AC9HH8S08 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.

create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that reference evidence from sources

Elaborations

• 1 communicating explanations or analysis using structural elements for effect; for example, an introduction that outlines an argument and a conclusion that summarises and restates the argument
• 2 presenting findings or historical knowledge in range of formats, such as a podcast, an oral presentation or an essay, appropriate to audience and purpose with reference to evidence
• 3 developing descriptions and explanations, applying historical terms and concepts in their appropriate historical context

Related Achievement Standards