Visiting places

Topic: Visiting places - Holidays
Student activity
Geography: Year 1 and Year 2

This is the student activity 1 of 4 of the People and places: visiting places - holidays learning activity.

Tropical island
Task No. 1

Visiting places

Aerial photographs of North Nowra, 2004 / by Daryl Jones
Renovated house, cnr Greendale Road and Peter Pan Avenue, Wallacia NSW
The Druze community having a picnic, Pioneer Reserve, Georges Hall, 4 June 2011

Collectively observe Sources 2 to 6 and discuss why people visit places and the factors that influence our ability to visit places. 

Observe
Describe the setting of this place.
Are there people? What are they doing?
Is this place in Australia or overseas?

Infer
Why would people visit this place?
Would people holiday in this place?
Have you visited a similar place?
If so, why have you visited this type of place?
How often do you visit this type of place?