AC9HH9S07 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH9S07 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: Historical perspectives and interpretations

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Historical perspectives and interpretations

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

analyse different and contested historical interpretations

Elaborations

• exploring debates about the historical period or topic studied, such as the relative importance of and responsibility for the causes of World War I
• comparing similarities and differences in historians' views about colonial society, such as the emergence of Australian identity, the influence of the "White Australia" debate on the push for Federation, and the idea of Australia as a "working man's paradise"
• identifying different interpretations of specific events (for example, the debate about conscription in Australia during the First World War)
• analysing how historians have changed the way they interpret the event under investigation over time, such as a change in view with the discovery of more sources (for example, as with frontier conflicts in Australia)

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.