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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Transport Changing Over Time - Timeline Worksheet
A worksheet for students to illustrate how transport has 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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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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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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Dinosaurs - Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Dinosaurs' display board.
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Australian Gold Rush Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Australian Gold Rush' display board.
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Australian History Timeline
A worksheet for students to record information about four significant Australian events.
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Map of the Regions of Asia
A map showing the layout, regions and major countries of Asia.
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Rainforest Layers - Poster
A poster that explains the layers of a rainforest.
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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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History Timeline Template
2 templates of a timeline to use during history lessons.
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Why Should We Compost? Poster
Use this poster set to explain why it is important to compost food scraps.
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Mining Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty-seven mining related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Vikings Word Wall
A set of vocabulary cards for a Viking themed word wall.
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HASS Year Seven Assessment Trackers
An 11 page set of assessment trackers using the Australian Curriculum codes to monitor student progress in HASS.
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Epiphany Information Poster
A poster detailing key information about the celebration of Epiphany.
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Epiphany Word Search With Solution
A fun word search to help your students learn and work with Epiphany related vocabulary.
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Epiphany Word Wall Vocabulary
Epiphany related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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History Word Wall Poster
Use this Word Wall Poster to identify history vocabulary in your classroom.
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Geography Word Wall Poster
Use this Word Wall Poster to identify geography vocabulary in your classroom.
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Five UK Landmarks Posters
A set of 5 posters highlighting some of the UK's most famous Landmarks.
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Calling Australia Home Banner
Calling Australia Home banner.
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Geography Word Wall Vocabulary
87 geography related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Australia Becomes a Nation Banner
Australia Becomes a Nation banner.
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New Year's Poster - Information
A poster with information about New Year's.
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Pirate Ship - Writing Template
A printable pirate themed writing template to use in the classroom.
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Pirate Themed Mini Story Book Template
Students can use this template to create their own pirate themed mini story book.
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