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AC9HH9K13: Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – The Industrial Revolution and the movement of peoples (1750–1900)
AC9HH9K13 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH9K13 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: The Industrial Revolution and the movement of peoples (1750–1900)

Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
The Industrial Revolution and the movement of peoples (1750–1900)

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 social, economic, political, technological and/or environmental causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution on Europe in the late 18th and 19th century

Elaborations

  • • explaining how changes in technology, such as steam-driven spinning mills, railways and steam ships, led to the development of factories and industrialised cities
  • • identifying the spread of innovations such as steam power, iron and steel production, transport and the use of new chemicals in Europe, the USA and Japan
  • • analysing factors that caused the Industrial Revolution; for example, the Agricultural Revolution, Enlightenment ideas, access to raw materials, a growing population, a wealthy middle class, increased individual freedom, access to cheap labour, improvements to the transport system, inventions and innovations, trade and commerce, and an expanding empire
  • • evaluating the most significant effects of the Industrial Revolution, such as economic growth, changing economic and social structures, changes in working conditions, a rise in the standard of living, growth of the middle class, new ideas, imperialism and environmental impacts

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.