History / Year 10
/ Historical Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions
Australia’s contribution to international popular culture (music, film, television, sport)
(ACDSEH123)
Elaborations
- investigating the changing contribution of the Australian rock’n’roll, film and television industries to Australian culture and identity through the development and export of music, film and television, for example the Easybeats from Sydney and Go-Betweens from Brisbane, Crocodile Dundee (1986)
View on Australian Curriculum website
History 7-10 / Year 9
/ Skills
Curriculum content descriptions
compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values
(AC9HH9S06)
Elaborations
- determining whether or not the information in one historical source can be verified by information in another historical source
- comparing and contrasting the range of perspectives at the time surrounding a historical event, and consider voices that may be absent from the sources such as those of women, men, children, ethnic groups, Indigenous peoples and minority groups
- discussing whether the perspective of one individual in the period is representative of a majority or minority view at that time
View on Australian Curriculum website
History 7-10 / Year 10
/ Skills
Curriculum content descriptions
compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values
(AC9HH10S06)
Elaborations
- comparing interpretations and evaluating differences in relation to the ideas, locations, beliefs and values that have influenced them
- explaining the links between the continuities over the period, such as the experiences and treatment of First Nations Australians, women and migrants
- analysing the views of men and women at different times regarding gender equality in Australia and explaining how these views might reflect changing values and attitudes
- explaining why some perspectives in the past may not have been recorded
View on Australian Curriculum website
History / Year 10
/ Historical Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions
Methods used by civil rights activists to achieve change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and the role of ONE individual or group in the struggle
(ACDSEH134)
Elaborations
- investigating the role of Charles Perkins in the Freedom Ride of 1965 and the efficacy of television in bringing the struggle for rights and freedoms to national attention
View on Australian Curriculum website
History 7-10 / Year 9
/ Skills
Curriculum content descriptions
analyse different and contested historical interpretations
(AC9HH9S07)
Elaborations
- exploring debates about the historical period or topic studied, such as the relative importance of and responsibility for the causes of World War I
- identifying different interpretations of specific events (for example, the debate about conscription in Australia during World War I)
- analysing how historians have changed the way they interpret the event under investigation over time, such as a change in view with the discovery of more sources (for example, as with frontier conflicts in Australia)
View on Australian Curriculum website
History 7-10 / Year 10
/ Knowledge and understanding
Curriculum content descriptions
different historical interpretations and debates during the second half of the 20th century
(AC9HH10K20)
Elaborations
- discussing the concept of popular culture and how First Nations Australians became more assertive in the development of their own arts industries and influences; for example, the role of Bangarra Dance Theatre in advancing First Nations Australians’ cultures, beliefs, stories and concerns through dance and music
- discussing the significant movements for rights and freedom in the world, such as the US Civil Rights movement, the rights movement of First Nations Peoples of Australia, South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, women’s movements, LGBTQI+ movements and environmental movements
- investigating the rise of political and religious extremism, and the impact of the events of 11 September 2001 and the 2002 Bali bombings on immigration to Australia
- discussing the global debate over the use of nuclear energy from the 1960s to the present and its change over time, including arguments for and against its use as an alternative to fossil fuels, and the effects of nuclear disasters such as Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima Daiichi (2011)
- investigating the change in debate about climate change over time from the 1960s to the present
View on Australian Curriculum website
History 7-10 / Year 10
/ Skills
Curriculum content descriptions
analyse different and contested historical interpretations
(AC9HH10S07)
Elaborations
- exploring debates about the historical period or topic studied, such as the “Brisbane Line”, “reds under the bed” and McCarthyism
- identifying different interpretations and constructing an argument about which interpretation has the evidence to support it
- analysing how historians have changed the way they interpret the event under investigation over time, such as a change in view with the discovery of more sources
- constructing a historical argument that identifies different possibilities in interpretation, organising ideas to build an argument, presents a particular point of view with consistent reference to the evidence available, and uses evaluative language
View on Australian Curriculum website
History / Year 10
/ Historical Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions
The continuing nature of efforts to secure civil rights and freedoms in Australia and throughout the world, such as the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)
(ACDSEH143)
Elaborations
- identifying areas (for example, education, health, work) that are the focus for continued civil rights action for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
- investigating the legacy of children’s experiences in ‘care’ (their placement in orphanages, Children’s Homes, foster care and other forms of out-of-home care), and the significance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990)
View on Australian Curriculum website
The Conversation - Indigenous collection