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AC9HG8S04: Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Concluding and decision-making
AC9HG8S04 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG8S04 – Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences: Concluding and decision-making

Strand
Skills
Substrand
Concluding and decision-making

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.

Content Descriptor

draw conclusions based on the analysis of the data and information

Elaborations

  • • drawing on the results of an analysis and using at least one of the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnections, sustainability, scale or change as an organiser to respond to a question; for example, using research about the value of distinctive landscapes to form conclusions about the influence they have on peoples’ lives or an analysis of the distribution of urban settlements to form conclusions about how space is used
  • • explaining reasons for decisions and choices; for example, reflecting on research findings or data analysis of the impacts of geomorphological hazards or urbanisation to identify and explain significant impacts on people, places and environments

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 8 ASHASGEOY8
Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 8, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes impact on the characteristics of places. They explain how the characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently by people. They describe the effects of human activity or hazards on environments. They explain the features of a distribution and identify implications. They explain the interconnections between people and places and environments. They explain how these interconnections change places or environments. Students explain responses or strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge, referring to environmental, economic or social factors. Students develop relevant questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge. They collect, organise and represent relevant and reliable data and information using primary research methods and secondary research materials. They interpret and analyse data and information to explain patterns and trends and infer relationships. They draw reasoned conclusions about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge. They decide on appropriate strategies for action and explain potential impacts. Students use geographical knowledge, methods, concepts, terms and reference findings from sources to create descriptions, explanations and responses.