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Oxford Connections People & Places Student Book Year 1

First Edition

Dr Nathaniel Swain, Vanessa Ryan-Rendall, Joanna Brown, Jo Lucas, Tracey Collie, Anna Jones, Grace Romano, Lisa Kebbell

$16.95 AUD

ISBN:
9780190356835
Published:
15 Dec 2026
Availability:
Coming soon
Series:
A knowledge-rich, F–6 Humanities program with explicit teaching and literacy at its core

Oxford Connections: People & Places is a brand-new program that will provide all the teacher and student resources needed to explicitly teach the full humanities curriculum, while embedding and developing core literacy skills.

The series supports a knowledge-rich curriculum by offering carefully curated reading passages that immerse students in diverse subjects, build background knowledge and strengthen literacy skills. With videos, interactives and check for understanding opportunities, Humanities becomes engaging and accessible.

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https://www.oxforddigital.com.au/mylibrary/activate/ba4293b3.html

Learn more about the series
https://www.oup.com.au/primary/humanities/connections-people-and-places

Year Level

Unit No.

Lesson No.

Unit

Topic / Lesson

1

1

1

Connections to Country

Caring for Country

2

Country, Culture and Spirit

3

Mapping Australia

4

Places we live

5

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

6

Review

 

Further Application

2

1

Caring for Country

Caring for water

2

Freshwater and saltwater

3

Water and Country

4

Why water matters

5

Citizenship in action

6

Review

 

Further Application

3

1

Ancient civilizations and Cultures

Oldest living culture

2

Dreaming Stories

3

Ancient Greek stories and myths

4

Ancient Egyptian stories and myths

5

Exploring ancient places

6

Review

 

Further Application

4

1

Communicating across the Ages

Life then and now

2

How did people talk before phones?

3

Messages through time

4

Families then and now

5

How inventions shaped our lives

6

Review

 

Further Application