AC9HC8S01
Official content description
develop questions to investigate Australia’s political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues
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What Year 8 HASS students should achieve
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- Students identify ways in which Australians express different aspects of their identity and explain perspectives on Australia’s national identity.
- They describe the roles of political parties and elected representatives in Australian government.
- They sequence events and developments to explain causes and effects, and patterns of continuity and change across societies and time periods.
- They interpret information and data to identify economic and business issues and trends, and describe economic cause-and-effect relationships.
- They describe the effects of human activity or hazards on environments.
- They explain how these interconnections change places or environments.
The Skills progression either side of AC9HC8S01
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Taught before · Year 7
- AC9HC7S01develop questions to investigate Australia’s political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues
- AC9HC7S02locate, select and organise information, data and ideas from different sources
- AC9HC7S03analyse information, data and ideas about political, legal or civic issues to identify and explain differences in perspectives and potential challenges
Builds towards · Year 9
- AC9HC9S01develop and modify questions to investigate Australia’s political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues
- AC9HC9S02locate, select and compare information, data and ideas from a range of sources
- AC9HC9S03analyse information, data and ideas about political, legal or civic issues to identify and evaluate differences in perspectives and interpretations
Other Year 8 Skills codes
- AC9HC8S02locate, select and organise information, data and ideas from different sources
- AC9HC8S03analyse information, data and ideas about political, legal or civic issues to identify and explain differences in perspectives and potential challenges
- AC9HC8S04explain the methods or strategies related to making decisions about civic participation
- AC9HC8S05create descriptions, explanations and arguments using civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts and terms that reference evidence
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