Year 3 HASS — AC v9
All 14 content descriptions for Year 3 HASS in the Australian Curriculum Version 9, grouped by strand — each one links to its own page, and TeachKoala can turn any of them into a complete lesson (your first is free).
Achievement standard (what coverage means)
- •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.
- •They describe the representation of places within and near Australia.
- •They analyse information and data to identify perspectives and they draw conclusions.
- •Students use ideas from sources, and subject-specific terms to present descriptions and explanations.
- •By the end of Year 3, students describe the causes, effects and contributions of people to change.
- AC9HS3K01causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
- AC9HS3K02significant 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
- 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
- AC9HS3S01develop questions to guide investigations about people, events, places and issues
- AC9HS3S02locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps
- AC9HS3S03interpret information and data displayed in different formats
- AC9HS3S04analyse information and data, and identify perspectives
- AC9HS3S05draw conclusions based on analysis of information
- AC9HS3S06propose actions or responses to an issue or challenge that consider possible effects of actions
- AC9HS3S07present descriptions and explanations, using ideas from sources and relevant subject-specific terms
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The Year 3 HASS planning scaffold
A one-page planning sheet with the official achievement standard, every content description grouped by strand, and space for your assessment and week-by-week sequence. Print it and plan on paper, or use it as the skeleton for a unit.
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