Australian Curriculum 8.4 Year 5 HASS Unit Bundle

Ready to get yourself completely prepared for the year ahead? Look no further Year 5 teachers! This complete set of our ever popular HASS units specifically aligned to the Australian Curriculum have everything you need to teach your students the content required.

This bundle includes the following:

- Year 5 Geography unit - Europe and North America

- Year 5 Geography unit - Bushfires and Floods

- Year 5 Civics and Citizenship Unit - Democracy in Australia

- Year 5 Economics and Business Unit - Needs and Wants

- Year 5 History unit - Colonial Life in Australia

- Year 5 History unit - Migration to Australia

These activities, powerpoints and posters compliment all the following Australian Curriculum Year 5 HASS content descriptors:

History:
- Reasons (economic, political and social) for the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800 (ACHASSK106)
- The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how the environment changed (ACHASSK107)}
- The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony (ACHASSK110)

- The reasons people migrated to Australia and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony (ACHASSK109)

- The impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colony (ACHASSK108)

Geography:

- The influence of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places (ACHASSK112)

- The impact of bushfires or floods on environments and communities, and how people can respond (ACHASSK114)
- The influence of people on the environmental characteristics of places in Europe and North America and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia (ACHASSK111)

- The environmental and human influences on the location and characteristics of a place and the management of spaces within them (ACHASSK113)

Civics and Citizenship:
- The key values that underpin Australia’s democracy (ACHASSK115)

- The key features of the electoral process in Australia (ACHASSK116)

- Why regulations and laws are enforced and the personnel involved (ACHASSK117)

- How people with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal (ACHASSK118)

Economics and Business:

- The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used (ACHASSK119)

- Types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations (ACHASSK120)

- Influences on consumer choices and methods that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices (ACHASSK121)

Topics covered in this bundle include:

Europe and North America

- Continents of the World - Countries of Europe and North America - Climate Change

Bushfires and Floods

- Natural Disasters - What are they? Which ones occur in Australia? - Bushfires - What are they? Where do they occur? Why do they occur? How can we prevent them? Surviving a bushfire. - Floods - What are they? Where do they occur? Why do they occur? How can we prevent them? Surviving a flood. - Aboriginal Flood Stories - Aboriginal Fire Management Systems

Needs and Wants

- Wants and Needs, Goods and Services, Resources: Natural, Human and Capital, Scarcity, Consumer Choices, Advertising Tips and Tricks

Democracy in Australia

- Democracy - What is it?, - Voting - Key Features, - Rights, - Laws and Law Enforcers
- Roles of Volunteers

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