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AC9HC7S05: Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Communicating
AC9HC7S05 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC7S05 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Communicating

Strand
Skills
Substrand
Communicating

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

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

Elaborations

  • • developing descriptions, explanations or arguments using civic and citizenship knowledge or research to present an authoritative position on an issue
  • • presenting ideas and information appropriate to purpose and audience; for example, to develop digital material promoting participation in Australia’s democracy or written material presenting a case for a constitutional change
  • • presenting an argument using appropriate terms and concepts such as “rule of law”, “separation of powers” or “secular nation”

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.