Stage 2 HSIE Unit 3 – What Are Places Like? – PowerPoint Lesson Slides
Stage 2 HSIE Unit 3 – What Are Places Like? – PowerPoint Lesson Slides
- 253 student-facing slides
- 16 lessons and 4 consolidation activities
- Editable PowerPoint (widescreen format)
- Instant digital download
- Requires the supporting Stage 2 HSIE Unit 3 plans and resource sheets
What you receive
1 editable PowerPoint presentation (widescreen format)
253 student-facing slides across 16 complete lessons and 4 consolidation activities
Stage 2 / Years 3 and 4 – history and geography content
What you need
Access to the Stage 2 HSIE Unit 3 lesson plans and accompanying resource sheets — references to numbered resources throughout the slides relate to materials from the supporting unit.
PowerPoint to open and display the file.
Internet access for linked videos and online mapping activities.
File details
1 editable PowerPoint presentation (widescreen format)
Digital download only
Internet access is required for linked videos and online mapping activities
How downloading works
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Frequently asked questions
How do I receive my resource?
Instantly. The moment your order is complete, you'll get an email with a download link, and it also appears on your order confirmation page.
Can I use these on an interactive whiteboard?
Absolutely — many of our lesson slides are made exactly for whole-class display and explicit teaching.
Can I share a resource with my colleagues?
Your purchase is licensed for use in your own classroom. If a colleague would like to use it too, please point them our way to grab their own copy.
Licence and permitted use
Your purchase includes a single-classroom licence. You may display the resource in your classroom, print copies for your own students, and use it for as many years as you teach.
Resources may not be shared, sold, sub-licensed, emailed to colleagues, uploaded to any public or school-wide server, or posted anywhere others can download them. If your team would like to use a resource, additional licences are very welcome.
About this resource
Teach all 16 lessons of Stage 2 HSIE Unit 3 – What are places like? – with one classroom-ready PowerPoint.
This slide deck provides clear, visually engaging support for the history and geography concepts explored throughout the unit. With 253 carefully structured slides across 16 complete lessons and four consolidation activities, it helps you guide discussion, explicitly teach key concepts, model geographical thinking and move students confidently into independent tasks.
The unit begins by exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples map, describe and connect with Country and Place. Students then investigate cultural exchange networks, archaeological evidence, significant environments, Australian settlement patterns, climate data and the ways climate influences where and how people live. Later lessons support students to compare Australia with another country, use geographical evidence, justify location decisions and share a dream location with the class. Four stand-alone consolidation activities then draw the whole unit together.
The 16 lessons cover
- Mapping Country and place
- Terminology and connection
- Cultural exchange networks
- Archaeological evidence
- Environmental features
- Significant world environments
- Interpreting settlement patterns
- Climate and settlement patterns
- Climate data
- Climate and human activities
- Comparing country features
- Comparing using evidence
- Explaining settlement patterns
- Justifying location decisions
- My dream location
- Share your location
Four consolidation activities
- Mapping Country
- Changing climate, changing settlement
- Australia or Indonesia?
- Convince your family
Each lesson includes
- Learning intentions and success criteria
- Explicit teaching slides
- Key geographical and historical vocabulary
- Prior-knowledge checks
- Discussion questions and partner talk
- Mini-whiteboard checks
- Modelled examples and think-alouds
- Maps, satellite images and climate data
- Guided and independent student tasks
- Challenge and extension activities
- Lesson summaries and reflection questions
- Optional assessment opportunities
- Links to selected videos and online mapping tools
Perfect for
- NSW Stage 2 HSIE (history and geography) lessons
- Year 3 and Year 4 classrooms
- Whole-class explicit teaching on an interactive whiteboard or classroom screen
- Reducing planning and preparation time across a full term of HSIE
Please note
Teachers will need access to the relevant Stage 2 HSIE Unit 3 lesson plans and accompanying resource sheets to gain the full benefit of this slide deck. References to numbered resources throughout the slides relate to materials from the supporting unit.
This PowerPoint is designed to support classroom delivery. It does not replace the complete teacher lesson plans or provide the accompanying worksheets and unit resources.
File details
- 1 editable PowerPoint presentation (widescreen format)
- 253 student-facing slides across 16 complete lessons and 4 consolidation activities
- Stage 2 / Years 3 and 4 – history and geography content
- Digital download only
- Internet access is required for linked videos and online mapping activities
A practical, polished resource for teachers who want to reduce preparation time while delivering consistent, engaging and evidence-rich Stage 2 HSIE lessons.