AC9HS6K03 Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS6K03 – Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences: History

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

History

This Content Descriptor from Year 6 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 motivation of people migrating to Australia since Federation and throughout the 20th century, their stories and effects on Australian society, including migrants from the Asia region

Elaborations

• exploring push and pull factors that have contributed to people migrating to Australia, including economic factors, conflict and seeking political refuge, and inquiring into why particular 20th century migrant groups came to Australia; for example, migrants from Europe following the Second World War, migrants from South-East Asia due to conflict, the Assisted Passage Migration scheme
• exploring individual narratives, using primary sources such as letters, documents and historical objects to interview and record an oral history of, for example, migration related to students’ own family histories, and then outlining the journey and circumstances of arrival based on the sources, using approaches such as drama or digital presentations.
• describing cultural practices related to family life, beliefs and customs of newly arrived migrant groups and exploring how these practices changed the communities in which they settled within Australia
• examining population data that show the places of birth of Australia’s people at one or more points of time in the past and today
• investigating the role of specific cultural groups in Australia’s economic and social development in, for example, the cattle industry, the Snowy Mountains Scheme and the pearling industry
• considering the contributions to Australia of notable Australians who were migrants or from migrant families, across a range of fields; for example, Hieu Van Le (the 35th Governor of South Australia), Sir Frank Lowy, Marita Cheng, Dame Marie Bashir

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 6 ASHASHASY6

Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 6, students explain the roles of significant people, events and ideas that led to Australian Federation, democracy and citizenship. They explain the causes and effects of migration to Australia since Federation. They explain the geographical diversity of places and the effects of interconnections with other countries. Students explain the key institutions, roles and responsibilities of Australia’s levels of government, and democratic values and beliefs. They explain influences on consumers and strategies for informed consumer and financial choices. Students develop questions, and locate, collect and organise information and data from a range of primary and secondary sources. They evaluate sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives. Students evaluate a range of information and data formats to identify and describe patterns, trends or inferred relationships. They evaluate evidence to draw conclusions. Students propose actions or responses and use criteria to assess the possible effects. Students select and organise ideas and findings from sources, and use a range of relevant terms and conventions, to present descriptions and explanations.