AC9HH10K12
Year 10
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH10K12 | Year 10 History: Building modern Australia
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor the significant events, individuals and groups in the women’s movement in Australia, and how they have changed the role and status of women
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Building modern Australia
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 10 History. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration investigating events connected to the changing roles and rights of women in the workforce since 1945 such as the repeal of the “marriage bar”, the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, the changing nature of participation in employment and the gender pay gap
- • Elaboration examining the contributions of significant female leaders in Australian public life; for example, political leaders and activists, social reformers, sporting identities, artists and entertainers
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Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- By the end of Year 10, students explain the historical significance of the period between 1918 and the early 21st century.See it on the standard page →
- 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.See it on the standard page →