AC9HG10S05 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG10S05 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Concluding and decision-making

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Concluding and decision-making

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

develop and evaluate strategies using environmental, economic or social criteria; recommend a strategy and explain the predicted impacts

Elaborations

• proposing individual action and supporting the strategy with reasons; for example, reducing their ecological footprint by reducing the amount of food packaging included in a packed lunch, or becoming volunteers for non-government organisations such as the Red Cross or Red Crescent to increase social connectedness
• proposing collective action and evaluation of actions; for example, identifying ways to improve the wellbeing of remote communities of First Nations Australians and evaluating the actions proposed and implemented by the community members
• evaluating the effectiveness of a strategy in relation to environmental, economic or social criteria; for example, reflecting on whether environment degradation has been reduced and human wellbeing improved
• explaining reasons for decisions and choices, such as the traditional use of firestick farming by First Nations Australians to control fires, or grassroots decisions on implementation and effectiveness of aid projects
• reflecting on personal values and attitudes and how these influence strategies; for example, applying sustainable design principles to urban redevelopment projects that provide green, open spaces for citizens, or supporting non-government organisations that reflect personal values

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.