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
ACHASSK083
The diversity of Australia's first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place (land, sea, waterways and skies)
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK083 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK085
Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK085 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK087
The main characteristics of the continents of Africa and South America and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK087 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACHASSI074
acquiring geographical information about environments and resources from a range of sources, such as a knowledgeable Aboriginal community member or from schools in contrasting parts of Australia and/or other countries in the Southern Hemisphere
Elaboration (5) | ACHASSI074 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI075
constructing maps, graphs or tables to display data and information (for example, changes in the distribution of different types of vegetation; the loss of native species; the movement of peoples over time; the population of places over time; resource …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI075 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSI075
annotating maps using the appropriate cartographic conventions including map symbols, scale and north point to show places and their features, in Australia, and in selected countries of Africa and South America
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSI075 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI077
exploring different points of view about a familiar event (for example, Australia Day, National Sorry Day) or issue (for example, a school issue, an environmental issue)
Elaboration | ACHASSI077 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI078
decoding the meaning of symbols and emblems associated with Australian history, geography and civic life and applying an understanding of conventions, vocabulary and symbols when interpreting large-scale maps
Elaboration | ACHASSI078 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI078
comparing information in sources to identify evidence of change (for example, Aboriginal, Dutch and French place names on Australia’s west coast; past and present distribution of vegetation in North Africa that points to increasing desertification)
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI078 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSI078
comparing environments in places of similar climate and vegetation that are located on different continents (for example, sandy, icy and stony deserts of Australia, Africa, Antarctica and South America)
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSI078 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSI079
concluding from an analysis of historical records how laws, and the consequences of not following them, have changed over time (for example, contrasting penalties applied in eighteenth-century Britain and those applied in modern Australia)
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI079 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK083
mapping the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language groups in Australia and recognising the groups of their local area and state/territory (or considering why there may not be specific local records)
Elaboration | ACHASSK083 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK083
recognising that Australia has two indigenous cultural groups: Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK083 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACHASSK084
examining the journey of one or more explorers of the Australian coastline (for example, the Macassans, Dirk Hartog, Abel Tasman, James Cook, Comte de la Perouse) using navigation maps to reconstruct their journeys
Elaboration (6) | ACHASSK084 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK085
investigating attitudes to the poor, the treatment of prisoners at that time, and the social standing of those who travelled to Australia on the First Fleet, including families, children and convict guards
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK085 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK087
using a globe to investigate the Great Circle routes of aeroplane travel between Australia and the major countries of Africa and South America
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK087 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK087
researching the main types of natural vegetation and native animals in a climate zone in Australia, and comparing them with those found in a similar climate in Africa or South America
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK087 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK089
recognising that the distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples before colonisation was across Australia, but concentrated in sustainable areas such as in the coastal and riverine areas of Australia
Elaboration | ACHASSK089 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK093
recognising that the identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia is shaped by Country/Place, language and knowledge traditions
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK093 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum