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AC9HS4S03: Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
AC9HS4S03 Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS4S03 – Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences: Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

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Skills
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Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

This Content Descriptor from Year 4 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

interpret information and data displayed in different formats

Elaborations

  • • decoding the meaning of symbols and emblems associated with Australian history, geography and civic life and applying an understanding of conventions, vocabulary and symbols when interpreting large-scale maps
  • • interpreting the data presented in picture, line, bar or column graphs to identify trends; for example, explaining survey results about types of waste produced in the school or how people participate in the community
  • • interpreting thematic maps and using online satellite images to describe the environmental characteristics of a continent or region, or to identify a particular characteristic, such as equatorial rainforests or clearance of natural vegetation for farming and settlement
  • • comparing environments in places of similar climate and vegetation that are located on different continents; for example, sandy, icy and stony deserts of Australia, Africa and South America

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 4 ASHASHASY4
Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 4, students describe the diversity of experiences of people in Australia prior to and following 1788. They describe the events and causes of the establishment of the first British colony in Australia. They describe the effects of colonisation on people and environments. Students describe the importance of environments, and sustainable allocation and management of resources. They describe the importance and role of local government, community members and laws, and the cultural and social factors that shape identity.Students develop questions and locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources and formats. They interpret and analyse information and data to identify perspectives, and draw conclusions. Students propose considered actions or responses. Students use ideas from sources and relevant subject-specific terms to present descriptions and explanations.