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AC9HS5K04: Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Geography
AC9HS5K04 Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS5K04 – Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences: Geography

Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Geography

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 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 influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place

Elaborations

  • • identifying how First Nations Australian communities altered the environment and sustained ways of living through their methods of land and resource management; for example, firestick farming
  • • exploring the extent of change in the local environment over time (for example, through vegetation clearance, fencing, urban development, drainage, irrigation, erosion, farming, the introduction of grazing livestock such as sheep and cattle, forest plantations or mining), and evaluating the effects of change on economic development and environmental sustainability
  • • exploring examples of positive influences people have on the characteristics of places; for example, reforestation, land-care groups, rehabilitating former mining, industrial or waste disposal sites
  • • identifying positive and negative influences of people on places in other countries, including countries in Asia, Europe and North America

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 5 ASHASHASY5
Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 5, students explain the causes for the establishment of the British colonies in Australia after 1800. They explain the roles of significant individuals or groups in the development of an Australian colony and the impact of those developments. They explain the influence of people on the characteristics of places and in the management of spaces. Students explain the key values and features of Australia’s democracy and how people achieve civic goals. They explain the nature of resources, and how they meet needs and wants. Students develop questions and locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources. They evaluate sources to determine origin and perspectives. Students evaluate information and data to identify and describe patterns or trends. They suggest conclusions based on evidence. Students consider criteria in proposing actions or responses. Students select ideas and findings from sources and use relevant terms and conventions, to present descriptions and explanations.