AC9HS2K01 Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS2K01 – Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences: History

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

History

This Content Descriptor from Year 2 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

a local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance

Elaborations

• suggesting reasons for the location of a local landmark before searching for resources that provide an explanation; for example, community building, statue or war memorial
• investigating the history of a chosen person, building, site or place in the local community, using provided sources (for example, the internet, books, newspapers, community information guides, audio-visual material, digital sources, photographs) and relating a story that these reveal about the past
• discussing why a particular site has heritage significance or cultural value for present generations; for example, it provides a record of a significant historical event, has aesthetic value, reflects the community’s identity
• identifying and visiting, where appropriate, local sites, places and landscapes of significance to First Nations Australians; for example, engraving sites, rock paintings, natural sites or features such as the creeks or mountains
• identifying and designing a local historical tour of a building or site; for example, one related to a particular cultural group

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 2 ASHASHASY2

Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

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.