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People and Places Rubric

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People and Places Rubric

Explore how people connect with places and groups. Use the places named on this sheet or places you know, then complete the activities. Your own connections may be different from the examples.

Notice the places and groups

Use the places named on this sheet or places you know. A group is people who share an activity, interest or connection.

1.Name one place where people could spend time together. You may choose a park, library, sports oval, shops or bus stop, or another familiar place.

2.A group of children are playing a game together at the oval. Which group are they most likely part of?

A sports team
A group of shopkeepers
A bus company

3.People can feel connected to a place because they visit it often or share memories there.

TrueFalse

4.Match each neighbourhood place to an activity that could happen there.

Library
Park
Shops

Buying food
Borrowing a book
Playing on the playground

5.A place can be important to someone because they there or there with others.

6.Choose one place named on this sheet or a familiar place. Describe one way people might help or care for that place together.

Make a connection of your own

There are many ways to belong. You might connect with a family, a group that shares an activity or interest, a cultural group, a friendship group or another community.

7.Name one group you belong to or know about. What is one thing people in that group do together?

8.Choose a place that matters to you. Explain what you do there and why it is meaningful to you. You may choose a familiar place such as a park, library, beach or home.

9.Draw a place where people can belong or spend time together. Add one person or group and label what they are doing there.

10.Which idea can you explain best: naming places, naming groups, or showing how people connect to places? Give one example from your answers.