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AC9HH10K02: Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Second World War
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 Descriptor

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

  • • identifying places where Australians fought, such as North Africa (including Tobruk), Darwin, New Guinea (including Kokoda), Malaya and Singapore, and evaluating their significance
  • • investigating the significance of Kokoda as the battle that halted the Japanese advance on Port Moresby and why it helped reinforce the Anzac legend
  • • comparing the experiences of various prisoners of war (POWs), such as the treatment of Australian POWs under German and Japanese control
  • • 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

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 10 ASHAHISY10
Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 10, students explain the historical significance of the period between 1918 and the early 21st century. They explain the causes and effects of events, developments, turning points or movements in 20th century Australia and internationally, leading up to and through the Second World War, and the post-war world. They describe social, cultural, economic and/or political aspects, including international developments, related to the changes and continuities in Australian society over this historical period. Students explain the role of significant ideas, individuals, groups and institutions connected to the developments of this period and their influences on Australian and global history. Students develop and modify a range of questions about the past to inform historical inquiry. They locate, select and compare a range of primary and secondary sources and synthesise the information in sources to use as evidence in historical inquiry. They analyse the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources. Students evaluate the accuracy, usefulness and reliability of sources as evidence. They sequence events and developments to analyse cause and effect, and patterns of continuity and change, connected to a period, event or movement. They evaluate perspectives of significant events and developments, and explain the important factors that influence these perspectives. They compare and evaluate different and contested historical interpretations. Students use historical knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and historical arguments that synthesise evidence from sources.