Elaboration (2) ACHASSK148
using a current global issue (for example, immigration across borders or clearing native forests to establish palm oil plantations) to discuss the concept of global citizenship
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK148 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK149
explaining why choices have to be made when faced with unlimited wants and limited resources (for example, by compiling a list of personal needs and wants, determining priorities (including sustainability of natural environments) and identifying the needs …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK149 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK150
considering if their actions have an effect on the environment (for example, does choosing to use recyclable shopping bags have an effect on the natural environment?)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK150 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI153
compiling a list of different primary and secondary sources that might contribute relevant information to an investigation of the past (for example, papyrus scrolls, coins, statues, human remains for an archaeological study) or to an investigation of …
Elaboration (2) | 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 …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI154 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSI155
modelling a system (for example, an ecosystem or hydrological cycle) and using it to explain the sequence of effects when elements are manipulated
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI155 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACHASSI157
identifying and distinguishing points of view of different individuals and groups about a public issue (for example, the development of wind turbine farms, a contentious residential development by a large company, the corporate harnessing of water in …
Elaboration (5) | ACHASSI157 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI159
evaluating data from a survey to draw conclusions about a current political, social, environmental or business event or issue
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI159 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI160
designing and proposing actions to respond to challenges (for example, actions related to environmental and economic sustainability such as ensuring a sustainable supply of water) after considering the possible outcomes
Elaboration | ACHASSI160 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI161
applying social, economic and/or environmental criteria when making decisions about alternative responses to an issue or challenge (for example, applying these criteria to alternative responses to sustainable living in high and low socioeconomic regions …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI161 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI161
examining the trade-offs involved in making choices (for example, choices about spending limited money; how to earn an income such as working as an employee or owning your own business; whether to pay more for an endorsed environmentally friendly pro …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI161 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI162
explaining different perspectives on an issue or challenge (for example, sustainability, intercultural behaviour) and proposing action after considering these perspectives and the possible outcomes for different groups
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI162 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACHASSI162
using knowledge of the past to inform views on probable and preferred (individual or collective) futures, explaining reasoning to justify futures scenarios
Elaboration (5) | ACHASSI162 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK172
describing the importance of the River Tiber to ancient Roman society and the methods Romans used to manage resources (for example, the water supply through aqueducts and plumbing systems)
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK172 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK182
classifying resources into renewable, non-renewable and finite/infinite resources, and investigating examples of each type and how they affect environmental sustainability
Elaboration | ACHASSK182 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK182
describing how water is an available resource when it is groundwater, soil moisture (green water), surface water in dams, rivers and lakes (blue water) and treated or recycled (grey water), and a potential resource when it exists as salt water, ice …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK182 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK183
investigating the environmental, economic and social uses of water and the effects of water as it connects people and places (for example, the effects of water diversion in the Snowy Mountains)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK183 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK185
investigating the causes of water scarcity, for example, an absolute shortage of water (physical), inadequate development of water resources (economic or political), or the ways water is used
Elaboration | ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK185
investigating whether the use of water in their place is sustainable
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK185
discussing the advantages and disadvantages of strategies to overcome water scarcity (for example, recycling (‘grey water’), stormwater harvesting and re-use, desalination, inter-regional transfer of water and trade in virtual water, and reducing water …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum