AC9HS4S07 Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS4S07 – Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences: Communicating

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Communicating

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

present descriptions and explanations, using ideas from sources and relevant subject-specific terms

Elaborations

• describing the relative location of different features in a place by distance and compass direction; for example, the distance from their home to the local waste management site, the route of a navigator
• using accurate and subject-appropriate terms when speaking, writing and illustrating; for example, using historical terms such as “exploration”, “navigation”, “trade”, “penal”, “transportation”, “contact” and “colonisation”; using geographical terms such as “continents”, “countries”, “natural resources”, “vegetation”, “environments”, “ecosystems”, “sustainability”, “consumption”, “waste” and “management”; and using civic terms such as “local government”, “decision-making”, “services”, “roles”, “responsibilities”, “rules”, “laws” and “belonging”

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.