AC9HH10K03 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor the significant events and turning points of the Second World War, including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb

Elaborations

• • Elaboration explaining why particular events were significant turning points in the European theatre of war, such as Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the Blitzkrieg, the Battle of Britain, Operation Overlord (the invasion of Normandy), the Battle of the Bulge, and the Soviets’ capture of Berlin
• • Elaboration explaining why particular events were significant turning points in the Asia-Pacific theatre of war, such as the Japanese occupation of China, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the fall of Singapore in 1942, the bombings of northern Australia, the American victory at the Battle of Midway in 1942, the Battle for Kokoda and the Battle of Iwo Jima
• • Elaboration examining the historical context in which the Holocaust occurred, including anti-Semitism and Nazi race theory
• • Elaboration investigating the scale and significance of the Holocaust using primary and secondary sources, such as survivor testimonies
• • Elaboration discussing the short- and long-term impacts of the Holocaust on the Jewish community post–Second World War, such as coming to terms with the scale of loss, migration to Israel, Australia and the United States, and the creation of Yad Vashem and other Holocaust centres, museums and memorials
• • Elaboration identifying the race to build the atomic bomb by Germany, Japan and the USA, and analysing why the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• • Elaboration investigating the effects of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including short- and long-term effects on human health, and short- and long-term environmental effects on the cities and surrounding areas