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
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
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
ACHASSI034
Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSI034 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK046
How changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past)
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK046 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK048
The idea that places are parts of Earth’s surface that have been named by people, and how places can be defined at a variety of scales
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK048 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK049
The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK049 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK050
The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK050 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK051
The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK051 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI035
locating historical evidence of the local community’s past (for example, place and street names that commemorate people, monuments, built and non-built historical landmarks, middens, remnants of native vegetation and old building remains)
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI035 | 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 (3) ACHASSI035
exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ connections to Country/Place through oral histories Dreaming and Creation stories, dance, art and cultural representations
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI035 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI038
discussing why some places are considered special or significant by others (for example, by parents, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, their grandparents or familiar elders their friends, returned soldiers, wildlife workers)
Elaboration | ACHASSI038 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI039
comparing places that differ over time or across location (for example, climate, natural environment, plants, animals, people’s home)
Elaboration | ACHASSI039 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSI039
examining a historical site (for example, a home, a school) to explore how technology has changed life over time (for example, how and where food was obtained and prepared, how people travelled, how people stayed warm or cool, how sewerage was managed, …
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI039 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI041
drawing conclusions about how traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples were able to overcome the constraints of distance (for example, trading goods and ideas across the continent and its islands)
Elaboration | ACHASSI041 | 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 ACHASSK044
using the internet, newspapers, community information guides and local knowledge to identify and list the people and places promoted as being of historic interest in the local community
Elaboration | ACHASSK044 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK045
identifying, in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and visiting (where appropriate) local sites, places and landscapes of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (for example, engraving sites, rock paintings, …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK045 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum