AC9HH7S05 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: 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.

Elaborations

• 1 sequencing events from early Australia and the ancient society in order, using timelines to identify and describe causes and effects
• 2 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)
• 3 identifying gaps in timelines or narratives and explaining possible reasons for why these gaps occur
• 4 sequencing a range of primary sources in chronological order to support the development of an explanation of continuities or changes

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