History / Year 10 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding

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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

Curriculum content descriptions

Responses of governments, including the Australian Government, and international organisations to environmental threats since the 1960s, including deforestation and climate change (ACDSEH128)

Elaborations

explaining the responses of governments and organisations to environmental threats (for example, New Zealand’s anti-nuclear policy, the United States’ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 1980 (CERCLA), Australia’s first Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report (2009)
evaluating the effectiveness of international protocols and treaties such as Kyoto (1997), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (since 1992) and the Washington Declaration (2007)

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking
Intercultural understanding
Ethical understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities

Sustainability

ScOT terms

Environmental management, Public administration, Climate change, Deforestation

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