Year 1 · Humanities and Social Sciences · Knowledge and understanding
AC9HS1K03
the natural, managed and constructed features of local places, and their location
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Taught alongside it
The rest of Knowledge and understanding in Year 1.
differences in family structures and roles today, and how these have changed or remained the same over time
AC9HS1K02continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods
AC9HS1K04how places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including First Nations Australians
The same idea, year by year
Where AC9HS1K03 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 1.
- Foundation YearAC9HSFK01the people in their family, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other
- Foundation YearAC9HSFK02the celebrations and commemorations of significant events shared with their families and others
- Foundation YearAC9HSFK03the features of familiar places they belong to, why some places are special and how places can be looked after
- Foundation YearAC9HSFK04the importance of Country/Place to First Nations Australians and the Country/Place on which the school is located
- Year 2AC9HS2K01a local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance
- Year 2AC9HS2K02how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways they worked, travelled and communicated
- Year 2AC9HS2K03how 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
- Year 2AC9HS2K04the interconnections of First Nations Australians to a local Country/Place
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