AC9HH7S05 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH7S05 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Historical perspectives and interpretations

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Historical perspectives and interpretations

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

describe causes and effects, and explain continuities and changes

Elaborations

• sequencing events from early Australia and the ancient society in order, using timelines to identify and describe causes and effects
• defining terms such as “BC” (Before Christ), “AD” (Anno Domini), “BCE” (Before Common Era), “CE” (Common Era), “BP” (Before Present) and “history” (the period beginning with named individuals and textual recording)
• identifying gaps in timelines or narratives and explaining possible reasons for why these gaps occur
• sequencing a range of primary sources in chronological order to support the development of an explanation of continuities or changes

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASHAHISY7

Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 7, students describe the historical significance of the ancient past and the histories of early First Nations Peoples of Australia. They identify the causes and effects of events, developments and achievements connected to groups and individuals in Australia and other societies from the ancient past. Students describe the social, religious, cultural, economic, environmental and/or political aspects related to changes and continuities in these societies. They identify the roles and achievements of significant individuals and groups, and the influences on the development of ancient societies. Students explain the importance of heritage sites connected to Australia and other societies from the ancient past. Students develop questions about the past. They locate and identify primary and secondary sources as evidence in historical inquiry. They describe the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources. Students identify the accuracy and usefulness of sources as evidence. They sequence events and developments to describe causes and effects, and continuities and changes across societies and periods of time. They describe the perspectives, attitudes and values of the past in sources. They identify and describe historical interpretations about significant events and people. Students use historical knowledge, concepts, terms and evidence from sources to create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments.