AC9HS5S03 Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS5S03 – Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences: Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

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

evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships

Elaborations

• interpreting data presented in a line, bar, column or pie graph; for example, data about election results, common influences on the purchases of class members, the likelihood of an outcome or event reoccurring
• examining visual and written sources to infer relationships; for example, examining photographs to see how people respond to droughts in enterprising ways; examining maps to investigate patterns in the characteristics of a place; investigating written sources to explore patterns in the development of colonial society
• exploring maps and sources showing First Nations Australians’ language groups and Countries/Places, to explain the diversity of their connections to Country/Place

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.