Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences · Australian Curriculum v9
The key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and responsibilities of elected representatives
Content descriptor
The key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and responsibilities of elected representatives.
- Code
- AC9HS5K06
- Year level
- Year 5
- Subject
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Strand
- Knowledge and understanding
- Sub-strand
- Civics and Citizenship
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Learning intention
We are learning to the key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and responsibilities of elected representatives.
Cloze sentence
The key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and of elected representatives.
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- AC9HS5K03The role of a significant individual or group, including First Nations Australians and those who migrated to Australia, in the development of events in an Australian colony
- AC9HS5K04The influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place
- AC9HS5K05The management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences
- AC9HS5K07How citizens (members of communities) with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal
- AC9HS5K08Types of resources, including natural, human and capital, and how they satisfy needs and wants
- AC9HS5S01Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
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Frequently asked questions
What is AC9HS5K06?
AC9HS5K06 is a content descriptor in the Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Knowledge and understanding strand). It asks students to the key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and responsibilities of elected representatives.
What year level is AC9HS5K06?
AC9HS5K06 sits in the Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences curriculum.
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