AC9HH10K12 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10K12 – 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 significant events, individuals and groups in the women’s movement in Australia, and how they have changed the role and status of women

Elaborations

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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
• examining the contributions of significant female leaders in Australian public life; for example, political leaders and activists, social reformers, sporting identities, artists and entertainers

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.