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WS01 - Second World War

Humanities and Social Sciences, History, Year 10

By the end of Year 10, students explain the historical significance of the period between 1918 and the early 21st century. They explain the causes and effects of events, developments, turning points or movements in 20th-century Australia and internationally, leading up to and through the Second World War, and the post-war world. They describe social, cultural, economic and/or political aspects, including international developments, related to the changes and continuities in Australian society over this historical period. Students explain the role of significant ideas, individuals, groups and institutions connected to the developments of this period and their influences on Australian and global history.  

 

Students develop and modify a range of questions about the past to inform historical inquiry. They locate, select and compare a range of primary and secondary sources and synthesise the information in sources to use as evidence in historical inquiry. They analyse the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources. Students evaluate the accuracy, usefulness and reliability of sources as evidence. They sequence events and developments to analyse cause and effect, and patterns of continuity and change, connected to a period, event or movement. They evaluate perspectives of significant events and developments, and explain the important factors that influence these perspectives. They compare and evaluate different and contested historical interpretations. Students use historical knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and historical arguments that synthesise evidence from sources. 

Knowledge and understanding | Second World War

AC9HH10K01

the causes, outbreak and course of the Second World War and the significance of Australian involvement

Knowledge and understanding | Second World War

AC9HH10K02

the places where Australians fought, and their perspectives and experiences during Second World War, such as the fall of Singapore, prisoners of war (POWs), the Battle of Britain and Kokoda

Knowledge and understanding | Second World War

AC9HH10K03

the significant events and turning points of the Second World War, including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb

Skills | Questioning and researching

AC9HH10S01

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

Skills | Questioning and researching

AC9HH10S02

locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in a historical inquiry

Skills | Historical perspectives and interpretations

AC9HH10S05

analyse cause and effect, and evaluate patterns of continuity and change

Skills | Historical perspectives and interpretations

AC9HH10S06

compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values

Skills | Communicating

AC9HH10S08

create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge evidence from sources

Annotations

 

1. Uses appropriate questions to frame a historical inquiry. See also 7. 

 

2. Explains the causes of the Kokoda campaign. 

 

3. Identifies places, groups and events associated with the Kokoda campaign. 

 

4. Sequences the events and developments leading up to the Kokoda campaign. 

 

5. Selects and uses relevant information in sources to establish the historical context of an event. 

 

6. Explains the short-term and long-term impacts of the Kokoda campaign.

7. Uses appropriate questions to frame a historical inquiry. See also 1. 

 

8. Identifies the repercussions of the Kokoda campaign for the nations involved. 

 

9. Considers how context, knowledge and time shape and change perspectives of an event. 

 

10. Uses historical knowledge to support an argument. 

 

11. Uses historical concepts and terms; for example, view, change, Gallipoli.