Unit 1: Understanding the Modern World Modern History
This unit examines developments of significance in the modern era, including the ideas that inspired them and their far-reaching consequences. Students examine TWO topics, including at least ONE study of a development or turning point that has helped …
Unit 1: Understanding the Modern World | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Ancient History
The seven general capabilities of Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding, and Intercultural understanding are identified where …
Representation of General capabilities | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Modern History
The seven general capabilities of Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding, and Intercultural understanding are identified where …
Representation of General capabilities | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4: Global transformations Geography
This unit focuses on the process of international integration (globalisation) as a conceptual ‘lens’ through which to investigate issues in human geography. In doing so, it integrates the sub disciplines of economic and cultural geography, and political …
Unit 4: Global transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4: Reconstructing the Ancient World Ancient History
This unit involves an investigation of a significant historical period through an analysis of relevant archaeological and written sources. Students will examine how these sources have been used to construct an understanding of the relevant social, political, …
Unit 4: Reconstructing the Ancient World | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Geography
The general capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that, together with the Geography curriculum content and the cross-curriculum priorities, will help students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. The …
Representation of General capabilities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: People, Power and Authority Ancient History
This unit involves an investigation of ONE ancient society across a broad historical period, with a particular emphasis on the nature and exercise of power and authority in that society. Students also study ONE individual who had a significant impact …
Unit 3: People, Power and Authority | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Overview of senior secondary Australian Curriculum
ACARA has developed a senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences. The senior secondary Australian Curriculum specifies content and achievement standards for each senior secondary subject. …
Overview of senior secondary Australian Curriculum | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Geography Geography
Units In Senior Secondary Geography, students develop their understanding about themes of immediate relevance to them and which have scope for application at a variety of scales, from the local to the global. There are four units: Unit 1: Natural and …
Structure of Geography | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century Modern History
This unit examines the characteristics of modern nations in the 20th century; the crises that confronted nations, their responses to these crises and the different paths nations have taken to fulfil their goals. Students study the characteristics of TWO …
Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4: The Modern World since 1945 Modern History
This unit examines some significant and distinctive features of the modern world within the period 1945 – 2010, in order to build students’ understanding of the contemporary world - that is, why we are here at this point in time. These include changes …
Unit 4: The Modern World since 1945 | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Land cover transformations Geography
This unit focuses on the changing biophysical cover of the earth’s surface, its impact on global climate and biodiversity, and the creation of anthropogenic biomes. In doing so, it examines the processes causing change in the earth’s land cover. These …
Unit 3: Land cover transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2: Sustainable places Geography
This unit examines the economic, social and environmental sustainability of places. While all places are subject to changes produced by economic, demographic, social, political and environmental processes, the outcomes of these processes vary depending …
Unit 2: Sustainable places | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Ancient History
The Ancient History curriculum continues to develop student learning in history through the same strands used in the Foundation to Year 10 history curriculum, although the historical knowledge and understanding strand includes a wider range of concepts …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards Geography
Natural and ecological hazards represent potential sources of harm to human life, health, income and property, and may affect elements of the biophysical, managed and constructed elements of environments. This unit focuses on identifying risks and managing …
Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Modern History
The Modern History curriculum continues to develop student learning in history through the same strands used in the Foundation to Year 10 history curriculum, although in the historical knowledge and understanding strand in Years 9-10, there is a focus …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH002
Use historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts to demonstrate historical knowledge and understanding
ACHAH002 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Investigating the Ancient World | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH014
Communicate historical understanding by selecting and using text forms appropriate to the purpose and audience
ACHAH014 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Investigating the Ancient World | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH090
Use historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts to demonstrate historical knowledge and understanding
ACHAH090 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2: Ancient Societies | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH102
Communicate historical understanding by selecting and using text forms appropriate to purpose and audience
ACHAH102 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2: Ancient Societies | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum