AC9HH10K05 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10K05 – 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 significance of the Second World War to Australia’s immediate post-war economic, political and social development, and Australia’s international relationships in the 20th century

Elaborations

• examining the role of Prime Minister Ben Chifley in post-war reconstruction
• evaluating the significance of the Second World War to Australia’s changing relationship with Britain and the USA, particularly the shift in importance from the one to the other, such as the creation of the ANZUS alliance
• evaluating the short- and long-term effects of the Second World War on the emergence of Australia’s deeper engagement with Asia, such as the development of SEATO, the South Pacific Forum, APEC, the ASEAN Regional Forum and various trade alliances
• describing the involvement of Australia in the founding of the United Nations, such as the roles played by HV Evatt and Jessie Street in drafting the charter of the United Nations
• investigating the impact of the significant wave of post-war European and Asian migration, including the Colombo Plan, and views about race, including attitudes towards First Nations Australians

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.