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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

HASS Achievement Standard HASS Year 7

By the end of Year 7, students explain the role of groups and the significance of particular individuals in past societies. They suggest reasons for continuity and change over time. They describe the effects of change on societies, individuals and groups …

HASS Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standard HASS Year 7

By the end of Year 7, students identify the ideas, values and principles that underpin the institutions and processes in Australia’s political and legal systems. They explain the diverse nature of Australian society, and identify the importance of shared …

Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK164

The theory that people moved out of Africa around 60 000 BC (BCE) and migrated to other parts of the world, including Australia

intercultural-understanding Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK164 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK170

The nature of the sources for ancient Australia and what they reveal about Australia’s past in the ancient period, such as the use of resources

critical-creative Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK170 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK184

The quantity and variability of Australia’s water resources compared with other continents

numeracy critical-creative Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK184 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK185

The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa 

numeracy critical-creative ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding sustainability Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK192

Strategies used to enhance the liveability of places, especially for young people, including examples from Australia and Europe 

numeracy critical-creative personal-social intercultural-understanding Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK192 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK193

The key features of government under the Australian Constitution with a focus on: the separation of powers, the roles of the Executive, the houses of parliament and the division of powers

ethical-understanding personal-social Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK193 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK195

How Australia’s legal system aims to provide justice, including through the rule of law, presumption of innocence, burden of proof, right to a fair trial and right to legal representation

personal-social critical-creative ethical-understanding Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK195 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK196

How Australia is a secular nation and a multi-faith society with a Christian heritage

personal-social ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK196 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHASSK197

How values, including freedom, respect, inclusion, civility, responsibility, compassion, equality and a ‘fair go’, can promote cohesion within Australian society

personal-social ethical-understanding critical-creative Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHASSK197 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI153

collecting useful information from secondary sources to answer inquiry questions (for example, articles, graphs, charts and statistics to show religious diversity in Australia; information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to understand patterns …

information-communication critical-creative literacy numeracy

Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI153 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI154

constructing tables, graphs and annotated diagrams with the help of digital technologies to represent collected data (for example, diagrams showing how water flows through the environment and connects places; graphs quantifying the influence of environmental …

critical-creative literacy information-communication numeracy sustainability

Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI154 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI154

creating maps using computer mapping software or satellite images to show distributions and patterns (for example, to show the spatial distribution and patterns of liveability or the areas affected by a hydrological hazard in Australia and other parts …

literacy information-communication critical-creative numeracy

Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI154 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK170

generating a range of questions to investigate a source (for example, a shell midden in ancient Australia – where it was found, how long it was used for, what it reveals about technology and the use of environmental resources)

literacy critical-creative ethical-understanding

Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK170 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK184

interpreting the spatial distribution of rainfall in Australia and comparing it with the distribution of that of other continents

literacy numeracy critical-creative

Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK184 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK184

using the concept of the water balance to compare the quantity and variability of rainfall, run-off and evaporation on the availability of water in Australia and other continents

literacy critical-creative ethical-understanding

Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK184 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHASSK186

examining and comparing places in Australia and countries of the Asia region that have economies and communities based on irrigation (for example, rice production in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in NSW and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam)

literacy critical-creative ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding aboriginal-torres asia-australia

Elaboration | ACHASSK186 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK186

examining bays, rivers, waterfalls or lakes in Australia and in countries of the Asia region that have been listed as either World Heritage sites or national parks for their aesthetic and cultural value

literacy critical-creative ethical-understanding intercultural-understanding

Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK186 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

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