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AC9HH9S01: Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Questioning and researching
AC9HH9S01 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH9S01 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

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Skills
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Questioning and researching

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

develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry

Elaborations

  • • developing a range of questions about aspects of the past that require historical argument
  • • developing an inquiry question such as “What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution?” and refining it as further factors are introduced into the research process
  • • modifying questions using historical concepts such as cause, effect, change and continuity

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.