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AC9HH8K15 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH8K15 | Year 8 History: Asia-Pacific world

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor the role and achievements of a significant individual and/or group in the Asian-Pacific society
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Asia-Pacific world

This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 History. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

Angkor/Khmer Empire

  • • Elaboration describing the rule of Jayavarman VII and his influence in expanding the empire, expelling the Chams and on the scale of the construction program in Angkor

Japan under the Shoguns

  • • Elaboration explaining the legacy of Tokugawa Ieyasu as founder of the Edo Shogunate

Polynesian expansion across the Pacific

  • • Elaboration describing the achievements of one Polynesian group of people such as Māori, Samoan, Tahitian (Maohi), Tongans or Rapa Nui

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