AC9HC10K04 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Laws and citizens
Content Descriptor
This content descriptor sits within Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences. Use it to identify the learning students need, connect it with the achievement standard and plan suitable evidence of learning.
What this means for planning
This descriptor asks students to connect an international legal obligation with Australian law or government policy, then examine an issue arising from its application. A strong sequence keeps those parts distinct so students can explain the connection rather than simply describe a treaty or declaration.
A practical planning sequence
- Choose a focused instrument: Select one treaty, convention or declaration and use current authoritative sources that are suitable for Year 10.
- Trace the connection: Map how the international obligation relates to a specific Australian law or policy, including the institutions and decisions involved.
- Examine application: Use evidence from more than one perspective to investigate an issue connected with how the obligation is applied in Australia.
Evidence to look for
- An annotated source map that distinguishes the international instrument from the Australian law or policy.
- A written or oral explanation of how the obligation shaped a particular response in Australia.
- A reasoned conclusion that uses evidence, recognises competing perspectives and identifies any limits in the available sources.
See the complete curriculum context
Open the achievement standard and all linked content descriptors together in the Year 10 Civics and Citizenship curriculum map.
A TeaCheese planning example
Use AC9HC10K04 in a TeaCheese planning brief to build an inquiry that moves from source analysis to an evidence based explanation and reasoned conclusion.
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Elaborations
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration 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)
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Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
Read the full Year 10 Civics and Citizenship achievement standard