AC9HS3K05 Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS3K05 – Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences: Geography

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Geography

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

the similarities and differences between places in Australia and neighbouring countries in terms of their natural, managed and constructed features

Elaborations

• identifying and locating examples of the main climatic types in Australia and neighbouring countries (for example, equatorial, tropical arid, semi-arid, temperate) and the features of those climate types and their impact on other natural features
• identifying and describing the similarities and differences between places in Australia and places in neighbouring countries, such as Indonesia and Pacific Island nations, in their natural features; for example, rocks, landforms, bodies of water, climate, soils, natural vegetation and animal life
• investigating differences in the type of housing that people use in different climates and environments
• exploring different types of settlement and classifying them into hierarchical categories, such as isolated dwellings, outstations, villages, towns, regional centres and large cities
• choosing a place in a neighbouring country, such as Indonesia or Pacific Island nations, to compare with a place in Australia in terms of managed and built features to explore the reasons for similarities and differences

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.