AC9HC8K06 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC8K06 | Year 8 Civics and Citizenship: Citizenship, diversity and identity

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor different experiences of, perspectives on and debates about Australia’s national identity and citizenship, including the perspectives of First Nations Australians as owners of their respective nations, and of different migrant groups

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Citizenship, diversity and identity

This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 Civics and Citizenship. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

• Elaboration examining the meaning of “national identity”, what it means to be an Australian citizen, and its role and significance in a globalised world
• Elaboration analysing different representations of Australian identity, historical and current
• Elaboration investigating the factors shaping debates about Australian identity, such as place, immigration and standard of living
• Elaboration exploring the reasons why some migrants elect to be become Australian citizens, while others choose not to become citizens
• Elaboration examining the types of questions asked in the citizenship test and exploring how these questions reflect our national identity
• Elaboration discussing how the national anthem contributes to our national identity

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Achievement standard statements this supports

Achievement standardASHASCIV804Year 8 Civics and CitizenshipStudents identify ways in which Australians express different aspects of their identity and explain perspectives on Australia’s national identity.See it on the standard page →

Read the full Year 8 Civics and Citizenship achievement standard