AC9HH10S07 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH10S07 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Historical perspectives and interpretations

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Historical perspectives and interpretations

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

analyse different and contested historical interpretations

Elaborations

• exploring debates about the historical period or topic studied, such as the “Brisbane Line”, “reds under the bed” and McCarthyism
• identifying different interpretations and constructing an argument about which interpretation has the evidence to support it
• analysing how historians have changed the way they interpret the event under investigation over time, such as a change in view with the discovery of more sources
• constructing a historical argument that identifies different possibilities in interpretation, organising ideas to build an argument, presents a particular point of view with consistent reference to the evidence available, and uses evaluative language

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.