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
History Achievement Standard HASS Year 2
By the end of Year 2, students describe a person, site and/or event of significance in the local community. They identify how and why the lives of people have changed over time while others have remained the same. Students sequence events in order, using …
History Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 2
By the end of Year 2, students identify the features that define places and recognise that places can be described at different scales. Students recognise that the world can be divided into major geographical divisions. They describe how people in different …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
HASS Achievement Standard HASS Year 2
By the end of Year 2, students describe a person, site and/or event of significance in the local community and explain why places are important to people. They identify how and why the lives of people have changed over time while others have remained …
HASS Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI034
developing inquiry questions about places (for example, ‘What are the features of the place?’, ‘How far away is it?’, ‘How easy is it to get to?’, ‘How am I connected to it?’)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI034 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI035
surveying peers to discover how they are connected to people in other places in Australia and the world, or to find out how frequently they visit places and for what purpose
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI035 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI036
locating the places they are connected to (such as through family, travel, friends), or the places they visit for shopping, recreation or other reasons on a print, electronic or wall map
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI036 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI038
listening to different stories (for example, Dreaming and Creation stories) about reasons for the change of seasons or about how natural features of Earth were created
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI038 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI039
identifying features of a site that reveal its past (such as decorations and plaques on buildings) and suggesting clues that help understanding of its history (such as dates, ageing, building style)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI039 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI040
interpreting symbols and codes that provide information (for example, map legends)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI040 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI041
discussing the history or value of places in the local community from an exploration of place names (for example, place names that are linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, historical events, early settlers, and political, religious …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI041 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI042
using their knowledge about a familiar place or site to imagine how it might change in the future and how they can influence a positive future for it
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI042 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI043
describing a significant person from their community’s past in a short report or biography or through a fictional journal based on facts
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI043 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK044
investigating the history of a chosen person, building, site or landmark in the local community using sources (for example, books, newspapers, oral histories, audiovisual material, digital sources, letters, photographs) and relating a story which these …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK044 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK045
identifying and designing a local historical tour of a building or site (for example, one related to a particular cultural group)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK045 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK046
examining the traditional toys used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to play and learn (for example, Arrernte children learn to play string games so they can remember stories they have been told)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK046 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK047
describing the location of continents and oceans relative to Australia, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK047 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK048
describing the scale of places, from the personal (home), the local (their suburb, town or district), the regional (state) to the national (country)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK048 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK049
describing the connections of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with the land, sea, waterways, sky and animals of their Country/Place, and how this influences their views on the use of environmental resources
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK049 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK051
investigating how people's connections with places are affected by transport and information and telecommunications technologies
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK051 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum