Year 6 HASS — AC v9
All 15 content descriptions for Year 6 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 evaluate sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives.
- •They explain the causes and effects of migration to Australia since Federation.
- •Students propose actions or responses and use criteria to assess the possible effects.
- •They evaluate evidence to draw conclusions.
- •By the end of Year 6, students explain the roles of significant people, events and ideas that led to Australian Federation, democracy and citizenship.
- •They explain influences on consumers and strategies for informed consumer and financial choices.
- •Students select and organise ideas and findings from sources, and use a range of relevant terms and conventions, to present descriptions and explanations.
- •Students develop questions, and locate, collect and organise information and data from a range of primary and secondary sources.
- • Students evaluate a range of information and data formats to identify and describe patterns, trends or inferred relationships.
- •They explain the geographical diversity of places and the effects of interconnections with other countries.
- •Students explain the key institutions, roles and responsibilities of Australia’s levels of government, and democratic values and beliefs.
- AC9HS6K01significant individuals, events and ideas that led to Australia’s Federation, the Constitution and democratic system of government
- AC9HS6K02changes 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
- AC9HS6K03the 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
- AC9HS6K04the geographical diversity and location of places in the Asia region, and its location in relation to Australia
- AC9HS6K05Australia’s interconnections with other countries and how these change people and places
- AC9HS6K06the 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
- AC9HS6K07the roles and responsibilities of the 3 levels of government in Australia
- AC9HS6K08influences on consumer choices and strategies that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices
- AC9HS6S01develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
- AC9HS6S02locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
- AC9HS6S03evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
- AC9HS6S04evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
- AC9HS6S05develop evidence-based conclusions
- AC9HS6S06propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
- AC9HS6S07present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions
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The Year 6 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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