AC9HH8K01
Official content description
the transformation of the ancient world to the early modern world, from the decline of the Roman Empire in western Europe through Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe
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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 Knowledge and understanding progression either side of AC9HH8K01
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Taught before · Year 7
- AC9HH7K01theories and historical interpretations about early human evolution and migration, such as the theory that people moved out of Africa and the causes of migration to other parts of the world, including Australia
- AC9HH7K02theories about the causes and effects of the arrival of early First Nations Australians on the Australian continent and their migration routes across the continent
- AC9HH7K03how First Nations Australians are the world’s oldest continuing cultures, displaying evidence of both continuity and change over deep time
Builds towards · Year 9
- AC9HH9K01the causes and effects of European imperial expansion and the movement of peoples in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the different responses to colonisation and migration
- AC9HH9K014the changing population movements and settlement patterns during the period 1750 to 1900
- AC9HH9K02the key social, cultural, economic and political changes and their significance in the development of Australian society during the period
Other Year 8 Knowledge and understanding codes
- AC9HH8K02the roles and relationships of different groups in Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe
- AC9HH8K03a significant event, development, turning point or challenge that contributed to continuity and change in Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe
- AC9HH8K04the experiences and perspectives of rulers and of subject peoples, and the interaction between power and/or authority in Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe
- AC9HH8K05the role and achievements of a significant individual and/or group in Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe
- AC9HH8K06interpretations about an event, individual, group, institution or movement in Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe
- AC9HH8K07the significant social, religious, cultural, economic, environmental and/or political features of different groups related to the empire and/or expansion
- AC9HH8K08a significant event, development, turning point or challenge that contributed to continuity and change related to the empire and/or expansion
- AC9HH8K09the experiences and perspectives of rulers and of subject peoples, and how the interaction between power and/or authority relates to the empire and/or expansion
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