AC9HH8S07 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.

explain historical interpretations about significant events, individuals and groups

Elaborations

• 1 identifying differing historians’ interpretations on the short-term triggers and longer-term causes of a significant event
• 2 identifying different interpretations of an event or development, such as the influence of scientific ideas or the status of women, and accounting for the differences
• 3 using historical interpretations to describe change in relation to quality, type, speed and impact

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