AC9HH9K15 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

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.

the short-, medium- and long-term effects of population movements and changing settlement patterns during this period, such as global demographic changes, transport, new ideas, and political and social reforms

Elaborations

• 1 describing the impact of factories, mines and cities on the environment, and on population growth and distribution
• 2 investigating the impact of the development of the steam engine on transport, manufacturing and trade
• 3 explaining how social and political reforms resulted in higher standards of living for many, including in health care and education, and political and workplace reforms

Related Achievement Standards