Year 2 · Humanities and Social Sciences · Knowledge and understanding

AC9HS2K02

how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways they worked, travelled and communicated

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The rest of Knowledge and understanding in Year 2.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HS2K02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 2.

1. Year 1AC9HS1K01differences in family structures and roles today, and how these have changed or remained the same over time
2. Year 1AC9HS1K02continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods
3. Year 1AC9HS1K03the natural, managed and constructed features of local places, and their location
4. Year 1AC9HS1K04how places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including First Nations Australians
5. Year 3AC9HS3K01causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
6. Year 3AC9HS3K02significant 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
7. Year 3AC9HS3K03the 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
8. Year 3AC9HS3K04the ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place
9. Year 3AC9HS3K05the similarities and differences between places in Australia and neighbouring countries in terms of their natural, managed and constructed features
10. Year 3AC9HS3K06who makes rules, why rules are important in the school and/or the local community, and the consequences of rules not being followed
11. Year 3AC9HS3K07why people participate within communities and how students can actively participate and contribute to communities