Elaboration (6) ACHASSK084
examining the journey of one or more explorers of the Australian coastline (for example, the Macassans, Dirk Hartog, Abel Tasman, James Cook, Comte de la Perouse) using navigation maps to reconstruct their journeys
Elaboration (6) | ACHASSK084 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK029
exploring how cultures recognise significant events (for example, the Chinese describe a child as being one year old on the day he/she is born; some religious groups don’t celebrate birthdays)
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK029 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK050
exploring how their place may be connected to events that have happened in other places (for example, sporting events such as the Olympic Games or natural disasters like the tsunami in Indonesia)
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK050 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACHASSI053
acquiring geographical information from schools in geographically contrasting parts of Australia and/or neighbouring countries
Elaboration (5) | ACHASSI053 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSI057
using maps, ground and aerial photographs and satellite images or a digital application (for example, European Space Agency, NASA World Wind or Google Earth), to identify, locate and describe geographical patterns and distributions (for example, different …
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSI057 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI061
describing the location and direction from a local place in Australia to a local place in at least two neighbouring countries (for example, New Zealand and Indonesia) using a globe or wall map
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI061 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK067
using a globe to locate the Pacific Island nations, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Indonesia and countries relevant to students, labelling them on a map, and identifying the direction of each country from Australia
Elaboration | ACHASSK067 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK067
describing the similarities and differences between their local place and places in neighbouring countries (for example, Indonesia, Pacific Island nations) in their natural and human characteristics
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK067 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK069
investigating the diversity of people who live in their place (for example, surveying the school community about age, birthplace and ancestry) and comparing them with a school in another place in Australia or neighbouring country
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK069 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSK069
examining the similarities and differences between their daily lives and those of people in another place in Australia or neighbouring country, and inferring what it would be like to live in these places
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSK069 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK084
identifying key individuals and groups who established contacts with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania during the European age of discovery
Elaboration | ACHASSK084 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACHASSK084
recognising that people from many continents have explored parts of the world (for example, Zheng He, Ibn Battuta)
Elaboration (5) | ACHASSK084 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI098
identifying stereotypes and over-generalisations relating to age, gender, ethnicity, ability, religion and/or politics presented in sources and media of the past (for example, a newspaper caricature of a colonial era Chinese goldfield worker) and in sources …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI098 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK109
investigating the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony (for example, Germans in South Australia, Japanese in Broome, Afghan cameleers in the Northern Territory, Chinese at Palmer River, Pacific Islanders in the Torres …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK109 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK113
investigating the influence of landforms (for example, river valleys such as the Murray-Darling, Yellow (Huang He), Yangtze, Amazon, Mekong or Ganges), on the development of settlements that are involved in food and fibre production
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK113 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSI123
determining the most appropriate methods to find information (for example, personal observation, internet searches, primary and secondary sources) including using excursions and field trips (for example, a study trip to a wetlands, a visit to a war memorial, …
Elaboration | ACHASSI123 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSI123
exchanging geographical information from schools in countries of the Asia region
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSI123 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI124
creating maps using spatial technologies and cartographic conventions as appropriate (including border, source, scale, legend, title and north point) to show information and data, including location (for example, a large-scale map to show the location …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI124 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSI133
describing the relative location of places and their features in Australia and in selected countries of the Asia region, when investigating and making connections
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI133 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK138
using geographical tools (for example, a globe wall map or digital application such as Google Earth) to identify the geographical division of Asia into North-East, South-East, South Asia and West Asia (the Middle East)
Elaboration | ACHASSK138 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum