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Year 1 Humanities and Social Sciences in the Australian Curriculum

10 content descriptions from Version 9.0. Choose "Plan this" to open a lesson plan set up for that content description.

HASS F-6

Knowledge and understanding

History

  • AC9HS1K01

    differences in family structures and roles today, and how these have changed or remained the same over time

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  • AC9HS1K02

    continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods

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Geography

  • AC9HS1K03

    the natural, managed and constructed features of local places, and their location

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  • AC9HS1K04

    how places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including First Nations Australians

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Skills

Questioning and researching

  • AC9HS1S01

    develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present

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  • AC9HS1S02

    collect, sort and record information and data from observations and from provided sources, including unscaled timelines and labelled maps or models

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Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

  • AC9HS1S03

    interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present

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  • AC9HS1S04

    discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events

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Concluding and decision-making

  • AC9HS1S05

    draw conclusions and make proposals

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Communicating

  • AC9HS1S06

    develop narratives and share observations, using sources, and subject-specific terms

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What do students learn in Year 1 Humanities and Social Sciences?
The Australian Curriculum v9 has 10 Humanities and Social Sciences content descriptions for Year 1. They are listed on this page with their codes.
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