Year 6 Strand Knowledge and understanding

Civics and Citizenship

Australia's system of government and citizenship

The key institutions of Australia's democratic system of government based on the Westminster system, including the monarchy, parliaments and courts

The roles and responsibilities of the three levels of government, including the shared roles and responsibilities within Australia's federal system

How laws are initiated and passed through the federal parliament

Who can be an Australian citizen, the formal rights and responsibilities, and shared values of Australian citizenship

Economics and Business

Trade-offs and impacts of consumer and financial decisions

Choices about the use of resources result from the imbalance of limited resources and unlimited wants (i.e. the concept of scarcity)

Decisions about the alternative use of resources result in the need to consider trade-offs (e.g. using the land to grow crops or to graze cattle)

The impact consumer purchasing decisions can have on a family, the broader community (e.g. purchasing from the local growers' market or a supermarket chain) and the environment (e.g. pollution, waste)

Businesses provide goods and services in different ways (e.g. shopping centres, local markets, online stores, small independent stores, remote community stores) to earn revenue

Geography

A diverse and connected world

The location of the major countries of the Asia region in relation to Australia and the geographical diversity within the region

Differences in the economic characteristics (e.g. per capita income, energy consumption), demographic characteristics (e.g. population size, density) and social characteristics (e.g. life expectancy, education) of a selection of countries across the world

The world's cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples who live in different regions in the world, such as the Maori of Aotearoa (New Zealand), and the Orang Asli of Malaysia and Indonesia

Australia's connections with countries (e.g. trade, migration, tourism, aid, education, defence, sport) and how these connections change people and places

History

Australia as a nation

Key figures (e.g. Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton, George Reid, John Quick), ideas and events (e.g. the Tenterfield Oration, the Corowa Conference, the referendums) that led to Australia's Federation and Constitution, including British and American influences on Australia's system of law and government (e.g. Magna Carta, federalism, constitutional monarchy, the Westminster system, the Houses of Parliament)

Experiences of Australia's democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal people and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children

Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia (including from one Asian country), the reasons they migrated (e.g. push-pull factors) and their contributions to society