Year 3 · Humanities and Social Sciences · Knowledge and understanding
AC9HS3K05
the similarities and differences between places in Australia and neighbouring countries in terms of their natural, managed and constructed features
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Taught alongside it
The rest of Knowledge and understanding in Year 3.
causes 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
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
The same idea, year by year
Where AC9HS3K05 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 3.
- 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
- Year 4AC9HS4K01the diversity of First Nations Australians, their social organisation and their continuous connection to Country/Place
- Year 4AC9HS4K02the causes of the establishment of the first British colony in Australia in 1788
- Year 4AC9HS4K03the experiences of individuals and groups, including military and civilian officials, and convicts involved in the establishment of the first British colony
- Year 4AC9HS4K04the effects of contact with other people on First Nations Australians and their Countries/Places following the arrival of the First Fleet and how this was viewed by First Nations Australians as an invasion
- Year 4AC9HS4K05the importance of environments, including natural vegetation and water sources, to people and animals in Australia and on another continent
- Year 4AC9HS4K06sustainable use and management of renewable and non-renewable resources, including the custodial responsibility First Nations Australians have for Country/Place
- Year 4AC9HS4K07the differences between “rules” and “laws”, why laws are important and how they affect the lives of people
- Year 4AC9HS4K08the roles of local government and how members of the community use and contribute to local services
- Year 4AC9HS4K09diversity of cultural, religious and/or social groups to which they and others in the community belong, and their importance to identity
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