Government Standards

Australian Curriculum

Social Studies - Grade 6

Assessment Exam - Australian Curriculum - Level 6 Humanities and Social Sciences

Inquiry and skills	eTAP Lesson
Questioning
Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges ACHASSI122	Questioning
Researching
Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources ACHASSI123	Investigate and Research Topics
Organise and represent data in a range of formats including tables, graphs and large- and small-scale maps, using discipline-appropriate conventions ACHASSI124	Visually Representing Numerical Data
Sequence information about people’s lives, events, developments and phenomena using a variety of methods including timelines ACHASSI125	Inventions
Analysing
Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose ACHASSI126	Suitable Research Methods
Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present ACHASSI127	Argument and Persuasion
Interpret data and information displayed in a range of formats to identify, describe and compare distributions, patterns and trends, and to infer relationships ACHASSI128	Deliver Oral Reports on Historical Investigations
Evaluating and reflecting
Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions ACHASSI129	Analyzing Historical Accounts
Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges ACHASSI130	Collaborate to Evaluate Presentations
Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others ACHASSI131	Statements & Claims
Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects ACHASSI132	Write Reflective Compositions
Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions ACHASSI133	Presenting Reports
Knowledge and Understanding	eTAP Lesson
History
Key figures, events and ideas that led to Australia’s Federation and Constitution ACHASSK134
Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children ACHASSK135
Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia since Federation (including from ONE country of the Asia region) and reasons they migrated ACHASSK136
The contribution of individuals and groups to the development of Australian society since Federation ACHASSK137
Geography
The geographical diversity of the Asia region and the location of its major countries in relation to Australia ACHASSK138
Differences in the economic, demographic and social characteristics of countries across the world ACHASSK139	Recent Political Systems
The world’s cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples ACHASSK140	Religion, Society, and Culture The Rise of African Civilization
Australia’s connections with other countries and how these change people and places ACHASSK141
Civics and citizenship
The key institutions of Australia’s democratic system of government and how it is based on the Westminster system ACHASSK143
The roles and responsibilities of Australia’s three levels of government ACHASSK144
The responsibilities of electors and representatives in Australia’s democracy ACHASSK145
Where ideas for new laws can come from and how they become law ACHASSK146
The shared values of Australian citizenship and the formal rights and responsibilities of Australian citizens ACHASSK147
The obligations citizens may consider they have beyond their own national borders as active and informed global citizens ACHASSK148
Economics and business
How the concept of opportunity cost involves choices about the alternative use of resources and the need to consider trade-offs ACHASSK149	Scarcity and Choice Looking at the Resources
The effect that consumer and financial decisions can have on the individual, the broader community and the environment ACHASSK150
The reasons businesses exist and the different ways they provide goods and services ACHASSK151	Economic Systems