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AC9HS3K02: Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – History
AC9HS3K02 Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS3K02 – Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences: History

Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
History

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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

significant events, symbols and emblems that are important to Australia’s identity and diversity, and how they are celebrated, commemorated or recognised in Australia, including Australia Day, Anzac Day, NAIDOC Week, National Sorry Day, Easter, Christmas, and other religious and cultural festivals

Elaborations

  • • identifying and discussing the historical origins of an important Australian celebration or commemoration, including Australia Day, Anzac Day, NAIDOC Week and National Sorry Day, as well as significant religious or cultural festivals, such as Easter, Christmas, Lunar New Year, Diwali and Eid
  • • recognising that people have different points of view on some events that are commemorated and celebrated; for example, some First Nations Australians regard “Australia Day” as “Invasion Day” and many non-Christians celebrate Christmas
  • • generating a list of local, state/territory, national and religious symbols and emblems (for example, the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, the Australian Flag and First Nations Australians’ flags, state/territory flags and coats of arms, club emblems, school logos, flags, floral emblems, and religious symbols, such as the Christian cross, the Crescent and Star, and the Magen David), and discussing their origins, use and significance
  • • examining the symbolism found in the design and positioning of flags (for example, the Australian flag, First Nations Australians’ flags) and recognising special occasions when they are flown (for example, all three flags are flown during NAIDOC Week, National Reconciliation Week, National Sorry Day and Mabo Day)
  • • examining the roles, rights and responsibilities the community has when observing protocols around flag flying

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASHASHASY3
Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 3, students describe the causes, effects and contributions of people to change. They identify the significance of events, symbols and emblems to Australia’s identity and diversity. They describe the representation of places within and near Australia. They identify the similarities, differences and connections of people to places across those scales. Students describe the importance of rules and people’s contributions to communities. Students develop questions and locate, collect and record information and data from different sources. They interpret information and data in different formats. They analyse information and data to identify perspectives and they draw conclusions. They propose actions or responses. Students use ideas from sources, and subject-specific terms to present descriptions and explanations.