CONCEPT MAP

English History
• Students create persuasive texts in the form of an oral presentation which • Explore the Pompeii historical event and investigate Mount
persuades a city to invest in their volcano bunker as part of an ongoing STEM Vesuvius the volcano. Students write a report on the events
design challenge to build a volcano bunker. (ACELY1714) (ACELY1710) that occurred in Pompeii, how large the volcano was, what
happened to the people and what risks there are now.
(ACELY1816)
• Show a clip from Disney Pixar’s short film Lava followed by reading of a range
of literature which explore the beauty of volcanos and ask students to produce
a narrative about a volcano which includes technical vocabulary such as lava
and magma to tell the story. (ACELY1714)
• Students create informative texts such as posters which provide civilians with Concept: Volcanoes Term: 2 Weeks: 1-4
necessary information about a volcano and the emergency procedure.
(ACELY1714) ©The University of Notre Dame 2010 developed by C McGunnigle

• Students create word walls exploring the important technical vocabulary used
when discussing volcanoes.
• Explore that a volcano is both a creator and a destroyer using a T-chart. Media Arts
(ACELA1524) • Students develop movie presentations which
• Students participate in debate for or against living near a volcano, where they communicate the different points of view there
can share information, opinions and gain others’ insight developing their social are about living near a volcano. Students use
skills and critical thinking. (ACELY1816) real life volcano footage as well as act out roles
of civilians to demonstrate the different
Geography viewpoints. (ACAMAM064)
• Australia's connections with countries (e.g. trade, migration, tourism, aid, education,
defence, sport) and how these connections change people and places (ACHASSK141)
Students research different natural disasters caused by volcanoes and what aid Australia Visual Arts
provides. Students present their findings in a poster which details what sort of aid Australia • Students use artistic techniques such as shape, colour,
does provide OR a persuasive poster outlining the ways Australia needs to do more. lines, space, texture and value to create a representation of
• Using a map of the world students use sticker dots to pinpoint where on Earth active volcanoes
a volcano from the eyes of a local using oil pastels.
are located. From this, students can identify the ring of fire and investigate why the ring of fire
(ACAVAM115)
occurs.
• Students explore different artworks of volcanos from
• The world's cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples who live in different
different cultures and explore the techniques and materials
regions in the world, such as the Maori of Aotearoa (New Zealand), and the Orang Asli of
used and how these help to convey their perspective of
Malaysia and Indonesia (ACHASSK140)
Students research why different peoples live near such threatening volcanoes due to cultures volcanoes. (ACAVAM114)
and explore the different meanings and stories of those cultures of volcanoes.