AC9HC10S01 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC10S01 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Questioning and researching

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

develop and modify questions to investigate Australia’s political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues

Elaborations

• developing a range of sub-questions connected to the over-arching question and using these to modify the question; for example, “How does the system of government provide equality?”, “How representative is the government?”, “What processes ensure accountability?” and “How accessible is the government to citizens?”
• revisiting the questions based on further collection of information; for example, “Do different groups in society have particular views on representativeness, equality and accountability?”

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.