AC9HH10K09 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10K09 – 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 causes of First Nations Australians' campaigns for rights and freedoms before 1965, such as discriminatory legislation and policies, the 1938 Day of Mourning and the Stolen Generations

Elaborations

• investigating the political and societal impacts that contributed to First Nations Australians’ campaigns for rights and freedoms, such as legal status at the Commonwealth and various state/territory levels, segregation and treatment on missions, and the policy of assimilation adopted in 1937 by the Aboriginal Welfare Conference of Commonwealth and State Authorities
• explaining the significance of the 1938 Day of Mourning in the campaigns of First Nations Australians for rights and freedoms, including the significance of 26 January 1938 (150 years since the arrival of the First Fleet) and the national Indigenous rights meeting
• exploring accounts of the past experiences of First Nations Australians who were members of the Stolen Generations and how these experiences influenced the civil rights movement in Australia from the 1960s through to the present day

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.