AC9HH9K06 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH9K06 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: Making and transforming the Australian nation (1750–1914)

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Making and transforming the Australian nation (1750–1914)

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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 Descriptor

different experiences and perspectives of colonisers, settlers and First Nations Australians and the impact of these experiences on changes to Australian society's ideas, beliefs and values

Elaborations

• investigating the experiences of a specific group of arrivals to Australia, such as convicts in Sydney, Hobart or Brisbane, or free settlers in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth or Darwin
• examining how convicts transported to Australia were able to begin new lives away from the rigid class structures of English society, with many of them making significant contributions to the emerging colonial society; for example, Francis Greenway and Samuel Terry
• describing the impact of changes brought about by non-indigenous groups on First Nations Australians
• examining the experiences of non-Europeans in Australia prior to the 1900s, such as Japanese pearlers in Darwin, Chinese people on the goldfields in Victoria and New South Wales, South Sea Islanders on sugar plantations in Queensland, and Afghan cameleers in central Australia
• exploring the perspectives and experiences of First Nations Australians, including discussing terms in relation to Australian history such as “invasion”, “colonisation” and “settlement”, and why these continue to be contested within society today

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASHAHISY9

Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 9, students explain the historical significance of the period of the early modern world up to 1918. They explain the causes and effects of events, developments, turning points or movements globally, in Australia, and in relation to the First World War or in an Asian context. They describe the social, cultural, economic and/or political aspects related to the changes and continuities in a society or a historical period. Students explain the role of significant ideas, individuals, groups and institutions connected to the developments of this period and their influences on the historical events. Students develop and modify questions about the past to inform historical inquiry. They locate, select and compare primary and secondary sources, and use information in sources as evidence in historical inquiry. They explain the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources. Students compare sources to determine the accuracy, usefulness and reliability of sources as evidence. They explain causes and effects, and patterns of continuity and change connected to a period, event or movement. Students compare perspectives of significant events and developments, and explain the factors that influence these perspectives. They analyse different and contested historical interpretations. Students use historical knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and historical arguments that acknowledge evidence from sources.