HASS · Year 6

Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges ACHASSI122 Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources ACHASSI123 Organise and represent data in a range of formats including tables, graphs and large- and small-scale maps, using discipline-appropriate conventions ACHASSI124 Sequence information about people’s lives, events, developments and phenomena using a variety of methods including timelines ACHASSI125 Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose ACHASSI126 Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present ACHASSI127 Interpret data and information displayed in a range of formats to identify, describe and compare distributions, patterns and trends, and to infer relationships ACHASSI128 Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions ACHASSI129 Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges ACHASSI130 Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others ACHASSI131 Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects ACHASSI132 Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions ACHASSI133

Key figures, events and ideas that led to Australia’s Federation and Constitution ACHASSK134 Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children ACHASSK135 Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia since Federation (including from ONE country of the Asia region) and reasons they migrated ACHASSK136 The contribution of individuals and groups to the development of Australian society since Federation ACHASSK137

The geographical diversity of the Asia region and the location of its major countries in relation to Australia ACHASSK138 Differences in the economic, demographic and social characteristics of countries across the world ACHASSK139 The world’s cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples ACHASSK140 Australia’s connections with other countries and how these change people and places ACHASSK141

The key institutions of Australia’s democratic system of government and how it is based on the Westminster system ACHASSK143 The roles and responsibilities of Australia’s three levels of government ACHASSK144 The responsibilities of electors and representatives in Australia’s democracy ACHASSK145 Where ideas for new laws can come from and how they become law ACHASSK146 The shared values of Australian citizenship and the formal rights and responsibilities of Australian citizens ACHASSK147 The obligations citizens may consider they have beyond their own national borders as active and informed global citizens ACHASSK148

How the concept of opportunity cost involves choices about the alternative use of resources and the need to consider trade-offs ACHASSK149 The effect that consumer and financial decisions can have on the individual, the broader community and the environment ACHASSK150 The reasons businesses exist and the different ways they provide goods and services ACHASSK151