AC9HH10K07 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10K07 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Building modern Australia

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Building modern Australia

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 effects of significant post–Second World War world events, ideas and developments on Australian society

Elaborations

• analysing the causes and conditions that led to increased migration to Australia and changing public opinion and government policy, such as the publication of the mass murder of the Holocaust or the plight of refugees in war-ravaged Europe
• describing the main features of a government policy that affected migration to Australia, such as the government’s “populate or perish” policy and the “White Australia” policy
• investigating the nature of the waves of migration (for example, from Europe in the 1950s–1960s, from different parts of Asia in the 1970s–2000s, from the Middle East in the 1980s–1990s, from India in the 1990s–2000s or from Africa in the 2000s), the numbers of migrants from those countries since the Second World War and the reasons for those migrations, including push factors such as the effects of war, economic downturns or social upheaval, and pull factors such as Australia’s peaceful democracy and economic and educational opportunities

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.