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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Old vs New Communication Devices - Sorting Activity
A fun sorting activity for students to identify old and new communication devices.
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South American Flags Worksheets - BW
Fourteen black and white worksheets with flags from South America.
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Transport Then and Now - Memory Game
A fun memory game for students to match past and present modes of transport.
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Communicating with Others - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to identify the communication methods and devices we use today.
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Transport Time Machine - Past and Present Transport Sorting Activity
A fun sorting game for students to identify past modes of transport from the present.
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Alien Grab - Toy Sorting Activity
A fun sorting activity to identify toys from other everyday objects.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Year 6
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum Year 6 content descriptors and codes.
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Immigration Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Immigration' display board.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Year 5
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum Year 5 content descriptors and codes.
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Comparing Communication Devices from Past to Present - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to compare communication devices from the past with the present.
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Spaces and Places – Word Wall Vocabulary
30 spaces and places word wall vocabulary cards.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Year 4
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum Year 4 content descriptors and codes.
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Communication Then and Now - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to illustrate how communication methods and devices have changed over time.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Year 3
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum Year 3 content descriptors and codes.
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Animal Powered Transport - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to identify how animals can be used as a mode of transport.
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Life Without Transport - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to identify how we use transport in our daily lives.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Year 2
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum Year 2 content descriptors and codes.
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Popular Toys from the Present Day - Worksheet
A set of 2 worksheets for students to illustrate popular toys from the present day.
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Describing Toys Past and Present - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to describe the features of past and present toys.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Year 1
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum Year 1 content descriptors and codes.
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What Toy Am I? - Toy Definition Match Up Game
A set of 20 puzzle cards for students to match pictures of toys to their definition.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - Pre-primary
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum Pre-primary content descriptors and codes.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - ABLEWA
The Humanities term tracker using the WA Curriculum ABLEWA content descriptors and codes.
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Eid-al-Adha Word Wall Vocabulary
Twenty-seven Eid-al-Adha related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Class Flag Activity Worksheet
An activity for students to create a class flag.
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The Torres Strait Islander Flag - Poster and Worksheet
A poster and worksheet of the Torres Strait Islander flag.
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The Australian Flag Poster and Worksheet
A poster and worksheet of the Australian Flag.
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The Australian Aboriginal Flag Poster and Worksheet
Print this Australian Aboriginal Flag poster and worksheet for your classroom.
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Captain's Log Title Page - Ship
An outline of a ship to use as a title page during history lessons.
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Mining Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty-seven mining related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Silk Road Word Wall
A set of vocabulary cards for a silk road word wall.
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Vikings Word Wall
A set of vocabulary cards for a Viking themed word wall.
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