What do students learn in Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences?

The Australian Curriculum v9 has 14 Humanities and Social Sciences content descriptions for Year 3. They are listed on this page with their codes.

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Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences in the Australian Curriculum

14 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

AC9HS3K01
causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
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AC9HS3K02
significant events, symbols and emblems that are important to Australia’s identity and diversity, and how they are celebrated, commemorated or recognised in Australia, including Australia Day, Anzac Day, NAIDOC Week, National Sorry Day, Easter, Christmas, and other religious and cultural festivals
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Geography

AC9HS3K03
the representation of contemporary Australia as states and territories, and as the Countries/Places of First Nations Australians prior to colonisation, and the locations of Australia’s neighbouring regions and countries
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AC9HS3K04
the ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place
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AC9HS3K05
the similarities and differences between places in Australia and neighbouring countries in terms of their natural, managed and constructed features
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Civics and Citizenship

AC9HS3K06
who makes rules, why rules are important in the school and/or the local community, and the consequences of rules not being followed
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AC9HS3K07
why people participate within communities and how students can actively participate and contribute to communities
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Skills

Questioning and researching

AC9HS3S01
develop questions to guide investigations about people, events, places and issues
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AC9HS3S02
locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps
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Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

AC9HS3S03
interpret information and data displayed in different formats
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AC9HS3S04
analyse information and data, and identify perspectives
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Concluding and decision-making

AC9HS3S05
draw conclusions based on analysis of information
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AC9HS3S06
propose actions or responses to an issue or challenge that consider possible effects of actions
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Communicating

AC9HS3S07
present descriptions and explanations, using ideas from sources and relevant subject-specific terms
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Elaborations and achievement standards on the Australian Curriculum website

Other Year 3 learning areas

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What do students learn in Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences?: The Australian Curriculum v9 has 14 Humanities and Social Sciences content descriptions for Year 3. They are listed on this page with their codes.
How do I plan a Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences lesson for a content description?: Choose "Plan this" next to the content description. Heapso opens a lesson plan set to Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences with that code linked, so the plan is built around it. You can change anything before Pip writes.

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