AC9HC8S05 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

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.

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

Elaborations

• 1 persuading the public on a contemporary issue or about a need for action, using evidence; for example, to argue the case for a constitutional change or an advertisement promoting participation in Australia’s democracy
• 2 using appropriate terms and concepts such as “freedoms”, “responsibilities”, “common law”, “statutory law” and “customary law”

Related Achievement Standards