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Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9
Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences ASHASHASY2

Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.

What Students Should Know

By the end of Year 2, students identify the significance of a local person, group, place and/or building. They identify the effects of changes in technologies on people’s lives. Students identify that places can be spatially represented in different geographical divisions. They identify how people and places are interconnected both at local and broader scales.

Students develop questions, and collect, sort and record related information and data from observations and provided sources. They interpret information and data, and identify and discuss perspectives. Students use interpretations to draw conclusions and make proposals. Students use sources, and subject-specific terms to present narratives and observations about the past, people and places at different scales.

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 10 Content Descriptors:

Knowledge and understanding

History

AC9HS2K01 a local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance AC9HS2K02 how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways they worked, travelled and communicated

Geography

AC9HS2K03 how 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 AC9HS2K04 the interconnections of First Nations Australians to a local Country/Place

Skills

Questioning and researching

AC9HS2S01 develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present AC9HS2S02 collect, sort and record information and data from observations and from provided sources, including unscaled timelines and labelled maps or models

Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

AC9HS2S03 interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present AC9HS2S04 discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events

Concluding and decision-making

AC9HS2S05 draw conclusions and make proposals

Communicating

AC9HS2S06 develop narratives and share observations, using sources, and subject-specific terms

At a Glance

Strand Substrand CDs Elaborations
Knowledge and understanding History 2 10
Knowledge and understanding Geography 2 7
Skills Questioning and researching 2 7
Skills Interpreting, analysing and evaluating 2 7
Skills Concluding and decision-making 1 5
Skills Communicating 1 3
Total 10 39

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences?
By the end of Year 2, students identify the significance of a local person, group, place and/or building. They identify the effects of changes in technologies on people’s lives. Students identify that places can be spatially represented in different geographical divisions. They identify how people and places are interconnected both at local and broader scales. Students develop questions, and collect, sort and record related information and data from observations and provided sources. They interpret information and data, and identify and discuss perspectives. Students use interpretations to draw conclusions and make proposals. Students use sources, and subject-specific terms to present narratives and observations about the past, people and places at different scales.
How many Content Descriptors support this standard?
10 Content Descriptors support this Achievement Standard (Knowledge and understanding: 2, Knowledge and understanding: 2, Skills: 2, Skills: 2, Skills: 1, Skills: 1).
How does this compare to Year 1?
The Year 1 Humanities and Social Sciences standard (ASHASHASY1) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 2 expectations extending what was introduced in Year 1.
Is this from the latest Australian Curriculum?
Yes, this Achievement Standard is from the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 (AC v9), the most current version published by ACARA.