What are we doing in HASS this term?

Year 7 HASS - History

After successfully navigating Geography in term 1, year 7 will complete an introduction to secondary school History in term 2. The focus will be on the ancient civilisation of Egypt. Students will discover the significant role the Nile river played along with the importance of other key aspects of daily life that keep the civilisation afloat over millennia.

The first 5 weeks of the term will focus on knowledge and understanding and will culminate in a Short Response Test in week 5. The second half of the term will focus on the skills of History, in this case the ability to analyse both primary and secondary sources and will be assessed via a Source Analysis Exam in week 9.

 Year 8 HASS- Business and Economics

Similar to year 7, the year 8 Humanities course will be broken into four different disciplines, one each term. Term 1 focused on History and the Vikings whilst term two will look at Economics and Business. Students will spend the first four weeks becoming familiar with the marketplace and the varying stakeholders involved before creating a Consumer Affairs TV segment as their assessment piece. Students will work in groups and produce a segment based around the rights and responsibilities of consumers and producers in the Australian marketplace.