AC9HG9S06 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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.

create descriptions, explanations and responses, using geographical knowledge and geographical tools as appropriate, and concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge research findings

Elaborations

• 1 developing a response using geographical concepts and terms; for example, strategies to improve the sustainability of a place or environment
• 2 creating a description, using representations of data (for example, using maps to illustrate the major terrestrial biomes of Australia and photographs to show their impacts on people and places) and research findings (for example, using diagrams, graphs, tables and/or satellite images to show how environmental, economic or technological factors affect crop yields)
• 3 creating an explanation that applies tone appropriate to the audience; such as reducing food wastage, or developing a management plan for a tourist hot spot, in an authoritative tone and reasoned argument

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