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AC9HC7S03: Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Analysis, evaluation and interpretation
AC9HC7S03 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC7S03 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Analysis, evaluation and interpretation

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Skills
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Analysis, evaluation and interpretation

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

analyse information, data and ideas about political, legal or civic issues to identify and explain differences in perspectives and potential challenges

Elaborations

  • • examining online publications to find examples of how the system of government protects respect for human rights and the rule of law, and compare these examples with other publications that have different perspectives or challenge these views
  • • evaluating data from surveys or reports to draw conclusions about a current issue of challenge; for example, a Lowy Institute poll on important issues facing Australia or media reports on the effectiveness of the court system

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASHASCIVY7
Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 7, students describe the key features of Australia's system of government, and the principles and features of the Australian legal system. They explain the characteristics of Australian democracy. Students describe the nature of Australian society, its cultural and religious diversity, and identify the values that support cohesion in Australian society. Students develop questions and locate, select and organise information from sources to investigate political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues. They analyse information and identify perspectives and challenges related to political, legal or civic issues. They identify and describe the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action. Students use civics and citizenship concepts, terms and sources to create descriptions, explanations and arguments.