HASS F-6 / Year 5 / Skills / Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

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Curriculum content descriptions

evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships (AC9HS5S03)

Elaborations
  • interpreting data presented in a line, bar, column or pie graph; for example, data about election results, common influences on the purchases of class members, the likelihood of an outcome or event reoccurring
  • examining visual and written sources to infer relationships; for example, examining photographs to see how people respond to droughts in enterprising ways; examining maps to investigate patterns in the characteristics of a place; investigating written sources to explore patterns in the development of colonial society
  • exploring maps and sources showing First Nations Australians’ language groups and Countries/Places, to explain the diversity of their connections to Country/Place
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Right angles,  Artefacts,  Attitudes,  Maps (Geographic location),  Evaluation,  Beliefs

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Factors that shape places

  • TLF-IDA006602
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated08/07/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This topic page consists of four units that can be studied as stand-alone units or in combination. Students investigate how people change the natural environment in Australia and other places around the world. They also explore how the environment influences the human characteristics of places. Students examine ways people ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and the Australian Environment

  • TLF-IDA006563
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated08/07/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

In this unit, students investigate how Indigenous Australians changed the natural environment in Australia. They also explore how the environment influences the human characteristics of the places. Students examine ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people influence the characteristics of places, including the management ...

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Resourceful partnerships

  • TLF-IDA010132
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; Mathematics
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated14/05/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This 4-lesson module introduces students to the sustainable partnerships established between Australia and its neighbours in the Asia-Pacific region. Students explore how the Australian Government and its neighbours collaborate to address shared challenges, strengthen resilience and build prosperity across the region. Through ...

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Interconnected communities

  • TLF-IDA010131
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated14/05/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This 4-lesson module introduces students to the idea of interconnected communities working together at a local, regional and global scale. Students explore how the UN-developed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) support and connect communities around the globe, with a focus on the official development assistance Australia ...

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World Ocean Day - HASS 5&6

  • TLF-IDA002919
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated07/05/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource offers a variety of sources, data and perspectives to help learners investigate the question of 'Life and Livelihoods'. Learners will develop their viewpoint and share it in creative formats. Activities are suitable for learners aged 10+ in Geography.

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The Blue Fish Tick - HASS 5&6

  • TLF-IDA002900
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated07/05/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is on a mission to end overfishing. This 40-60 minute lesson for ages 10+ will introduce learners to the MSC Standard for sustainable fishing.

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Oceans at Risk - HASS 5&6

  • TLF-IDA002899
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated07/05/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

In this 40-60 minute lesson for learners aged 10+ students consider how the ocean is essential for life on earth. Learners discover how the oceans are at risk from overfishing, and discuss what they can do about it.

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Using the Ocean's Resources Responsibly - HASS 5&6

  • TLF-IDA002898
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated07/05/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

In this 40-60 minute lesson using the film My Dad the Fisherman as a starting point, learners will consider how people use, modify and change the ocean ecosystem to obtain food. Learners will examine some of the ways in which fishers try to look after the oceans and what sustainability means for the future of our oceans. ...

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Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case

  • TLF-IDA009368
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 3; 4; 5; 6
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource is an interactive game where the player becomes a historical detective to uncover clues and search for artefacts. Students will practice their historical inquiry skills, gathering evidence and using sources to make arguments in support of a conclusion. The resource includes the game and an educator guide with ...

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The Legend of the Lost Emerald

  • TLF-IDA009367
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 4; 5; 6
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource is an interactive game about the role of maritime archaeologists exploring shipwrecks. Students will explore the Great Lakes in the USA for evidence of historical mysteries, analyse sources and artefacts, and interpret their discoveries to form conclusions about past shipwrecks and their causes. The resource ...

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Reliable news

  • TLF-IDA008578
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences; Civics and Citizenship
  • Year levels 5; 6; 7
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This one-hour lesson aims to help pupils understand why it is important to have reliable information about the news from a variety of sources. While the resource was developed for British schools, the lesson is relevant to Australian students.

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Extremism and Digital Resilience

  • TLF-IDA008569
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English; Civics and Citizenship
  • Year levels 5; 6; 7; 8
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource includes lesson plans for three teaching sessions on the themes of Identity/Community, Understanding Violent Extremism and Digital Resilience. It has a lesson plan, Powerpoint presentations for each teaching session and guidance on how to tackle frequently asked questions in open discussion. While the resource ...

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Are Conspiracy Theories More Dangerous Than We Realise?

  • TLF-IDA008568
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English; Civics and Citizenship
  • Year levels 5; 6; 7; 8
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This classroom resource explores conspiracy theories with the question: Are conspiracy theories more dangerous than we realise? The resource provides opportunities to explore the various types of conspiracy theories and the extent to which they can be dangerous. While the resource was developed for British schools, it is ...

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GeogSpace: Primary school local fieldwork

  • TLF-IDA008163
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource guides teaches on the use of simple fieldwork techniques in activities close to the school appropriate for upper primary students. Students will learn how to observe their surroundings, collect data and then discuss the changes and management of local places. Two different types of fieldwork are outlined and ...

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Work sample Year 5 HASS F-6: Needs versus wants

  • TLF-IDA007989
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

These work samples demonstrate evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for HASS: Needs versus wants. In the work samples the students collect, organise and evaluate information on resources to categorise those that are wants and those that are needs; locate and evaluate information ...

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Western Australia and Federation

  • TLF-IDA006477
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; History
  • Year levels 5; 6; 9
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource explores the issues leading up to Federation and those arising directly after from a Western Australian perspective. Students can approach the topic in three ways: by following a timeline of events, studying the people and groups involved in the question of Federation for Western Australia, or selecting key ...

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What does Springfield tell us about Australian colonial life?

  • TLF-IDA005717
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; History
  • Year levels 5; 9
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource is an interactive activity where students learn about colonial life through a case study of a prosperous property in New South Wales. After watching an introductory video, students choose between three options: taking an extended video tour of the property, playing a game in which they are faced with similar ...

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The spiritstone saga: choose your own learning adventure

  • TLF-IDA005696
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource is a student-directed ‘learning adventure’ where students explore the history of Australia from 1770 to 1871. Students learn through a first-person narrative and choose their own path through 15 defining moments in Australian history. The adventure is designed so that students acquire the same historical skills ...

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Factors that shape places

  • TLF-IDA005080
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource explores a contemporary Australian bushfire event. Through investigation of the case study, students will examine the location and extent of the bushfire, the impact on vegetation, animals and people and the role of government agencies in bushfire management. Shaped as a second inquiry, students will create ...

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Australia as a Nation

  • TLF-IDA005073
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English
  • Year levels 5; 6
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This learning sequence comprises two short historical inquiries where students explore the people who came to Australia and why they came. This learning sequence can be conducted over four weeks. Inquiry 1 supports students to use primary and secondary sources to investigate the reasons people migrated to Australia from ...

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