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AC9HH9K11: Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – First World War (1914–1918)
AC9HH9K11 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH9K11 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: First World War (1914–1918)

Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
First World War (1914–1918)

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

the effects of the First World War on Australian society, such as the role of women, political debates about conscription, relationships with the British Empire, and the experiences of returned soldiers

Elaborations

  • • investigating examples of the war’s effects on society, such as the changes to women’s roles during the war compared to continuities before and after the war
  • • investigating the first and second referenda on conscription, including the role of prime minister Billy Hughes, the division within the Labor Party over this issue and identifying the groups who opposed conscription, such as trade unionists and Irish Catholics such as Archbishop Daniel Mannix, and the grounds for their objections
  • • examining the continuities and changes in Australia’s relationship with the British Empire, such as changing sentiments about Britain as the mother country
  • • explaining the effects of war on returned soldiers, including First Nations Australian soldiers, such as physical and psychological trauma, shell shock, employment opportunities, social and racial discrimination, service recognition, land allocation (Soldier Settlement Scheme), wage inequality, and access to health care and pensions

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.