AC9HS6K04 – Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences: Geography

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.

Elaborations

• • exploring the diversity of environments and types of settlement in the Asia region, in part of the region, or in a country in North-East, South-East or South Asia and discussing any patterns
• • investigating the differences in the population size and life expectancy of people in different Asian countries
• • describing the location of places in countries of the Asia region in absolute terms, using latitude and longitude
• • comparing the daily lives of people in other countries, in terms of food, clothing, personal and household goods, housing and education, and differences between the wealthy and poor in a country
• • identifying examples of Indigenous peoples who live in different regions in Asia, such as Orang Asli of Malaysia and Indonesia, the Tibetans and the Mongols, and appreciating their similarities and differences, and the ways they have lived sustainably over time
• • researching the proportion of the Australian population and of the population from their local area who were born in each world cultural region, using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and then comparing aspects of selected cultures

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: