What do students learn in Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences?

The Australian Curriculum v9 has 15 Humanities and Social Sciences content descriptions for Year 6. They are listed on this page with their codes.

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Year 6 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

AC9HS6K01
significant individuals, events and ideas that led to Australia’s Federation, the Constitution and democratic system of government
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AC9HS6K02
changes in Australia's political system and to Australian citizenship after Federation and throughout the 20th century that impacted First Nations Australians, migrants, women and children
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AC9HS6K03
the motivation of people migrating to Australia since Federation and throughout the 20th century, their stories and effects on Australian society, including migrants from the Asia region
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Geography

AC9HS6K04
the geographical diversity and location of places in the Asia region, and its location in relation to Australia
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AC9HS6K05
Australia’s interconnections with other countries and how these change people and places
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Civics and Citizenship

AC9HS6K06
the key institutions of Australia’s system of government, how it is based on the Westminster system, and the key values and beliefs of Western democracies
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AC9HS6K07
the roles and responsibilities of the 3 levels of government in Australia
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Economics and Business

AC9HS6K08
influences on consumer choices and strategies that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices
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Skills

Questioning and researching

AC9HS6S01
develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
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AC9HS6S02
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

AC9HS6S03
evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
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AC9HS6S04
evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
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Concluding and decision-making

AC9HS6S05
develop evidence-based conclusions
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AC9HS6S06
propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
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Communicating

AC9HS6S07
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 6 learning areas

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What do students learn in Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences?: The Australian Curriculum v9 has 15 Humanities and Social Sciences content descriptions for Year 6. They are listed on this page with their codes.
How do I plan a Year 6 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 6 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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