AC9HG7K03
Year 7
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HG7K03 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Water in the world
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Water in the world
This Content Descriptor from Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Content Description
the economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value of water for people, including First Nations Australians
Elaborations
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1
examining and comparing places in Australia and a country in Asia that have economies and communities based on irrigation; for example, rice production in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in New South Wales and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
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2
discussing the multilayered meanings (material, cultural and spiritual wellbeing) associated with rivers, waterways, waterholes, human-made wells, seas, lakes, soaks and springs for First Nations Australians
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3
examining bays, rivers, waterfalls or lakes in Australia and in countries of Asia that have been listed as either World Heritage sites or national parks for their aesthetic and cultural value
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4
investigating the spiritual significance of water in an Asian culture
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