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
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI100
making inferences using sources, such as graphs and thematic maps, that show distribution (for example, the number of electors in some state or federal electorates to discuss representation; the distribution of primary resource industries in Australia …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI100 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standard HASS Year 5
By the end of Year 5, students identify the importance of values and processes to Australia’s democracy and describe the roles of different people in Australia’s legal system. They identify various ways people can participate effectively in groups to …
Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI094
developing questions to guide the identification and location of useful sources for an investigation or project (for example, ‘Is this source useful?’, ‘Who can help us do this project?’, ‘What rules/protocols must we follow when we do this inquiry/project?’, …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI094 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI095
using geographical tools (for example, a globe, wall map or digital application such as Google Earth) to collect information (for example, to identify the environmental characteristics of the major countries of Europe and North America)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI095 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI096
deciding which recording methods and tools (for example, graphs, tables, field sketches, questionnaires, scattergrams, audio-recorders, video recorders, cameras, water or air quality testing kits, binoculars, clinometers, calculators) suit the data or …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI096 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI098
identifying the purpose and usefulness of information gained from primary and secondary sources (for example, checking publication details)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI098 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI099
analysing photographs to identify inferred messages (for example, how workers on a colonial banana plantation are positioned, dressed, posed and/or are absent, to reflect the status of different groups such as English managers, Chinese, Aboriginal and …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI099 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI101
exploring maps and sources showing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language groups and Countries/Places, to explain the diversity of their cultures
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI101 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI102
participating in a relevant democratic process (for example, in class votes, mock parliament, school decision-making processes such as student councils)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI102 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI103
reflecting on choices in relation to personal criteria and expressing reasoning that influenced decision-making (for example, why they participate in a civic activity, what influenced their purchase of an item)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI103 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI104
identifying the effects of decisions about economics and business and/or civics and citizenship issues
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI104 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI105
selecting and applying appropriate media and strategies to suit their communication, including the use of graphs, tables, timelines, photographs and pictures, in digital and non-digital modes
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI105 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK107
discussing challenges experienced by people in the colonial era and the enterprising or sustainable responses made to these challenges (wind energy, food preservation, communication, accessing water)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK107 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK109
connecting (where appropriate) stories of migration to students’ own family histories
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK109 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK111
researching the changes made by people to a particular environment in a country in Europe and a country in North America
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK111 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK113
examining the effects of landforms (for example, valleys, hills, natural harbours and rivers) on the location and characteristics of their place and other places they know
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK113 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK114
researching how the application of principles of prevention, mitigation and preparedness minimises the harmful effects of bushfires or flooding
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK114 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK115
considering how students apply democratic values in familiar contexts
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK115 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK116
clarifying who has the right to vote and stand for election in Australia
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK116 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum