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 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
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 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
ACHASSK045
The importance today of a historical site of cultural or spiritual significance in the local area, and why it should be preserved
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK045 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK062
The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK062 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK016
identifying local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander landmarks in the local area
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK016 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK062
liasing with Community to identify original language groups of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to the local area and exploring the relationship between language, Country/Place and spirituality. (This is intended to be a local area …
Elaboration | ACHASSK062 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI003
illustrating on a pictorial map, or by making a model, the location of their home in relation to school or other features of the local area
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI003 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI005
identifying places in the playground or local area that they like or places they like to avoid, and talking about the reasons for their feelings
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI005 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK048
examining the names of features and places in the local area, the meaning of these names and why they were chosen
Elaboration | ACHASSK048 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI127
surveying businesses in the local area to find out what influences their choices concerning the way they provide goods and services
Elaboration | ACHASSI127 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK188
comparing student access to and use of places and spaces in their local area and evaluating how this affects perceptions of liveability
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK188 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK189
examining the role transport plays in people’s ability to access services and participate in activities in the local area
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK189 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK190
investigating the concepts of environmental quality and pollutions by surveying the environmental quality of their local area and its effect on liveability
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK190 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum