Year 2 HASS – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Our Past and Present - Heritage Places and Changing Technology

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 2 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Our Past and Present - Heritage Places and Changing Technology”.

Students explore the heritage significance of local places and examine how technology has changed over time through questioning, researching and reflecting on the past and present.

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. What Questions Can We Ask About the Past?
2. Exploring Our School's History Through Pictures and Stories
3. Finding Information About Our Local Community's Past
4. Discovering Special Places in Our Community
5. Why Are Some Places Important to Remember?
6. How Did People Live Before Modern Technology?
7. Comparing Old and New Technology in Our Daily Lives
8. Reflecting on How Technology Changes Our Lives

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 1

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 1 runs from Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April — 9 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.