History / Year 9 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding

Curriculum content descriptions

The extension of settlement, including the effects of contact (intended and unintended) between European settlers in Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACDSEH020)

Elaborations
  • explaining the effects of contact (for example, the massacres of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; their killing of sheep; the spread of European diseases) and categorising these effects as either intended or unintended
  • investigating the forcible removal of children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in the late nineteenth century/early twentieth century (leading to the Stolen Generations), such as the motivations for the removal of children, the practices and laws that were in place, and experiences of separation.
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Aboriginal history,  Torres Strait Islander history,  Cultural interaction,  Invasion,  Colonies,  Human settlements

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Roman religion: gallery

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Sites2See – origins of Hinduism

Web page containing links to information about the origins of Hinduism through the Indus Valley civilisation, including archaeological sites at Mohenjodaro and Harrapa. Indo-Aryan migration and the Vedic period are included.

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Ben Chifley's Australia, 2008

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National treasures, 2004: Gallipoli boat

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Vindolanda

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Gladiators: heroes of the Roman amphitheatre

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Rome's pivotal emperors

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Roman women: following the clues

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The Conversation - Indigenous collection

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Ben Chifley: the aftermath of the miners' strike, 2008

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Genghis Khan

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Online

Archives ACT: find of the month

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Interactive

The chariot of Wetwang

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Mummification in Bronze Age Britain

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