Humanities & Social Sciences · Year 4
34 interactive lessons to explore
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Australia's Environments and Caring for Country
Explore Australia's natural environments and how people care for the land.
⏱ 20 min · 12 questions
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European Exploration and the First Fleet
Learn about European explorers, James Cook and the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
⏱ 20 min · 9 questions
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Rules and Laws
Understand the difference between rules and laws and why we need them.
⏱ 17 min · 8 questions
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Needs, Wants and Resources
Learn the difference between needs and wants and how we make choices.
⏱ 16 min · 8 questions
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Making Decisions — Democracy and Voting
Learn how groups make fair decisions together through voting.
⏱ 17 min · 8 questions
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Saving Money and Making Choices
Learn why people save money and how to make smart spending choices.
⏱ 16 min · 8 questions
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Natural Hazards in Australia
Learn about bushfires, floods and droughts and how people stay safe.
⏱ 18 min · 8 questions
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People Coming to Australia
Explore why people from many countries have come to live in Australia over time.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Rights and Responsibilities
Understand the difference between our rights and our responsibilities in a group.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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Asia — Our Neighbours
Learn about the continent of Asia and some of Australia's nearby neighbours.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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The First Fleet and Convicts
Learn about the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and life for early convicts.
⏱ 17 min · 7 questions
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Weather and Climate
Learn the difference between weather and climate across Australia.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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Goods, Services and Enterprise
Learn the difference between goods and services and what enterprise means.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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Life in Colonial Australia
Discover daily life for settlers, workers and children in the early colonies.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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How Environments Shape Life
Explore how different environments around the world affect how people live.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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First Nations Life Before 1788
Discover how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples lived sustainably on Country for thousands of years.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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How Trade Began
Discover how people swapped goods long ago and why money was invented.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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Laws, Fairness and Justice
Explore the difference between rules and laws and why fairness matters.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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First Contact and Early Encounters
Explore the early encounters between First Nations peoples and newcomers, and different perspectives.
⏱ 16 min · 8 questions
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Using Grids and Latitude on Maps
Learn how grid references and the equator and hemispheres help us locate places.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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How Communities Make Decisions
Learn how communities make decisions together and how everyone can have a say.
⏱ 15 min · 8 questions
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Producers, Consumers and Resources
Discover how producers use resources to make goods and services for consumers.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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Contact and Change After 1788
Explore the effects of European settlement on First Nations peoples and the land after 1788.
⏱ 17 min · 7 questions
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Comparing Environments of the World
Compare different environments around the world and the living things that suit them.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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Belonging as an Australian
Explore what it means to belong to Australia and the groups that make up our community.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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Making and Selling: Being Enterprising
Discover how people use resources to make goods and run a small enterprise to earn money.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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First Nations Tools and Knowledge
Explore the clever tools and land knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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Different Environments Around the World
Compare rainforests, deserts and grasslands and the living things found in each.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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How Laws Are Made
Find out how rules become laws and who makes them in Australia.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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Scarcity and Making Choices
Learn why resources are limited and how that affects the choices we make.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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First Nations Caring for Country
Learn how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have cared for the land for thousands of years.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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The Water Cycle and Where Water Is
Explore how water moves through the water cycle and how it shapes Australian places.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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How Businesses Meet Our Needs and Wants
Learn how businesses turn resources into goods and services that people need and want.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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How Local Decisions Affect Our Lives
Discover how decisions made by groups and local government shape life in a community.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions