AC9HH10S08 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

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.

create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge evidence from sources

Elaborations

• 1 developing an extended text that explains, analyses and evaluates a historical event, development or movement for purpose and audience; for example, organising ideas and information to present relevant historical knowledge about the impact of a global event on a community to be presented to peers
• 2 constructing a historical argument that identifies different possibilities in interpretation, synthesises ideas to build an argument, presents a particular point of view that incorporates and evaluates available evidence
• 3 developing a historical explanation or interpretation, using historical concepts and terms to build understanding of context, significance, purpose and the impact of the event or development
• 4 presenting a historical argument, such as essay, oral presentation, debate, interactive digital or non-digital display, online conference or forum incorporating evidence

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