AC9HH8K14 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

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.

the experiences and perspectives of rulers and of subject peoples, and the interaction between power and/or authority in the Asian-Pacific society

Elaborations

• 1 analysing the perspectives of Angkor as depicted through stone carvings and the writings of Chinese Ambassador Zhou Daguan; for example, in relation to fishing, trading in markets and temple construction
• 2 discussing the role of the Tokugawa Shogunate in reimposing a feudal system (based on daimyo and samurai) and explaining the impact of this change on the daily life of different classes
• 3 examining artefacts such as Lapita pottery from Vanuatu, tapa cloth and/or ship-building techniques to provide insight into those societies
• 4 describing the responsibilities and privileges of being a chief in a society such as those in New Zealand, Hawaii, Tonga and/or the Society Islands

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