AC9HH9K23 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH9K23 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: Asia and the World (1750–1914)

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Asia and the World (1750–1914)

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

different experiences and perspectives of colonisers and Asian peoples from the time and the impact of changes to society, including events, ideas, beliefs and values

Elaborations

• comparing and contrasting different perspectives about the effect of European colonisation on Asian countries for example, the views of people in various mainland provinces of China, the views of samurai on Meiji modernisation, views of British Raj families versus members of the Independence Movement in India, views of the Dutch colonials versus native Indonesians in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
• comparing the similarities and differences in historians’ views about the significance of Western colonial influences on Asian countries, such as Americans in Japan, the British in India, or the Dutch in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

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.