AC9HH7K09
Year 7
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH7K09 | Year 7 History: The ancient world
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor how the physical environment and geographical features influenced the development of the ancient society
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
The ancient world
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 7 History. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
Greece
- • Elaboration explaining the role of topography in providing barriers of defence for city-states, such as the surrounding seas, mountain ranges and river systems; for example, the Axios (Vardar), Strimonas (Struma) and Nestos rivers
Rome
- • Elaboration explaining the role of the fertile soil of the Po and Tiber River regions in enabling trade through surplus production
- • Elaboration describing Roman methods to manage resources; for example, water supply through aqueducts and plumbing systems
Egypt
- • Elaboration explaining how the Nile River enabled the establishment of ancient Egyptian society through farming (including the role of the inundation), transportation, defence (for example, the cataract fortifications) and religion (for example, Hapi, god of the inundation; Khnum, god of the Nile; and Satet, goddess of Nile floods and the Nile cataracts)
India
- • Elaboration identifying how the environment and harmonious relationships with the natural world were reflected in belief systems such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
China
- • Elaboration examining the role of climate in enabling the establishment and expansion of agriculture around the Yellow River and how this supported the ancient society
- • Elaboration describing the impact of topographic features, such as the Himalayas, rivers and seas, on contact with other societies, including trade and warfare
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