A student	Learns to	Learns about	Reflects on	Overview, resources, assessment
Skills	Use complex terms and concepts as they apply to historical issues and forces Use knowledge or word origins to define specialised and abstract historical terms Describe how language and graphic features influence how a source is interpreted Identify and contrast different accounts of the same events or issue and give possible explanations	The Depression Popular culture   Architectural innovation   Urban development	Aspects of active and informed citizenship	Overview Students are taken on a guided tour of the Ritz Theatre and the Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator. In exploring these heritage places they consider past events, lifestyles and continuity and change over time. Resources Worksheets: based on activities Other printable resources: glossary of terms and concepts chronologies Link to existing resources: Twentieth Century Heritage Society State Heritage Index Assessment Activities formative
Targeted 5.14 Explains the meaning, purpose and context of historical sources in order to deduce their usefulness for the purposes of an inquiry
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.8 Compares and contrasts the social and cultural experiences of different people at various times
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops an appreciation of environments and a sense of responsibility for their future

 Defence and Security — geography

 

A student	Learns to	Learns about	Reflects on	Overview, resources, assessment
Skills	Ask questions to explain the meaning, purpose, context of historical sources Make deductions about the usefulness of sources for the purpose of a specific historical inquiry Plan historical research to suit the purpose of a task, with limited guidance Identify and extract relevant and useful information from increasingly challenging sources Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes Make judgements about the usefulness of information	Relations with the USA and England   Defence of Australia (including occupation of the built environment)   Aspects of the homefront (including experiences in POW camps)	Aspects of active and informed citizenship Aspects of a just society Intercultural understanding	Overview Wartime encounters at the Grace Building and at Cowra POW Camp form the basis of a study into the ways history is recorded and interpreted. Students use different sources to view homefront incidents from different perspectives. Research activity: Resources Worksheets: based on activities other printable resources: glossary of terms and concepts chronologies link to existing resources: Cowra Breakout kit D. Hobson’s oral history project State Heritage Index Assessment Activities formative summative
Targeted 5.17 Defines the purpose of a historical investigation and plans and conducts appropriate research, with some independence
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.6 Explains political events and evaluates their impact on civic life in Australia
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops skills to participate in society in an informed way as individuals or members of groups

Advancing economically — geography

 

A student	Learns to	Learns about	Reflects on	Overview, resources, assessment
Skills	Plan historical research to suit the purpose of a task with limited guidance Locate historical information from a wide variety of written, oral, audio-visual and multimedia resources Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes Make judgements about the usefulness of materials Select a form of communication appropriate to purpose and audience Evaluate the effectiveness of own and others communication with greater autonomy	The Depression   Workers’ rights (including trade unions and communism)   Industrial development (including technological innovation)   Environmental issues	Aspects of active and informed citizenship Aspects of a just society Ecological sustainability	Overview Students use historical evidence linked to the industrial sites of Richmond Main Colliery and Glennifer Brae to explore the social and political implications of workers’ activism. Action-based research: Resources Worksheets: based on activities Other printable resources: glossary of terms and concepts chronologies link to existing resources: The history and evolution of the Greta coalfields CD-Rom) State Heritage Index Assessment Activities formative summative
Targeted 5.19 Creates well-structured texts using evidence to describe, recount, explain, argue, challenge and discuss increasingly complex problems and issues
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.12 Accounts for how and why the rights and freedoms of various groups in Australian society have changed
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops concerns for the welfare, rights and dignity of all people

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