Year 6 HASS – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Government and Citizens - Making Decisions that Matter

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 6 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Government and Citizens - Making Decisions that Matter”.

Students explore the three levels of government, their roles and responsibilities, and investigate how consumer choices impact families, communities and the environment while developing skills in presenting findings and reflecting on learning.

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 Australia's Three Levels of Government
2. Federal Government in Action - Defence, Post and Immigration
3. State Government Services - Education and Health in Our Lives
4. Local Government Close to Home - Parks, Verges and Rubbish Collection
5. Where Does Our Money Go? Local vs Multinational Shopping Choices
6. Packaging Problems - How Our Purchases Affect the Environment
7. Presenting Our Government Research - Creating Visual Reports
8. Taking Action - Proposing Solutions for Better Consumer Choices

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 4

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 4 runs from Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December — 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.