Year 9 HASS – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Human-Environment Interactions and Global Connections

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 9 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Human-Environment Interactions and Global Connections”.

Students explore how human activities alter biomes, examine place perceptions and connections, analyze global interconnections through technology and trade, and investigate the impacts of human choices on environmental sustainability.

Lesson sequence (30 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 Major Biomes and Their Characteristics
2. How Vegetation Clearance Has Transformed the Southwest of Western Australia
3. Drainage and Agricultural Development on the Swan Coastal Plains
4. Exotic Species Introduction: Environmental Winners and Losers
5. Terracing and Irrigation: Engineering Solutions for Food Production
6. Case Study: Wheat Belt Transformation in Western Australia
7. Comparing Traditional Aboriginal Land Management with Modern Farming
8. Analyzing the Environmental Costs of Food and Fibre Production
9. Understanding Place: What Makes Mandjoogoordap/Mandurah Special?
10. Dual Naming of Places: Gutharraguda/Shark Bay Cultural Connections
11. Economic Connections: How Places Drive Regional Development
12. Spiritual and Cultural Connections to Country
13. Royal Flying Doctors: Connecting Remote Communities to Healthcare
14. School of the Air: Technology Bridging Educational Gaps
15. ICT Services: How India and the Philippines Connect Globally
16. Digital Divide: Who Gets Left Behind in the Connected World?
17. Tracing Supply Chains: From Raw Materials to Your Shopping Cart
18. Glocalisation: How McDonald's Adapts to Local Tastes
19. Fast Fashion: Global Production, Local Consumption
20. Trade Networks: Connecting Australian Producers to World Markets
21. Tourism at Kalbarri National Park: Balancing Conservation and Recreation
22. Sustainable Tourism: Managing Visitor Impacts on Fragile Environments
23. Cultural Tourism: Sharing Indigenous Knowledge Responsibly
24. Economic Benefits vs Environmental Costs of Tourism Development
25. European Imperial Expansion: Motives for Global Conquest
26. Navigation and Shipbuilding: Technologies Enabling Exploration
27. Competition for Territory: How Nations Fought for Strategic Advantage
28. Raw Materials and Markets: Economic Drivers of Imperial Expansion
29. Movement of Peoples: Migration Patterns in the 18th and 19th Centuries
30. Synthesizing Human Impact: Creating Solutions for Sustainable Futures

Curriculum codes in this unit

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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 2

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 2 runs from Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July — 11 weeks for WA public schools. With 30 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.