AC9HG7K08 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG7K08 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Place and liveability

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Place and liveability

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 Descriptor

strategies used to enhance the liveability of a place, including for young people, the aged or those with disability, drawing on studies such as those from Australia or Europe

Elaborations

• identifying strategies implemented in Australia or a country in Europe to improve the liveability of a place (for example, improving public spaces, walkability, transport connections or water disposal and recycling) and consider applicability to their own locality
• developing a strategy to improve an aspect of liveability at the local scale, taking into account the needs of diverse groups in the community, including young people (for example, through fieldwork in the local recreation area) or Traditional Owners (for example, developing bilingual signage or garden projects in the local area with First Nations Australians)
• evaluating a strategy to improve the liveability of a place using criteria, and deciding on its applicability to their own locality

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASHASGEOY7

Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 7, students describe how the characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently by people. They describe the importance of environments to people. They describe the features of a distribution. They explain the interconnections between people and places and environments, and describe how these interconnections change places or environments. Students describe a response or strategy to address a geographical challenge or phenomenon. Students develop questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge.They collect, organise and represent relevant data and information, using primary research methods and secondary research materials. They identify similarities and differences, and describe patterns in data and information. They draw conclusions about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge on people, places and environments. They develop a strategy for action. Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and relevant findings from sources to create descriptions, explanations and responses.