AC9HC10K04 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC10K04 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Laws and citizens

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Laws and citizens

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

how Australia’s international legal obligations shape Australian law and government policies, including those relating to First Nations Australians, and the issues related to the application of these obligations

Elaborations

• investigating how many of the 9 key human rights treaties Australia has signed and ratified, and researching how at least one of these has shaped Australian law or government policy
• explaining how international conventions and declarations, such as the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, have shaped Australian government law and policies with regards to First Nations Australians
• analysing Australia’s legal obligations to the environment under the Paris Agreement (2016) and the World Heritage Convention (1972), and/or to refugees under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and its optional protocol (1967)

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 10 ASHASCIVY10

Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students compare the key features and values of Australia’s system of government to those of another system of government. They describe the Australian Government’s role and responsibilities at a regional and global level. They explain the role of the High Court of Australia. They explain how Australia’s international legal obligations influence the law and government policy. They identify and explain challenges to a resilient democracy and a cohesive society in Australia. Students develop and refine a range of questions and locate, select and compare relevant and reliable information from a range of sources to investigate political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues. They analyse information to evaluate perspectives and challenges related political, legal or civic issues. They evaluate and compare the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action. Students use civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and arguments that synthesise evidence from sources.