HASS Teaching Resources
Explore the ultimate HASS teacher resource collection, filled with worksheets, activities, maps and so much more. Aligned with the Australian Humanities and Social Sciences curriculum — including V9 — this extensive collection has everything you need to enhance primary students' understanding of Australian and world history, civics and citizenship, geography and more!
Designed to save primary teachers time on their lesson plans, each printable and digital activity has undergone the Teach Starter teacher team's careful review process to ensure it's ready for your lesson plan and your students.
The collection even includes customisable resources and activities that have already been differentiated for you so you can meet students right where they are as you take them on a journey of cultural exploration.
Is this your first year teaching HASS? Or are you just looking for some handy tips? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Does HASS Stand For?
HASS is an acronym that stands for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Within the Foundation – Year 10 Australian Curriculum, HASS can be broken down into four sub-strands:
- History
- Geography
- Civics and Citizenship
- Economics and Business
Studies of history and geography both begin in foundation, while civics and citizenship education starts in year 3. Study of economics and business starts in year 5.
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HASS Term Tracker (Australian Curriculum) - Year 2
A HASS term tracker using the Australian Curriculum Year 2 content descriptors and codes.
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Challenging Female Gender Stereotypes Inquiry Task
An inquiry task to use in the classroom when learning about inspirational contemporary women.
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International Women's Day Trivia PowerPoint
Engage students in learning about inspirational women around the world with this International Women’s Day trivia game.
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Student Lunch Box Audit - Reducing Waste Project
An investigation that will have students calculating the waste produced from their lunch boxes, creating a plan of action to reduce their waste and reflecting on their results.
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Interactive Peg Cards - Community Helpers Activities
Learn about community helpers and the jobs they do with a set of interactive peg cards.
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Building Sentences Earth Day Worksheet (F-1)
Build and write sentences about Earth Day with a printable Earth Day Worksheet for Foundation Year.
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Needs and Wants - Interactive Peg Cards
Turn needs and wants lessons into digital learning experiences with Google Slides Interactive clip cards.
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Lunar New Year Mini-Workbook
Read, research and learn about the Lunar New Year with this activity book.
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Asian Zodiac Calendars Poster Pack
A set of posters showing the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese zodiac calendars.
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Colour It! Need or Want Worksheet
Identify examples of needs and wants with this colour-coding activity.
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Goods and Services - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Identify examples of goods and services with a cut-and-paste sorting worksheet.
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Continents and Oceans Task Cards
Practise identifying and describing the 7 continents and 5 oceans with a set of task cards.
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Classroom Practices to Promote A Green Future - A Teacher's Guide
An 18 page teacher's guide on how to drive a sustainably friendly classroom!
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Places on a Map - Task Cards
Teach your young learners to read community maps with a set of task cards.
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Remembrance Day Comprehension Worksheet
Explain Remembrance Day history and traditions to your students with a printable cloze reading passage and comprehension questions.
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Continents and Oceans - Interactive Peg Cards
Turn world geography into a digital learning experience with this interactive activity.
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Why Teach About Bush Tucker? Poster
An educational poster providing a rationale for teaching Australian children about bush tucker.
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Why Teach About Aboriginal Artefacts? Poster
An educational poster providing a rationale for teaching Australian children about Aboriginal artefacts.
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Why Teach About Aboriginal Identity? Poster
An educational poster providing a rationale for teaching Australian children about Aboriginal identity.
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Community Helpers: Nurse – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Foundation magazine (Issue 2).
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Why Teach About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Diggers? Poster
Use this educational poster to provide a rationale for teaching Australian children about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers.
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Why Teach About Dreaming Stories? Poster
An educational poster providing a rationale for teaching Australian children about Dreaming stories.
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Why Teach About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tools? Poster
An educational poster providing a rationale for teaching Australian children about traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tools.
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Why Teach About Aboriginal Smoking Ceremonies? Poster
An educational poster providing a rationale for teaching Australian children about Aboriginal Smoking Ceremonies.
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Piecing Australia Together – A Reconciliation Puzzle
A puzzle to assemble when learning about National Sorry Day.
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The Rabbits – Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the ideas and issues within the plot of The Rabbits by John Marsden.
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Life Without Tacos – Comprehension Task
A comprehension passage and accompanying worksheet about cultural diffusion.
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Editable Acknowledgement of Country Poster
A poster to recognise the traditional custodians of the land on which you teach.
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Welcome to France! – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a country profile from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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10 Fascinating Facts About Mount Fuji – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 3).
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Map of Japan
A map of Japan featuring the names of the main islands and well-known landmarks.
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My Research Project - Pennant Banner
A pennant banner template for students to record biography research.
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