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AC9HC10S05: Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Communicating
AC9HC10S05 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC10S05 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Communicating

Strand
Skills
Substrand
Communicating

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

create descriptions, explanations and arguments using civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate evidence

Elaborations

  • • developing an evidence-based argument about a civics and citizenship issue, such as the role of Australia in the security of the Asia-Pacific region or the role of Australia’s trading relationships with nations that have human rights issues, and drawing conclusions about the future impacts of this issue on Australia’s values
  • • using terms and concepts such as “conventions”, “international law”, “cohesive society” and “global citizen”

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.