Year 5 HASS — AC v9
All 15 content descriptions for Year 5 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)
- •By the end of Year 5, students explain the causes of the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800.
- •They evaluate sources to determine origin and perspectives.
- •They suggest conclusions based on evidence.
- •Students develop questions and locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources.
- •They explain the influence of people on the characteristics of places and in the management of spaces.
- •Students explain the key values and features of Australia’s democracy and how people achieve civic goals.
- •Students evaluate information and data to identify and describe patterns or trends.
- •They explain the roles of significant individuals or groups in the development of an Australian colony and the impact of those developments.
- •Students select ideas and findings from sources and use relevant terms and conventions, to present descriptions and explanations.
- •Students consider criteria in proposing actions or responses.
- •They explain the nature of resources, and how they meet needs and wants.
- AC9HS5K01the economic, political and social causes of the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800
- AC9HS5K02the 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
- AC9HS5K03the 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
- AC9HS5K04the influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place
- AC9HS5K05the management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences
- AC9HS5K06the key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and responsibilities of elected representatives
- AC9HS5K07how citizens (members of communities) with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal
- AC9HS5K08types of resources, including natural, human and capital, and how they satisfy needs and wants
- AC9HS5S01develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
- AC9HS5S02locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
- AC9HS5S03evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
- AC9HS5S04evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
- AC9HS5S05develop evidence-based conclusions
- AC9HS5S06propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
- AC9HS5S07present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions
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The Year 5 HASS planning scaffold
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