History / Year 9 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding / Australia and Asia / Making a nation Key events and ideas in the development of Australian self-government and democracy, including women's voting rights. ACDSEH091
History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Chronology, terms and concepts Use historical terms and concepts. ACHHS165
History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Historical questions and research Identify and locate relevant sources, using ICT and other methods. ACHHS168
History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Analysis and use of sources Evaluate the reliability and usefulness of primary and secondary sources. ACHHS171
History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Perspectives and interpretations Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past. ACHHS172
History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Explanation and communication Develop texts, particularly descriptions and discussions that use evidence from a range of sources that are referenced. ACHHS174
History / Year 10 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding / Rights and freedoms / Rights and freedoms (1945 – the present) The origins and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including Australia’s involvement in the development of the declaration. ACDSEH023
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
History / Year 10 / Historical Skills / Chronology, terms and concepts Use historical terms and concepts. ACHHS183
History / Year 10 / Historical Skills / Historical questions and research Identify and locate relevant sources, using ICT and other methods. ACHHS186
History / Year 10 / Historical Skills / Analysis and use of sources Evaluate the reliability and usefulness of primary and secondary sources. ACHHS189
History / Year 10 / Historical Skills / Perspectives and interpretations Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past. ACHHS190
History / Year 10 / Historical Skills / Explanation and communication Develop texts, particularly descriptions and discussions that use evidence from a range of sources that are referenced. ACHHS192
English
English / Year 9 / Language / Text structure and organisation Understand that authors innovate with text structures and language for specific purposes and effects. ACELA1553
English / Year 9 / Literacy / Interacting with others Use interaction skills to present and discuss an idea and to influence and engage an audience by selecting persuasive language, varying voice tone, pitch, and pace, and using elements such as music and sound effects. ACELY1811
English / Year 9 / Literacy / Interpreting, analysing, evaluating Interpret, analyse and evaluate how different perspectives of issue, event, situation, individuals or groups are constructed to serve specific purposes in texts. ACELY1742
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse texts, comparing and evaluating representations of an event, issue, situation or character in different texts. ACELY1744
Explore and explain the combinations of language and visual choices that authors make to present information, opinions and perspectives in different texts. ACELY1745
English / Year 9 / Literacy / Creating texts Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that present a point of view and advance or illustrate arguments, including texts that integrate visual, print and/or audio features. ACELY1746
English / Year 10 / Language / Language for interaction Understand how language use can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and can empower or disempower people. ACELA1564
English / Year 10 / Literacy / Interacting with others Use organisation patterns, voice and language conventions to present a point of view on a subject, speaking clearly, coherently and with effect, using logic, imagery and rhetorical devices to engage audiences. ACELY1813
English / Year 10 / Literacy / Interpreting, analysing, evaluating Identify and analyse implicit or explicit values, beliefs and assumptions in texts and how these are influenced by purposes and likely audiences. ACELY1752
Use comprehension strategies to compare and contrast information within and between texts, identifying and analysing embedded perspectives, and evaluating supporting evidence. ACELY1754
English / Year 10 / Literacy / Creating texts Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues. ACELY1756
General capabilities
Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Ethical behaviour
Intercultural understanding
Personal and social capability
Information and communication technology capability
Cross-curriculum priotities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
