Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
Some coverageHistory, geography, civics and citizenship, and economics and business.
HASS helps students understand people, places, the past and how societies work. In primary years it is taught as an integrated subject drawing on History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, and Economics and Business, with mapping, timelines and community themes.
Strands
How Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) is organised in the curriculum.
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) worksheets on SproutSheets
Geography worksheets for Australian states, capitals and cities (also UK and USA).
Curriculum content (Foundation – Year 6)
What Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) covers, by year band and strand.
Foundation – Year 2
- •My personal and family past
- •Sequencing events in time
- •How the past is remembered
- •Places we belong to and their features
- •Locations and simple maps
Years 3 – 4
- •Local community history
- •First Nations peoples and Country
- •Early exploration and contact
- •Mapping skills and climate
- •Australia's states, territories and neighbours
- •Rules, laws and why we have them
- •How groups make decisions
- •Needs and wants
- •Making choices with limited resources
Years 5 – 6
- •Colonial Australia and migration
- •Federation and becoming a nation
- •Australia's diverse environments
- •World countries and global connections
- •Australia's system of government
- •Democratic values and being a citizen
- •Consumers, producers and work
- •Why people and countries trade
Content is paraphrased from the Australian Curriculum v9. See v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au for the authoritative content descriptions.
Other learning areas
Learning-area descriptions are paraphrased from the Australian Curriculum (ACARA v9). See v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au.