Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 6 HASS Unit Bundle

Ready to get yourself completely prepared for the year ahead? Look no further Year 6 teachers! This complete set of our ever popular HASS units specifically aligned to the Australian Curriculum (version 9.0) has everything you need to teach your students the content required.

This bundle includes the following:

- Year 6 Federation Unit

- Year 6 Australian Government Unit

- Year 6 Asian Neighbours Unit

- Year 6 Consumer Choices Unit

These activities, powerpoints and posters compliment all the following Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 6 HASS content descriptors:

History:
- significant individuals, events and ideas that led to Australia’s Federation, the Constitution and democratic system of government AC9HS6K01

- changes in Australia’s political system and to Australian citizenship after Federation and throughout the 20th century that impacted on First Nations Australians, migrants, women and children AC9HS6K02

- the causes of people migrating to Australia since Federation and throughout the 20th century, their stories and effects on Australian society, including migrants from the Asia region AC9HS6K03

Geography:

- the geographical diversity and location of places in the Asia region, and its location in relation to Australia AC9HS6K04

- Australia’s interconnections with other countries and how these change people and places AC9HS6K05

Civics and Citizenship:
- the key institutions of Australia’s system of government, how it is based on the Westminster system, and the key values and beliefs of Western democracies AC9HS6K06

- the roles and responsibilities of the 3 levels of government in Australia AC9HS6K07

Economics and Business:

- influences on consumer choices and strategies that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices AC9HS6K08

Topics covered in this bundle include:

Australia Federation

✏ What was Federation?
✏ Famous Federation Figures
✏ Australian government system vs the US government system

✏ Australian Citizenship

✏ Migration to Australia

✏ Push and Pull Factors

✏ Impact of Migration
✏ Assessment - students complete a Federation flowchart, highlighting the key events leading to Federation as well as the impact Federation had on the Australian people at the time.

Australian Government

☺ The History of Democracy in Australia - the Monarchy, the Magna Carta, the Westminster System

☺ Australia's Three Levels of Government - What are they? Who governs? What are their roles and responsibilities?

☺ Making a Law in Australia - follow the steps.

☺ Meet Our Prime Ministers

☺ If I Were Prime Minister - mini book

☺ Elector Responsibilities thought bubble

Consumer Choices

- Making a choice

- What is a consumer?

- Consumer Choices

- Influencing Consumers

- Tricky Advertising

- Effects of Consumer Choices

- Assessment - Cereal Box Challenge - students design their own cereal box to meet a particular consumer need

Asian Neighbours

- Where is Asia?

- Asian Regions

- Characteristics of Asia

- Countries of Asia

- Asian Capital Cities

- Longitude and Latitude

- Assessment - students research an Asian country of choice and compare its features to Australia

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- Year 5&6 Health Unit Bundle

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