AC9HH9K16
Year 9
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH9K16 | Year 9 History: The Industrial Revolution and the movement of peoples (1750–1900)
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor the different perspectives and experiences of men, women and children during the Industrial Revolution, and their changing way of life
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
The Industrial Revolution and the movement of peoples (1750–1900)
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 9 History. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration comparing and contrasting the impact of steam, gas and electricity on people’s way of life during the Industrial Revolution; for example, differences in living conditions for rich and poor, improvements in living standards, and changes in working conditions for agricultural workers
- • Elaboration investigating the changes in working conditions, such as longer working hours for low pay and the use of children as a cheap source of labour
- • Elaboration identifying the growth of trade unions as a response to the impacts of the Industrial Revolution on the working class
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