AC9HS3K05 Year 3 Humanities and Social Sciences

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

Elaborations

• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration investigating differences in the type of housing that people use in different climates and environments
• • Elaboration exploring different types of settlement and classifying them into hierarchical categories, such as isolated dwellings, outstations, villages, towns, regional centres and large cities
• • Elaboration 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