AC9HH10K02
Year 10
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH10K02 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Second World War
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Second World War
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 Description
the places where Australians fought, and their perspectives and experiences during the Second World War, such as the fall of Singapore, prisoners of war (POWs), the Battle of Britain and Kokoda
Elaborations
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1
identifying places where Australians fought, such as North Africa (including Tobruk), Darwin, New Guinea (including Kokoda), Malaya and Singapore, and evaluating their significance
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2
investigating the significance of Kokoda as the battle that halted the Japanese advance on Port Moresby and why it helped reinforce the Anzac legend
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3
comparing the experiences of various prisoners of war (POWs), such as the treatment of Australian POWs under German and Japanese control
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4
examining the perspectives of particular groups of POWs, such as those in camps in Ambon or Rabaul, those used as forced labour on the Thai–Burma Railway, or army nurses captured in Singapore
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