for present and future generations (Hopper, Cutter-Mackenzie & Gilbert, 2017). In order to facilitate the students to develop their knowledge about sustainability and become active and informed citizens, I have designed a unit of work which could achieve the learning outcomes in both geography and civics and citizenship (Figure1, 2 &3). Figure 1 ( ACHASSK090,  Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2016). Figure 2 ( ACHASSK091,  [ACARA], 2016) Figure 3 ( Inquiry and skills,  [ACARA], 2016) Firstly, I will show a picture (Figure 4)...