AC9HS3K02
Official content description
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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What Year 3 HASS students should achieve
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- They identify the similarities, differences and connections of people to places across those scales.
- Students describe the importance of rules and people’s contributions to communities.
- Students develop questions and locate, collect and record information and data from different sources.
- Students propose actions or responses.
- They identify the significance of events, symbols and emblems to Australia’s identity and diversity.
- They interpret information and data in different formats.
The Knowledge and understanding progression either side of AC9HS3K02
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Taught before · Year 2
- AC9HS2K01a local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance
- AC9HS2K02how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways they worked, travelled and communicated
- AC9HS2K03how places can be spatially represented in geographical divisions from local to regional to state/territory, and how people and places are interconnected across those scales
Builds towards · Year 4
- AC9HS4K01the diversity of First Nations Australians, their social organisation and their continuous connection to Country/Place
- AC9HS4K02the causes of the establishment of the first British colony in Australia in 1788
- AC9HS4K03the experiences of individuals and groups, including military and civilian officials, and convicts involved in the establishment of the first British colony
Other Year 3 Knowledge and understanding codes
- AC9HS3K01causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
- AC9HS3K03the 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
- AC9HS3K04the ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place
- AC9HS3K05the similarities and differences between places in Australia and neighbouring countries in terms of their natural, managed and constructed features
- AC9HS3K06who makes rules, why rules are important in the school and/or the local community, and the consequences of rules not being followed
- AC9HS3K07why people participate within communities and how students can actively participate and contribute to communities
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