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History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Chronology, terms and concepts

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Use historical terms and concepts (ACHHS165)

Elaborations
  • discussing the contestability of particular historical terms such as settlement, invasion and colonisation in the context of Australia’s history
  • defining and using concepts such as ‘imperialism’, ‘nationalism’, ‘evolution’, ‘evidence’
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Word meanings,  Concepts

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