Geography Achievement Standard HASS Foundation Year
By the end of Foundation Year, students describe the features of familiar places and recognise why some places are special to people. They recognise that places can be represented on maps and a globe and why places are important to people. Students observe …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation Year | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 1
By the end of Year 1, students identify and describe the natural, managed and constructed features of places at a local scale and identify where features of places are located. They recognise that people describe the features of places differently. Students …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 1 | 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
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 3
By the end of Year 3, students describe the location of the states and territories of Australia, the location of selected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Countries/Places and selected countries neighbouring Australia. They describe the characteristics …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 4
By the end of Year 4, students describe the location of selected countries using compass direction. They describe and compare the characteristics of places in different locations at local to national scales. They identify the interconnections between …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 5
By the end of Year 5, students describe the location of selected countries in relative terms. They explain the characteristics of places in different locations at local to national scales. They identify and describe the interconnections between people …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 6
By the end of Year 6, students describe the location of places in selected countries in absolute and relative terms. They describe and explain the diverse characteristics of places in different locations from local to global scales. They describe the …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 7
By the end of Year 7, students describe geographical processes that influence the characteristics of places and how characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently. They explain interconnections between people and places and people and …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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
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
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
Year 7 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 7 curriculum for Geography: ‘Water in the world’ and ‘Place and liveability’. ‘Water in the world’ focuses on water as an example of a renewable environmental resource. This unit examines the many uses of water, …
Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 8 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 8 curriculum for Geography: ‘Landforms and landscapes’ and ‘Changing nations’. ‘Landforms and landscapes’ focuses on investigating geomorphology through a study of landscapes and their landforms. This unit examines …
Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 9 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 9 curriculum for Geography: ‘Biomes and food security’ and ‘Geographies of interconnections’. ‘Biomes and food security’ focuses on investigating the role of the biotic environment and its role in food and fibre …
Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 10 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 10 curriculum for Geography: ‘Environmental change and management’ and ‘Geographies of human wellbeing’. ‘Environmental change and management’ focuses on investigating environmental geography through an in-depth …
Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum