HASS
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11 grades · 66 units · 323 topics
Aligned to ACARA Content Descriptions
Primary (Foundation-Year 6)
Foundation
Foundation HASS: exploring personal stories, families, and the world around us. Children discover who they are, where they belong, and how people and places are special.
Year 1
Year 1 HASS: exploring family histories, how daily life has changed over time, and the features of familiar places. Students develop curiosity about the past and present.
Year 2
Year 2 HASS: investigating how the past is different from the present, how technology has changed daily life, and how people are connected to their communities and places.
Year 3
Year 3 HASS: community, remembrance, celebrations, and diversity. Students explore how communities are shaped by different groups, and develop an understanding of First Nations histories and cultures.
Year 4
Year 4 HASS: first contacts, European exploration, environments and sustainability, and world cultures. Students examine the impact of exploration on First Nations peoples and the wider world.
Year 5
Year 5 HASS: an investigation into colonial Australia, the gold rushes, the path to Federation, and the environmental and economic characteristics of places.
Year 6
Year 6 HASS: Australia as a nation, democratic values, migration stories, and Australia's place in the Asia-Pacific. Students explore the key events, ideas, and people that have shaped modern Australia.
Secondary (Years 7-10)
Year 7
Year 7 HASS: the ancient world. Students investigate deep time history, methods of historical inquiry, and the ancient civilisations of the Mediterranean, Asia, and beyond.
Year 8
Year 8 HASS: the medieval world and beyond. Students investigate the societies of medieval Europe, the Vikings, the Ottoman Empire, Shogunate Japan, and the Khmer Empire, alongside Civics, Citizenship, and Economics.
Year 9
Year 9 HASS: the making of the modern world from 1750 to 1918, alongside geography, civics, and economics. Covers the Industrial Revolution, movement of peoples, World War I, and Australia's place in the global economy.
Year 10
Year 10 HASS: the modern world post-1918. Students investigate World War II, the struggle for rights and freedoms, post-war migration, and the forces of globalisation that shape our world today.