HASS
Based on the Australian Curriculum, HASS in F-6/7 HASS includes:
- Foundation Year My personal worldThe Foundation curriculum focuses on developing students' understanding of their personal worlds, including their personal and family histories and the places they and their fami...
- Year 1 How my world is different from the past and can change in the futureThe Year 1 curriculum provides a study of the recent past, the present and the near future within the context of the student's ...
- Year 2 Our past and present connections to people and placesThe Year 2 curriculum extends contexts for study beyond the personal to the community and to near and distant places that students are familiar wit...
- Year 3 Diverse communities and places and the contribution people makeThe Year 3 curriculum focuses on the diversity of people and places in their local community and beyond, and how people participate in th...
- Year 4 How people, places and environments interact, past and presentThe Year 4 curriculum focuses on interactions between people, places and environments over time and space and the effects of these interac...
- Year 5 Australian communities - their past, present and possible futuresThe Year 5 curriculum focuses on colonial Australia in the 1800s and the social, economic, political and environmental causes and effec...
- Year 6 Australia in the past and present and its connections with a diverse worldThe Year 6 curriculum focuses on the social, economic and political development of Australia as a nation, particularly after 1...
- Year 7 Sustainable pasts, present, futuresThe Year 7 curriculum deepens discipline-specific knowledge, understandings and skills with opportunities for integration across the sub-strands. Students study anci...
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Events That Led to Australian Federation
A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine significant events that led to Australian Federation.
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The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 3: The Evidence Piles Up!
Chapter 3 introduces the Adventure Agents to the evidence collected so far and requires them to write a newspaper report informing the public that the 'Mona Lisa' has been stolen.
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The Establishment of Australia's Colonies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the unique characteristics and history of the six colonies of Australia.
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Family Life - Then and Now
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare daily family life from the past with the present.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technologies Unit Plan
This Technology unit has been designed to investigate the role that technology plays in occupations within the community. Additionally, it introduces and explores the concept of sustainability.
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Reflection of Learning
A 60 minute lesson in which students will reflect on what they have learned about the continents of Africa and South America.
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The Natural Environment of South America - Inquiry Task
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate their understanding of the natural environment of South America through an open-ended inquiry.
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The Natural Environment of Africa - Inquiry Task
A 60-minute lesson in which students will demonstrate their understanding of the natural environment of Africa through an open-ended inquiry.
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Assessment: Living Wax Museum – Australian Gold Rush
A 60-minute assessment designed to assess students' knowledge and understanding of the people, politics and events of the Australian Gold Rush.
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The Natural Environment of Africa
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the natural environment of the continent of Africa.
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Aboriginal Dot Painting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the history and traditional techniques of Aboriginal dot painting.
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Aboriginal Cross-Hatching
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the history and traditional techniques of Aboriginal cross-hatching.
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The Myth of Terra Nullius
A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine the myth that Australia was a Terra Nullius land before contact with the British.
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Aboriginal Rock Art
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the history and traditional techniques of Aboriginal rock art.
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An Introduction to Aboriginal Art
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the different types of Aboriginal art in Australia.
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Australia's First People Inquiry Task
An inquiry-based assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of Australia's first people and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Country.
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Food
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples sourced their food from the land.
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Our Place - Australia Inquiry Task
An inquiry-based assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of the natural and human features of Australia.
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The Original Inhabitants
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the original inhabitants of Australia.
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Deserts of Australia
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify, describe and locate deserts in Australia.
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Running a Country
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify a range of services in the community for which the government is responsible.
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Different Systems of Government
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the different types of government systems.
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A System of Government
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify reasons why a country needs a system of government.
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Assessment - Calling Australia Home
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge of Australian democracy and citizenship experiences in the 20th century.
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Our Heritage
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify how immigration policy has shaped Australian society.
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The Impact of Federation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the impact of Australian Federation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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The Australian Constitution
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the impact of the Australian Constitution on Australian society.
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Famous Federators
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify influential people who contributed to Australian Federation.
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Our Community
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how the location of places can be represented on simple maps.
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Places We Learn - Schools
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify their school as a special place.
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My House
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the importance of the places students live and explore the people who make up families.
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Let's Communicate!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explain how we communicate with others.