AC9HH8K10
Year 8
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH8K10 – Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences: Empires and expansions
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Empires and expansions
This Content Descriptor from Year 8 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 Description
the role and achievements of a significant individual and/or group connected to the empire and/or expansion
Elaborations
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1
identifying the similarities in leadership styles and successes of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan
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2
comparing historians’ interpretations of the achievements of individuals such as Selim I in establishing the empire and capturing Jerusalem, or Suleiman the Magnificent in expanding the empire to Belgrade in Europe
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3
outlining Erik the Red’s development of Viking settlements in Eastern and Western Greenland in 985 CE
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4
comparing the artefacts discovered at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland (Canada) with Viking artefacts as possible evidence that the Vikings had journeyed to North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus
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5
explaining the significance of key chronological events in the lives of individuals such as Columbus, Balboa, Cortés, Montezuma II and/or Pizarro
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