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Curriculum content descriptions

The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony (ACHASSK110)

Elaborations
  • investigating the contribution or significance of an individual or group to the shaping of a colony in the 1800s (for example, explorers, farmers, pastoralists, miners, inventors, writers, artists, humanitarians, religious and spiritual leaders, political activists, including women, children, and people of diverse cultures)
  • exploring the motivations and actions of an individual or group that shaped a colony
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
ScOT terms

Significant people,  Colonies

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