Year 2 HASS – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Exploring Our Connected World - Places, People and Stories

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Year 2 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Exploring Our Connected World - Places, People and Stories”.

Students explore geographical connections from personal to global scales, investigate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander place connections, and examine local history through multiple perspectives.

Lesson sequence (8 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Mapping My Connections Around the World
2. Discovering Aboriginal Names and Stories of Our Local Places
3. From My Bedroom to My Country - Understanding Different Scales
4. Exploring Our School's History and What It Tells Us
5. How Special Events Connect People Across Australia
6. Comparing Different Stories About the Same Place
7. Investigating a Significant Local Building or Site
8. Drawing Conclusions About Our Connected Community

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Skills codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 8 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.