Year 2 HASS - Significant People and Places Unit - Australian Curriculum

This comprehensive 9-lesson Year 2 HASS unit explores a significant local person or place and examines why they are important to the community, including their social, cultural or spiritual significance. Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum Version 9, this ready-to-teach unit builds historical and geographical understanding while developing strong inquiry skills.

 An alternative WA Curriculum planner (2026+) is also included, making this unit ideal for Western Australian teachers preparing for the new requirements.

If you’re searching for a complete, curriculum-aligned Year 2 HASS unit that saves you planning time while delivering meaningful learning, then this is your term sorted.

✨ What Makes This Unit Exceptional?

✩ Real-World, Local Connections

Students investigate a local significant person, place, building or natural site, helping them develop a strong sense of belonging and connection to their community. The unit also explores:

• The importance of historical sites today
• Why culturally or spiritually significant places should be preserved
• How Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to Country/Place
• How purpose, distance and accessibility influence how people use places

Please note: You will need to source photos and information about a significant local person, a local man-made place, a natural place, and a map of your community. All other teaching materials are included.

✩ Simple, Structured & Time-Saving

Each lesson is broken into 5–6 clear teaching steps, making delivery smooth and manageable. Clear instructions allow you to focus on student discussion, inquiry and engagement rather than lesson preparation.

✩ Engaging & Collaborative

Designed by MrsAmy123, this unit incorporates a wide range of cooperative learning strategies. While many lessons include worksheets, others prioritise discussion, investigation and hands-on learning.

✩ Assessment Confidence

The included A–E grading guide clearly outlines achievement expectations based on two assessment tasks and is directly linked to the Year 2 HASS Achievement Standard — making reporting simple and defensible.

What’s Included?

• Editable Unit Planner (6 pages)
• Worksheets & Resources (including answer keys) (15 pages)
• Editable PowerPoint Presentation (74 slides)
• Editable Grading Guide (A–E) (1 page)
• Editable Learning Intentions & Success Criteria

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment (Version 9)

History

A local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance (AC9HS2K01)

Inquiry Skills

Questioning and research:
Develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present (AC9HS2S01)

Collect, sort and record information and data from observations and from provided sources, including unscaled timelines and labelled maps or models (AC9HS2S02)

Interpreting, analysing and evaluating:
Interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present (AC9HS2S03)

Discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events (AC9HS2S04)

Concluding and decision-making:
Draw conclusions and make proposals (AC9HS2S05)

Communicating:
Develop narratives and share observations, using sources and subject-specific terms (AC9HS2S06)

🎯 WA Curriculum Outcome

The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past (WA2HAKUH1)

The importance today of an historical site or place and why it has heritage significance and cultural values for present generations (WA2HAKUH2)

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