AC9HG8S05 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG8S05 – 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

identify a strategy for action in relation to environmental, economic, social or other factors, and explain potential impacts

Elaborations

• proposing individual action and supporting the proposal with reasons; for example, reducing waste going to landfill, especially toxic e-waste causing degradation of landscapes, or reducing the large and expanding urban footprint by decreasing the consumption of energy resources as well as eating, working and buying locally
• proposing collective action and supporting the proposal with reasons; for example, promoting community awareness of the effects of human–environmental change on significant Australian landforms such as Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef, or encouraging the development of urban and peri-urban agriculture
• evaluating the effectiveness of a strategy in relation to environmental, economic and social factors
• reflecting on personal values and attitudes and how these influence explanations of potential outcomes; for example, applying sustainable design principles to urban redevelopment projects that provide green, open spaces for citizens

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.