AC9HH10K14
Year 10
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH10K14 | Year 10 History: The globalising world
Content Descriptor
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
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
The globalising world
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 10 History. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration 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
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