Humanities & Social Sciences · Year 7

Lesson 1

Use BCE and CE dates, centuries and millennia to place events on a timeline and work out the time between them.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 2

Tell primary from secondary sources and judge a source’s origin, purpose and usefulness for a historical question.

⏱ 18 min · 7 questions

Lesson 3

Explore the evidence that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have lived continuously in Australia for at least 65,000 years.

⏱ 20 min · 7 questions

Lesson 4

Find out how sites like Lake Mungo and Madjedbebe are dated and why archaeologists work with Traditional Custodians.

⏱ 20 min · 7 questions

Lesson 5

Discover how First Nations Australians managed land and water through cultural burning, aquaculture and adapting to rising seas.

⏱ 20 min · 7 questions

Lesson 6

Classify environmental resources as renewable, non-renewable or continuous, and see why water is a flow resource.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 7

Sequence the processes of the water cycle and follow water as it moves between stores.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 8

Read rainfall maps and graphs to explain why Australia’s water supply changes from place to place and year to year.

⏱ 18 min · 7 questions

Lesson 9

Learn what the Australian Constitution does and the key features of the system of government it sets up.

⏱ 18 min · 7 questions

Lesson 10

Tell apart legislative, executive and judicial power and explain why keeping them separate protects democracy.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 11

See how scarcity forces consumers, producers and governments to make choices, and weigh them using opportunity cost.

⏱ 16 min · 8 questions

Lesson 12

Find out how consumers and producers interact in markets and why they depend on each other.

⏱ 17 min · 7 questions

Lesson 13

Trace how farming, permanent villages and the first cities developed in the ancient world and changed the way people lived.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 14

See how the Nile’s yearly flood and Egypt’s deserts shaped farming, settlement and the power of the pharaohs.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 15

Explore the roles of pharaohs, priests, scribes, farmers and enslaved people in ancient Egypt’s social structure.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 16

Discover the gods Egyptians worshipped and how beliefs about the afterlife shaped tombs, mummies and burial goods.

⏱ 20 min · 8 questions

Lesson 17

Weigh up Egypt’s lasting contributions in writing, building and mathematics, and see how the Rosetta Stone unlocked hieroglyphs.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 18

Identify the economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic values of water for different people, including First Nations Australians.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 19

Explain what causes floods and droughts, how they affect people and places, and how communities prepare and respond.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 20

Compare dams, recycling, desalination and water restrictions as ways of managing water scarcity in Australia and overseas.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 21

Classify responsibilities as federal, state or shared under the Constitution and explain why powers were divided at Federation.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 22

Follow the steps for changing the Constitution by referendum and see why the double majority makes change hard.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 23

Set short- and long-term financial goals and use budgeting and saving strategies to reach them.

⏱ 16 min · 8 questions

Lesson 24

Find out why people start businesses and the different ways businesses provide goods and services to consumers.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 25

Discover how Greece’s mountains and seas produced hundreds of independent city-states and a network of colonies around the Mediterranean.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 26

Find out how Athenian citizens ran their own city through the Assembly, the Council and the courts — and who was left out.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 27

Compare Sparta’s military society with life in Athens, and weigh up what our mostly non-Spartan sources can tell us.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 28

Explore Greek gods and festivals, the ancient Olympic Games, and the birth of theatre and philosophy.

⏱ 19 min · 8 questions

Lesson 29

Learn why the Persian Wars mattered and spot the ancient Greek legacies in modern government, science and language.

⏱ 19 min · 8 questions

Lesson 30

Explore the environmental, social and economic factors that shape how people judge whether a place is a good place to live.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 31

Interpret liveability rankings and data to compare places — and question what the numbers leave out.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 32

Explain how access to transport, health, education and recreation shapes liveability in Australian cities and regional areas.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 33

Learn the key principles that protect people in Australia’s justice system, from the presumption of innocence to the right to a fair trial.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 34

Tell criminal law from civil law by its purpose, the parties involved and the possible outcomes, using everyday case examples.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 35

Identify the characteristics of entrepreneurs and see how they help people turn ideas into successful businesses.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 36

Classify businesses by size, ownership and sector, and explain the goods or services each provides.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 37

Trace how Rome changed from a republic run by elected officials into an empire ruled by one man.

⏱ 19 min · 8 questions

Lesson 38

Meet the people of Roman society — from senators to enslaved workers — and find out how the army held the empire together.

⏱ 19 min · 8 questions

Lesson 39

Weigh up what Rome left behind — laws, roads, aqueducts, concrete and the Latin language — and how later societies used it.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 40

Discover how the Mauryan Empire rose to rule most of South Asia and how Emperor Ashoka used carved edicts to spread his message.

⏱ 19 min · 8 questions

Lesson 41

See how the Qin united China by force and how the Han dynasty built a lasting society connected by the Silk Road and paper.

⏱ 20 min · 9 questions

Lesson 42

Compare life in a big city, a regional town and a remote community, and see how distance shapes liveability.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 43

Explore how friendships, feeling safe and a sense of place make somewhere feel like home.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 44

Evaluate the strategies planners and communities use to make places better to live in — and who wins and loses.

⏱ 19 min · 8 questions

Lesson 45

Explore how shared democratic values and many cultures together shape Australian identity and hold society together.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions

Lesson 46

Find out how cultural, religious and community groups express who they are and give back to Australian society.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 47

Compare paid employment, self-employment and unpaid volunteer work, and explore why people work.

⏱ 17 min · 8 questions

Lesson 48

Identify the different sources of income and explain why skills, education and industry affect what people earn.

⏱ 18 min · 8 questions