What do students learn in Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences?

The Australian Curriculum v9 has 15 Humanities and Social Sciences content descriptions for Year 5. They are listed on this page with their codes.

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Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences in the Australian Curriculum

15 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

AC9HS5K01
the economic, political and social causes of the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800
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AC9HS5K02
the impact of the development of British colonies in Australia on the lives of First Nations Australians, the colonists and convicts, and on the natural environment
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AC9HS5K03
the role of a significant individual or group, including First Nations Australians and those who migrated to Australia, in the development of events in an Australian colony
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Geography

AC9HS5K04
the influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place
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AC9HS5K05
the management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences
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Civics and Citizenship

AC9HS5K06
the key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and responsibilities of elected representatives
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AC9HS5K07
how citizens (members of communities) with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal
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Economics and Business

AC9HS5K08
types of resources, including natural, human and capital, and how they satisfy needs and wants
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Skills

Questioning and researching

AC9HS5S01
develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
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AC9HS5S02
locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
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Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

AC9HS5S03
evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
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AC9HS5S04
evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
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Concluding and decision-making

AC9HS5S05
develop evidence-based conclusions
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AC9HS5S06
propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
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Communicating

AC9HS5S07
present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions
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Elaborations and achievement standards on the Australian Curriculum website

Other Year 5 learning areas

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What do students learn in Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences?: The Australian Curriculum v9 has 15 Humanities and Social Sciences content descriptions for Year 5. They are listed on this page with their codes.
How do I plan a Year 5 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 5 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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