AC9HG8S05 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

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.

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

Elaborations

• 1 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
• 2 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
• 3 evaluating the effectiveness of a strategy in relation to environmental, economic and social factors
• 4 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

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