AC9HH9S08
Official content description
create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge evidence from sources
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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 Skills progression either side of AC9HH9S08
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Taught before · Year 8
Builds towards · Year 10
- AC9HH10S01develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry
- AC9HH10S02locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in a historical inquiry
- AC9HH10S03identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources
Other Year 9 Skills codes
- AC9HH9S01develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry
- AC9HH9S02locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry
- AC9HH9S03identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources
- AC9HH9S04explain the usefulness of primary and secondary sources, and the reliability of the information as evidence
- AC9HH9S05analyse cause and effect, and evaluate patterns of continuity and change
- AC9HH9S06compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values
- AC9HH9S07analyse different and contested historical interpretations
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