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AC9HH10K14: Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – The globalising world
AC9HH10K14 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10K14 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: The globalising world

Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
The globalising world

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

changing historical perspectives over time in relation to the developments in technology, public health, longevity, standard of living in the 20th century, and concern for the environment and sustainability

Elaborations

  • • identifying key developments in technology since 1945 that have changed the world in the following areas: the household, such as television, appliances, central heating and cooling; travel and trade, such as shipping and passenger jets; globalisation, mass consumption and communications, such as the microchip, satellites and digital systems
  • • discussing the growth in the world’s population during the 20th century, including life expectancy changes in different parts of the world, and the depletion of natural resources
  • • identifying how the rise of the environmental movement around the world has changed people’s perspectives on things such as developments in renewable energy technology and sustainability measures such as recycling

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.