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Aims HASS

The F–6/7 Australian Curriculum for Humanities and Social Sciences aims to ensure that students develop: a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and systems throughout the world, past and present, and an interest in and …

Aims | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK199

examining how businesses respond to the demands of consumers (for example, preference for healthy, environment-friendly, organic or ethical products and services)

Foundation Year HASS

My personal world The Foundation curriculum focuses on developing students’ understanding of their personal worlds, including their personal and family histories and the places they and their families live in and belong to. The emphasis is on the student’s …

Foundation Year | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI059

understanding their roles, rights and responsibilities in group situations

Structure HASS

The Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences may be implemented as a combined F–6 program or as an F–7 program. The F–6/7 curriculum is organised into two interrelated strands: knowledge and understanding and inquiry and skills. Knowledge …

Structure | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Year 1 HASS

How my world is different from the past and can change in the future The Year 1 curriculum provides a study of the recent past, the present and the near future within the context of the student’s own world. Students are given opportunities to explore …

Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACHASSI095

finding out how to conduct ethical research with people and communities, including the protocols for consultation with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, behaviours in sacred or significant sites, and considering sensitivities of …

Elaboration (4) ACHASSI101

acknowledging ethical considerations of decisions they and others make or have made (for example, an election preference; reasons for purchasing an item; why laws are not followed by some people; the acceptance of children working in colonial times; stewardship …

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI123

applying ethical research methods when conducting inquiries with people and communities, including using accepted protocols for consultation with local Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander communities, and conforming with respectful behaviours in sacred …

Year 2 HASS

Our past and present connections to people and places The Year 2 curriculum extends contexts for study beyond the personal to the community and to near and distant places that students are familiar with or aware of, exploring connections between the …

Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Year 3 HASS

Diverse communities and places and the contribution people make The Year 3 curriculum focuses on the diversity of people and places in their local community and beyond, and how people participate in their communities. Students study how places are represented …

Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Year 4 HASS

How people, places and environments interact, past and present The Year 4 curriculum focuses on interactions between people, places and environments over time and space and the effects of these interactions. Students gain opportunities to expand their …

Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Year 5 HASS

Australian communities – their past, present and possible futures The Year 5 curriculum focuses on colonial Australia in the 1800s and the social, economic, political and environmental causes and effects of Australia’s development, and on the relationship …

Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Year 6 HASS

Australia in the past and present and its connections with a diverse world The Year 6 curriculum focuses on the social, economic and political development of Australia as a nation, particularly after 1900, and Australia’s role within a diverse and interconnected …

Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Year 7 HASS

Sustainable pasts, present, futures The Year 7 curriculum deepens discipline-specific knowledge, understandings and skills with opportunities for integration across the sub-strands. Students study ancient societies of the East and West, how they are …

Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI052

developing inquiring questions as they investigate (for example, ‘Why there?’ questions about location; ‘What might happen?’ questions about future consequences of natural processes or people’s actions in places; and ‘What ought to happen?’ questions …

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identifying differing viewpoints and considering their related ethical implications when discussing the past and present (for example, personal preference versus respecting the law such as personal freedom versus following the legal requirement to wear …

Elaboration ACHASSK121

identifying goods they have purchased and categorising and explaining factors that influence consumer purchasing decisions (for example, personal preferences, social trends, economic factors such as budgets and the amount of money available to spend; …

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI122

developing different types of research questions for different purposes (for example, probing questions to seek details, open-ended questions to elicit more ideas, practical questions to guide the application of enterprising behaviours, ethical questions …

Elaboration (4) ACHASSI153

applying ethical research methods to conduct research with people and communities, including applying protocols for consultation with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, demonstrating respectful behaviours in sacred or significant …

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