Students will explore the concept of burning for sustainability, including controlled burns and responsible fire management.
Develop evidence-based conclusions
Types of resources, including natural, human and capital, and how they satisfy needs and wants
Present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions
Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
Propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
Evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
Evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
Organise and represent data in a range of formats including tables, graphs and large- and small-scale maps, using discipline-appropriate conventions
The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used
Sequence information about people’s lives, events, developments and phenomena using a variety of methods including timelines
Types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations
Interpret data and information displayed in a range of formats to identify, describe and compare distributions, patterns and trends, and to infer relationships
Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions
Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose
Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others
Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects
Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges
Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges
Influences on consumer choices and methods that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices
Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources
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
Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present
Make decisions, identify appropriate actions by considering the advantages and disadvantages, and form conclusions concerning an economics or business issue or event
Identify types of resources (natural, human, capital) and explore the ways societies use them in order to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations
Describe the difference between needs and wants and explain why choices need to be made
Represent the location of places and other types of geographical data and information in different forms including diagrams, field sketches and large-scale and small-scale maps that conform to cartographic conventions of border, scale, legend, title, north point and source; using digital and spatial technologies as appropriate
Identify influences on consumer choices and explore strategies that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices
Interpret maps and other geographical data and information using digital and spatial technologies as appropriate, to develop identifications, descriptions, explanations and conclusions that use geographical terminology
Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and secondary sources, using ethical protocols
Identify the origin, content features and the purpose of historical sources and describe the context of these sources when explaining daily life in colonial Australia, reasons for migration and causes and effects of Federation
Explains interactions and connections between people, places and environments
Compares and contrasts influences on the management of places and environments
Acquires, processes and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
Describes and explains the significance of people, groups, places and events to the development of Australia
Identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society
Applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication