Year 1 HASS - Caring for Places Unit - Australian Curriculum

This comprehensive 9-lesson Year 1 HASS unit explores how places change over time and how they can be cared for by different groups, including First Nations Australians, fully aligned with the Australian Curriculum Version 9. Designed to build historical understanding and inquiry skills, this ready-to-teach unit makes planning simple while delivering rich, engaging learning experiences.

What Makes This Unit Stand Out?

✩ Engaging & Age-Appropriate

Created with Year 1 learners in mind, lessons are active, discussion-rich and include a variety of cooperative learning strategies. While many lessons include worksheets, others prioritise hands-on exploration and discussion to deepen understanding.

✩ Simple, Structured & Teacher-Friendly

Each lesson follows 5-6 clear, easy-to-follow steps, helping you stay organised and focused on student learning rather than preparation.

✩ Editable & Flexible

All planning documents, learning intentions, success criteria and the grading guide are editable, making it easy to tailor to your classroom context.

✩ Assessment Made Easy

The included A–E grading guide outlines what achievement looks like across performance levels and is directly linked to the Year 1 HASS Achievement Standard. No guesswork required.

What’s Included?

• Editable Unit Planner (5 pages) + WA Curriculum alternative
• Worksheets (23 pages)
• Teaching Resources (19 pages)
• Editable PowerPoint Presentation (100+ slides)
• Editable Grading Guide (A–E) (1 page)
• Editable Learning Intentions & Success Criteria

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment (Version 9)

Geography

How places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including First Nations Australians (AC9HS1K04)

Inquiry Skills

Questioning and research:
Develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present (AC9HS1S01)

Collect, sort and record information and data from observations and from provided sources, including unscaled timelines and labelled maps or models (AC9HS1S02)

Interpreting, analysing and evaluating:
Interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present (AC9HS1S03)

Discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events (AC9HS1S04)

Concluding and decision-making:
Draw conclusions and make proposals (AC9HS1S05)

Communicating:
Develop narratives and share observations, using sources, and subject-specific terms (AC9HS1S06)

🎯 WA Curriculum Outcome

How places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (WA1HAKUG3)

→Other than where stated, this product is not editable ←