AC9HH10S04 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10S04 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Using historical sources

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Using historical sources

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

explain the usefulness of primary and secondary sources, and the reliability of the information as evidence

Elaborations

• identifying perspectives absent from sources and the extent to which this may affect usefulness
• explaining the bias of the author and the intent of a source, and the extent to which this may affect reliability
• determining the usefulness of sources by corroborating with other sources of information
• examining that the reliability and usefulness of a source depends on the questions asked of it; for example, an account having a particular historical perspective and therefore being of use in revealing past prevailing attitudes
• determining whether or not the information in one historical source can be verified by information in another historical source
• comparing a range of historical sources and identifying similarities, differences and inconsistencies in interpretations

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.