Year 5 HASS - Geography Unit - Australian Curriculum

This Year 5 HASS Geography unit explores how people influence the environment, how Australian environments are managed, and how places change over time. Students investigate their local area, examine how unique places are cared for, and learn how First Nations Australians have sustainably managed Country/Place for tens of thousands of years. The unit also covers natural disasters - including bushfires, floods, droughts and cyclones — and how communities prepare for and respond to them.

With an editable planner, editable PowerPoint, editable grading guide, and editable learning intentions/success criteria, you get the structure and flexibility you need — while all worksheets, posters and lesson resources are provided as ready‑to‑use, non‑editable files.

With an additional planner specifically for Western Australian teachers, this resource includes four additional lessons to address WA’s extended Geography outcomes.

✨ What Makes This Unit Exceptional

✔️ Editable Planner (Plus WA Curriculum Version + 4 Extra WA Lessons)

A clean, succinct planner outlining each lesson in 5–6 simple steps. Includes Australian Curriculum links, WA Curriculum links, and a resources‑needed column. Fully editable so you can adapt it to your class and timetable.

✔️ Editable PowerPoint for Every Lesson

A matching PowerPoint that guides students through key ideas with:

• Learning intentions & success criteria
• Key discussion prompts
• Visuals and display resources
• Worksheets and answer keys shown at the right moment

Perfect for Smartboards and TVs- and optional if you prefer to minimise screen time.

✔️ Worksheets, Posters & Lesson Resources (Non‑Editable)

Includes 17 worksheets and 17 additional resources, all provided as separate, ready‑to‑print files. No giant PDFs, no scrolling, no searching.

✔️ Editable Grading Guide

A huge time‑saver during reporting. Shows what A–E looks like using two tasks from the unit, aligned directly to the Year 5/6 HASS Achievement Standard.

✔️ Engaging, Hands‑On Learning

Lessons use a wide range of cooperative learning strategies. Some lessons feature worksheets, while others focus on discussion, mapping, movement and collaborative inquiry.

📘 What’s Included

• Editable planner (6 pages) + WA Curriculum version
• Worksheets (17 pages) (non‑editable)
• Resources (17 pages) (non‑editable)
• Editable PowerPoint presentation (87 slides)
• Editable grading guide (1 page)
• Editable learning intentions & success criteria

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment

Version 9 Outcomes

Geography

• The influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place.
• The management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences.

Inquiry Skills

• Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems.
• Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources.
• Evaluate information and data to identify patterns, trends or relationships.
• Evaluate sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives.
• Develop evidence‑based conclusions.
• Propose actions or responses and assess possible effects.
• Present descriptions and explanations using relevant terms and conventions.

WA Curriculum Outcomes

Geography

• The way people alter the environmental characteristics of Australian places.
• The impact of bushfires, droughts, cyclones, floods or other weather events on environments and communities, and how people can respond.
• The main characteristics of the continents of South America and North America, and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia.

Skills

• Identify current understandings, misconceptions and personal views.
• Develop and refine inquiry questions.
• Locate and collect information from appropriate sources.
• Record information using a variety of methods.
• Use ethical protocols when gathering data.
• Determine relevance of information.
• Analyse and interpret data.
• Identify different perspectives.
• Draw and justify conclusions using data from texts, tables, graphs and maps.
• Use decision‑making processes to assess possible effects.
• Present findings using subject‑specific terminology and concepts.
• Reflect on learning and act on findings in different ways.

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