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AC9HC8S03: Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Analysis, evaluation and interpretation
AC9HC8S03 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC8S03 – Year 8 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 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

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

Elaborations

  • • examining speeches from prominent Australian politicians or jurists to explain how Australia’s legal and political systems promote a fair and cohesive society
  • • identifying and analysing the criteria for awarding Australian of the Year and Young Australian of the Year and explaining the different ways in which recipients of these awards have met the criteria and demonstrated the values of "good citizenship"
  • • examining letters to the editor about current issues, and identifying and explaining the differences of opinion
  • • identifying and explaining possible reasons for the difference in perspectives about a civics and citizenship issue, such as marriage equality

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.