HASS F-6 / Year 4 / Skills / Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

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interpret information and data displayed in different formats (AC9HS4S03)

Elaborations
  • decoding the meaning of symbols and emblems associated with Australian history, geography and civic life and applying an understanding of conventions, vocabulary and symbols when interpreting large-scale maps
  • interpreting the data presented in picture, line, bar or column graphs to identify trends; for example, explaining survey results about types of waste produced in the school or how people participate in the community
  • interpreting thematic maps and using online satellite images to describe the environmental characteristics of a continent or region, or to identify a particular characteristic, such as equatorial rainforests or clearance of natural vegetation for farming and settlement
  • comparing environments in places of similar climate and vegetation that are located on different continents; for example, sandy, icy and stony deserts of Australia, Africa and South America
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Artefacts,  Maps (Geographic location),  Information literacy

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  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated08/07/2026
  • AC version 8
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Environments and Habitats

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated08/07/2026
  • AC version 8
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In this unit, students investigate the climate, plants and native animals of the world’s major terrestrial environments. In doing so, they examine the characteristics that make each environment unique and the ways in which plants and animals have adapted to these environments. The unit includes nine lessons with associated ...

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Places are similar and different

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated07/07/2026
  • AC version 8
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This topic page consists of four units that can be studied as stand-alone units or in combination. Students examine natural and human features of Australia and the diverse characteristics of Australia’s neighbouring countries. They explore the different climates, settlement patterns and demographic characteristics of places ...

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Places Are Similar and Different: Climate

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated07/07/2026
  • AC version 8
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In this unit, students investigate the diversity of Australia’s places and environments starting with the picture book-based study: Are We There Yet? They then plan their own journey, and in the process investigate what is special about the places they plan to visit. The unit includes six lessons with associated worksheets ...

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Australia's Neighbours

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated06/07/2026
  • AC version 8
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In this unit, students examine natural and human features of Australia and the diverse characteristics of Australia’s neighbouring countries. They explore the different climates, settlement patterns and demographic characteristics of places and use this information to imagine what it would be like to live in different places. ...

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Our Indo-Pacific community

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated13/05/2026
  • AC version 8
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My Place - Episode 14: 1878: Henry, Henry's life

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English; History
  • Year levels 3; 4; 5
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series. It is about the experiences of young boys Henry and Franklin in 1788 in Australia. In the late 19th century, laws about when and how long children could work were very different to today; this video shows what that working experience might have been like. There is ...

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Esther Abrahams: a life transformed

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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UNIT 3: Equality – Minorities and majorities

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  • AC version 8
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Australian Pioneers – Elizabeth Macarthur – Teacher and Student Guide

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  • Year levels 4; 6; 7
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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This resource is an interactive weather visualisation platform that transforms complex meteorological data into easy-to-read maps of the world. It displays real-time and forecasted conditions like wind, temperature, precipitation, and air quality using data from top global models such as GFS, ICON, and ECMWF. Students can ...

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Biosecurity Champions - Year 4

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  • Learning areasDesign and Technologies; Humanities and Social Sciences; Science
  • Year levels 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; Science
  • Year levels 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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How did Cook’s journey change Australia forever?

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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This module provides resources and interactive classroom activities to use in a study of Cook’s 1770 Endeavour voyage. It offers opportunities for students to engage with sources of evidence relating to the voyage and life in the 1770s, consider events from a range of perspectives, and analyse the role that Cook’s Endeavour ...

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The Earth’s environment

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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Using the learning sequences and workbooks, students explore the climate, natural vegetation and native animals of places in Australia and India. Key Inquiry questions include ‘How does the environment support the lives of people and other living things?’ and ‘How can people use places and environments more sustainably?’. ...

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Places are similar and different – Features of places

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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In this resource, students learn to compare the climate, settlement patterns and the lives of the people of three Australian places, including their own place/town/city. They then use this information to imagine what it would be like to live in those places. At the end of this project, students can create and publish a mini atlas.

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Australia’s neighbours

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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Hey History Episode 2: First meetings at Kamay Botany Bay

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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; History; Design and Technologies
  • Year levels 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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