AC9HC8K06 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC8K06 – Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences: Citizenship, diversity and identity

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Citizenship, diversity and identity

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 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

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

Elaborations

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

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 8 ASHASCIVY8

Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students explain how Australians are informed about and participate in their democracy. They describe the roles of political parties and elected representatives in Australian government. They explain the characteristics of laws, how laws are made and the types of law in Australia. Students identify ways in which Australians express different aspects of their identity and explain perspectives on Australia’s national identity. Students develop questions and locate, select and organise relevant information from different sources to investigate political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues. They analyse information and identify and describe perspectives and challenges related to political, legal or civic issues. They explain the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action. Students use civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts, terms and references to evidence from sources to create descriptions, explanations and arguments.