AC9HH9K22 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor continuities and changes and their effects on the ways of life and living conditions, political and legal institutions, and cultural expression around the turn of the 20th century in an Asian society

Elaborations

• • Elaboration explaining the position of the Asian society in relation to other nations in the world around the turn of the 20th century, including the influence of significant ideas such as nationalism
• • Elaboration describing how increasing foreign influence and imperialism was challenging and changing Asian societies; for example, the development of steam-powered factories, especially in terms of military machinery, in China and Japan
• • Elaboration investigating what remained the same or changed during this period as a result of contact with European powers such as describing the British Raj and identifying British influences on society (for example, the building of roads, an extensive railway network, schools and Christian missions) and the impact of the introduction of British government and law
• • Elaboration comparing the Cultivation System and the Ethical System in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)