AC9HC9S03 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

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.

analyse information, data and ideas about political, legal or civic issues to identify and evaluate differences in perspectives and interpretations

Elaborations

• 1 identifying the values, motivations and contexts that underpin different perspectives about political and legal systems and processes; for example, calls for constitutional recognition for First Nations Australians, First Nations Voice and Makarrata, or the impact of reducing or extending mining activity on particular communities
• 2 examining information that includes a diversity of perspectives about the effectiveness of a political or legal institution; for example, “Is Australia’s parliament representative of the Australian community?” or “Does the court system deliver justice for the victims of crime?”
• 3 investigating how the Australian Government responds to an issue and examining the process of policy development and implementation, such as the development of welfare changes and financial support in response to natural disasters or emergencies

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