Paperback
Oxford Connections People & Places Student Book Year 5
First Edition
Dr Nathaniel Swain, Vanessa Ryan-Rendall, Joanna Brown, Jo Lucas, Tracey Collie, Anna Jones, Grace Romano, Lisa Kebbell
$16.95 AUD
- ISBN:
- 9780190356873
- Published:
- 27 Sep 2026
- Availability:
- Coming soon
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 |
5 | 1 | 1 | Connection to Country | Cultural obligations to Country |
2 | Seasonal Calendars and land management | |||
3 | Caring for Country with fire | |||
4 | Mapping Country through culture | |||
5 | Review | |||
Further Application | ||||
2 | 1 | Aboriginal Languages and Cultural Identity | Languages of Country | |
2 | Knowledge holders | |||
3 | Recording language, reclaiming culture | |||
4 | Naming Country | |||
5 | Review | |||
Further Application | ||||
Assessment | ||||
3 | 1 | Impacts of European Settlement | Oral traditions interrupted | |
2 | Culture today | |||
3 | Impact of the crossing | |||
4 | Review | |||
Further Application | ||||
4 | 1 | Colonial invasion | Migrants and settlers | |
2 | Women of the colonies | |||
3 | Gold fever | |||
4 | Review | |||
Further Application | ||||
Assessment | ||||
5 | 1 | Climate and environmental settlement | Climate zones and characteristics | |
2 | Vegetation and Climate | |||
3 | Managing environmental events | |||
4 | Environmental strategies | |||
Review | ||||
Further Application | ||||
6 | 1 | Mapping and organisation of places | Mapping cities and communities | |
2 | Connections across places | |||
3 | Organising cities and towns | |||
4 | Environmental characteristics | |||
5 | Review | |||
Further Application | ||||
Assessment | ||||
7 | 1 | Understanding democracy and government | Civic values | |
2 | Roles and responsibilities | |||
3 | Civic goals | |||
4 | Review | |||
Further Application | ||||
8 | 1 | Economics and business | Resources and scarcity | |
2 | Why we pay taxes | |||
3 | Thinking for the future | |||
4 | Review | |||
Further Application | ||||
Assessment | ||||