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AC9HS6S03: Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
AC9HS6S03 Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS6S03 – Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences: Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

Strand
Skills
Substrand
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

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

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

Elaborations

  • • examining sources to identify the causes, effects and significance of past events, developments and achievements in bringing about change; for example, the causes, effects and significance of the struggles for legal rights such as the Wave Hill walk-off and the Wik decision, and health and migration policies
  • • using graphic organisers, maps and concept maps to identify patterns, such as settlement in regional agricultural areas, trends (for example, changes in Australian immigration statistics) and cause–effect relationships (for example, relationships between war and the movement of refugees), and the effects of consumer decisions on the individual, the broader community and on environmental sustainability
  • • evaluating attitudes and actions of the past that now seem strange and unacceptable, and imagining what aspects of current society may be viewed in this way in the future
  • • proposing reasons why socially sustainable practices such as negotiation, arbitration, reconciliation and cultural mediation resolve issues peacefully

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.