AC9HH10K16 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10K16 – 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

causes and effects of the significant events and developments of the major global influences on Australia in the post-Second World War period

Elaborations

• investigating how the fear of communism and the emergence of the Cold War impacted on Australian society, particularly in relation to political debates, immigration and some aspects of popular culture including music, film and sport
• examining the “the long boom” under prime minister Robert Menzies, in particular the expansion of primary industry exports (wool and iron ore) and the growth of protected manufacturing industries such as steel, textiles, electrical goods and automobiles, and the promotion of home ownership
• analysing the causes of cultural development and the effects on Australian society such as the post–Second World War baby boom and the resulting effect of the development of youth culture in the 1960s
• investigating America’s cultural influences, such as the arrival of television for the Melbourne Olympics (1956) and Bill Haley’s Australian tour (1957), and British popular influences, such as the Mersey sound and The Beatles’ tour of 1964
• comparing views on the values and beliefs of rock ‘n’ roll, film and television across time, age and gender, such as issues of conservatism and rebellion, the challenge to established ideas and national identity
• analysing the causes and conditions that led to the environment movement and its effects on changing public opinion about protecting the environment, such as rapid population increase, urbanisation, increases in industrial pollution and waste, and species extinction

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.