AC9HG10K03 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG10K03 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Environmental change and management

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Environmental change and management

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 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

First Nations Australians’ approaches to custodial responsibility and environmental management in different regions of Australia

Elaborations

• identifying the influence of cultural values on how First Nations Australians manage environments (for example, continuity of cultural practices, management or development of Country/Place, and land tenure systems) and explaining custodial responsibilities for a Country/Place
• discussing the role of First Nations Australian Park Rangers and their cultural knowledge and practices in the management of their Country/Place and environments
• explaining First Nations Australians’ models of sustainability, which contribute to broader conservation practices; for example, obligations to Country/Place, land management and care practices such as cleaning up the land and fire management, removal of weeds and rubbish, protection of threatened species, and capacity building within their communities

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 10 ASHASGEOY10

Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes at different scales change the characteristics of places. They explain the effects of human activity on environments, and the effect of environments on human activity, over time. They evaluate the implications of a distribution. They evaluate the extent of interconnections occurring between people and places and environments. They analyse changes that result from these interconnections and their consequences. Students evaluate strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge using environmental, social and economic criteria. Students develop a range of relevant questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge. They collect, represent and compare relevant and reliable geographical data and information by using a range of primary research methods and secondary research materials, using appropriate formats. They interpret and analyse data and information to make generalisations and predictions, explain significant patterns and trends, and infer relationships. They draw evidence-based conclusions, based on relevant data and information, about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge. They develop and evaluate strategies using criteria, recommend a strategy and explain the predicted impacts. Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and digital tools as appropriate to develop descriptions, explanations and responses that synthesise research findings.