AC9HH9K20
Official content description
the causes and effects of European contact, including colonialisation, on an Asian society
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What Year 9 HASS students should achieve
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- They explain the effects of human activity on environments, and the effects of environments on human activity.
- Students develop and modify questions to investigate an economic and business issue.
- Students analyse strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge using environmental, social or economic criteria.
- Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and digital tools as appropriate to develop descriptions, explanations and responses that acknowledge research findings.
- Students identify and evaluate the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action.
- Students develop a range of questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge.
The Knowledge and understanding progression either side of AC9HH9K20
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Taught before · Year 8
- AC9HH8K01the 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
- 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
Builds towards · Year 10
- AC9HH10K01the causes, outbreak and course of World War II and the significance of Australian involvement
- AC9HH10K02the places where Australians fought, and their perspectives and experiences during World War II, such as the fall of Singapore, prisoners of war (POWs), the Battle of Britain and Kokoda
- AC9HH10K03the significant events and turning points of World War II, including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb
Other Year 9 Knowledge and understanding codes
- 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
- AC9HH9K03the causes and effects of European contact and extension of settlement, including their impact on the First Nations Peoples of Australia
- AC9HH9K04significant events, ideas, people, groups and movements in the development of Australian society
- AC9HH9K05continuities and changes and their effects on ways of life and living conditions, political and legal institutions, and cultural expression around the turn of the 20th century in Australian society
- AC9HH9K06different experiences and perspectives of colonisers, settlers and First Nations Australians and the impact of these experiences on changes to Australian society's ideas, beliefs and values
- AC9HH9K07the development of Australian society in relation to other nations in the world by 1914, including the effects of ideas and movements of people
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