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AC9HC9K05: Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Citizenship, diversity and identity
AC9HC9K05 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC9K05 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: Citizenship, diversity and identity

Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Citizenship, diversity and identity

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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

how and why individuals and groups, including community, religious and cultural groups, participate in and contribute to civic life in Australia and to global citizenship

Elaborations

  • • researching the work of an Australian non-government organisation (NGO), philanthropist, community group or religious group and the extent to which they contribute to the Australian community; for example, volunteers that support communities ravaged by natural disasters such as the State Emergency Service (SES), the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, Sikh Volunteers Australia
  • • researching examples of young people who are acting as global citizens, such as Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg, and Australia’s Amelia Telford, Mackinley Butson and Bassam Maaliki, or UNICEF Australia’s Young Ambassadors
  • • collaborating with peers to plan a citizenship campaign on an issue related to sustainability or climate change

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASHASCIVY9
Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 9, students analyse the role of the Australian Constitution, the federal system of government, and the process and reasons for constitutional change. They explain policy development and legislative processes in Australia’s democracy. Students identify the key features and jurisdictions of Australia’s court system and explain the role and processes of courts and tribunals. Students identify the reasons individuals and groups participate in and contribute to civic life nationally and globally. They explain the influence of the media on reflections of identity and diversity. Students develop a range of questions and locate, select and compare information from sources to investigate political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues. They analyse information to explain perspectives and challenges related to political, legal or civic issues. Students identify and evaluate the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action. Students use civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and evidence-based arguments.