Year 5 · Humanities and Social Sciences · Skills

AC9HS5S01

develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems

The content description above is Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)’s own wording, reproduced unmodified from the Australian Curriculum v9.0, read in August 2026, and licensed CC BY 4.0.

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2010 to present, unless otherwise indicated. This material was downloaded from the Australian Curriculum website and was not modified. ACARA does not endorse this product and is not affiliated with it.

Taught alongside it

The rest of Skills in Year 5.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HS5S01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 5.

1. Year 4AC9HS4S01develop questions to guide investigations about people, events, places and issues
2. Year 4AC9HS4S02locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps
3. Year 4AC9HS4S03interpret information and data displayed in different formats
4. Year 4AC9HS4S04analyse information and data, and identify perspectives
5. Year 4AC9HS4S05draw conclusions based on analysis of information
6. Year 4AC9HS4S06propose actions or responses to an issue or challenge that consider possible effects of actions
7. Year 4AC9HS4S07present descriptions and explanations, using ideas from sources and relevant subject-specific terms
8. Year 6AC9HS6S01develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
9. Year 6AC9HS6S02locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
10. Year 6AC9HS6S03evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
11. Year 6AC9HS6S04evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
12. Year 6AC9HS6S05develop evidence-based conclusions
13. Year 6AC9HS6S06propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
14. Year 6AC9HS6S07present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions