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F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences
The Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) from Foundation to Year 6/7, provides students with opportunities to: actively shape their lives through an expanding sense of themselves and their community; make reflective, informed decisions; value their place and role in a diverse and dynamic society; and positively contribute locally, nationally, regionally and globally. HASS gives students a deep understanding of the world they live in from a range of perspectives, past and present, online and offline, and supports them to develop an appreciation and respect for social, cultural and religious diversity as well as a sense of identity and belonging. Students develop their ability to question, think critically, solve problems, communicate and interact respectfully and make decisions in order to contribute to Australia’s cohesive society and stable democracy.
Be Secure https://www.esafety.gov.au/kids/be-an-esafe-kid/sharing-my-personal-information-online (Lower Primary)
YeS Project https://www.esafety.gov.au/educators/classroom-resources/yes-project
Hector’s World https://www.esafety.gov.au/educators/classroom-resources/hectors-world
Act eSafe (Lower Primary) https://www.esafety.gov.au/media/3032
Community groups https://www.esafety.gov.au/educators/video-resource-library
Collaborating https://www.esafety.gov.au/educators/classroom-resources/lost-summer
Locating and collecting information https://www.esafety.gov.au/educators/classroom-resources/young-and-esafe/critical-thinking
Seeking support https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide
Researching
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided (ACHASSI002)
- exploring sources (for example pictures, photographs, story books, artefacts, excursions to places, family interviews) to gain information about the past
Researching
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided (ACHASSI035)
- identifying information in sources relevant to learning about the past (for example, photographs, interviews, newspapers, stories and maps, including those online) and sources relevant to learning about places (satellite images, globes, diagrams, measurements, field photographs)
History
Content descriptions with elaborations:
How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example, through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media and museums (ACHASSK013)
- engaging with the oral traditions, painting and music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and recognising that the past is communicated through stories passed down from generation to generation
History
Content descriptions with elaborations:
How changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past) (ACHASSK046)
- examining changes in technology over several generations by comparing past and present objects and photographs, and discussing how these changes have shaped people’s lives (for example, changes to land, air and sea transport; the move from wood-fired stoves to gas/electrical appliances; the introduction of transistors, television, FM radio and digital technologies; how people shopped and what they liked to buy, changes in the nature of waste and how waste is managed)
Researching
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided (ACHASSI002)
- exploring sources (for example pictures, photographs, story books, artefacts, excursions to places, family interviews) to gain information about the past
Researching
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Sort and record information and data, including location, in tables and on plans and labelled maps (ACHASSI020)
- recording data about the location of places and their features on maps and/or plans (for example, labelling the location of their home and daily route to school on a map of the local area, drawing a plan of their classroom and labelling its activity spaces)
Analysing
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Interpret data and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps (ACHASSI024)
- finding the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary relating to the past (for example, games such as jacks/knuckles and elastics; technology tools such as floppy discs or USBs, record player, cassette player)
Researching
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided (ACHASSI035)
- identifying information in sources relevant to learning about the past (for example, photographs, interviews, newspapers, stories and maps, including those online) and sources relevant to learning about places (satellite images, globes, diagrams, measurements, field photographs)