AC9HH8K06
Year 8
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH8K06 | Year 8 History: Medieval Europe and the early modern world
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor interpretations about an event, individual, group, institution or movement in Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Medieval Europe and the early modern world
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 History. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
Medieval Europe
- • Elaboration explaining how historians have disproved medieval myths such as King Arthur or Pope Joan
- • Elaboration analysing why the Black Death has been misconceived as impacting Europe predominantly, with reference to differing historians’ interpretations
The Renaissance
- • Elaboration analysing the importance of key women in Renaissance society, such as Caterina Sforza (1463–1509), Isabella d’Este (1474–1539), Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519) and Catherine de Medici (1519–1589), using a range of artwork, written sources and historians’ interpretations to justify claims
The emergence of the modern world
- • Elaboration explaining how the interpretations of the discoveries of science are linked to ideas about the free exercise of human reason and how that could lead to improvements and progress in human life and society generally
- • Elaboration examining historical interpretations of key events, developments or achievements during this period, such as the Scientific Revolution or the beginnings of the Age of Reason/Enlightenment, and how these interpretations highlight their importance or significance to contemporary society
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