YEAR 10
CANNING VALE COLLEGE
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
AUST. CURRICLUM: GENERAL CAPABILITIES
 LITERACY
 NUMERACY
 ICT
 CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
 ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR
 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE
 INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
CROSS CURRICULAR PRIORITIES
 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT
ISLANDERS HISTORIES
 SUSTAINABLITY
 ASIA AND AUSTRALIA’S ENGAGEMENT
WITH ASIA
YEAR 10 SEMESTER ONE
HISTORY CONCEPTS
CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP CONCEPTS
Comparision Empathy Cause & Effect Perspectives Evidence
Impact Significance Contestability
HISTORY
The Modern World
and Australia:
Provides a study of the interwar years including
the Treaty of Versailles and the Great
Depression. Investigates World War two, in
especially the impact upon Australia. Then, our
rights and freedoms including Doc Evatt and
the United Nations, the 1967 Referendum,
Charles Perkins, The Freedom Rides and the
Stolen Generation.
WK
SEM 1
1
2
Constitution
Democracy
Dissent
Government
Safeguards
Participation
CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP
Justice at home and overseas
Students research Australia’s system of
Government and the separation of powers.
The nation’s roles and responsibilities at a
global level. Students also research the role
of the High Court and the constitution. And ,
the threats to democracy such as crime and
lawlessness.
CONTENT/ LEARNING ACITIVITES
ASSESSMENTS
History: The Modern World
Recap WW1 and discuss the Treaty of Versailles. Investigate what
it was like to live in the Roaring Twenties. Music, dance, dress, Quick Quiz
flappers, mafia, anarchists, prohibition and morality- The Scopes
Trial.
The Wall Street Crash/ The Great Depression 1929-1932.
Causes and consequences.
3
The rise of the Nazis. Adolf Hitler. National Socialism
versus Communism. Night of the Broken Glass. Hitler’s
Henchman.
Source Analysis 7%
4-5
Dictatorship : The Reichstag Fires, Night of the Long Knives the
Nuremberg Laws, Appeasement…. Causes of World War Two
6
Australia’s experiences – Battle of Britain, Kokoda,
Singapore…POW’s.
Impact of World War Two on Australia- rationing, women in
work, conscription, censorship, Labor values- Democratic
Socialism with John Curtin.
The use of the A bomb and the Jewish Holocaust of Europe.
Glossary/ mini test
Doc Evatt, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Stolen Generation/ Freedom Rides/ Charles Perkins
1962- right to Vote, 1967 Referendum, reconciliation, Eddie
Mabo and land rights.
Revision.
Unit test 4%
7
8
9
10
Essay- Causes of
World War Two
5.5%
Civics and Citizenship: Political and Legal System
11
14
The key features of Australia’s system of government.
Elections and separation of powers.
Australia’s roles and responsibilities at a global level. Foreign Aid.
Peacekeeping and the United Nations.
Role of the High Court. Interpreting our Constitution.
15
Exam Week – revision and 1.5 hour exam on History/ Civics
16
International agreements. Racial Discrimination Act.
12-13
17
18
The threats to Australian democracy. Organised crime,
corruption and lawlessness.
Research- Threats to Australian Democracy
19-20
Safeguards that protect our democratic system.
Role of Government
– short answer test
10%
Sem One EXAM –
8.5%
Organised crime –
research
- 15%
SEMESTER ONE ASSESSMENT OUTLINE: MODERN HISTORY AND CIVICS
TYPE
FOCUS
WEIGHT
TYPE
FOCUS
WEIGHT
Source
analysis
SKILLS
7%
EXTENDED
History
17 %
RESPONSE Essay- WW2 5.5%
Short Answer
10%
5.5%
Test Civics
COGNITIVE
12.5%
Unit Test
4%
EXAM
8.5%
RESEARCH
15%
TOTAL
Organised
Crime
15%
50%
YEAR 10
CANNING VALE COLLEGE
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
AUST. CURRICLUM: GENERAL CAPABILITIES
 LITERACY
 NUMERACY
 ICT
 CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
 ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR
 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE
 INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
CROSS CURRICULAR PRIORITIES
 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT
ISLANDERS HISTORIES
 SUSTAINABLITY
 ASIA AND AUSTRALIA’S ENGAGEMENT
WITH ASIA
YEAR 10 SEMESTER TWO
Geography concepts
Marine Development Spatial
Management
Sustainability Wellbeing
Impact
Economic Concepts
Inflation
Unemployment
Productivity
Finance
Migration Welfare
Consumers
GEOGRAPHY:
Environmental change and management and
Human Wellbeing
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS:
Economic Performance and Living
Standards
Environmental Change and Management focuses on
human induced changes that challenge sustainability
Human Wellbeing focuses on the differing ways we
measure wellbeing and development.
WK
The unit focuses on developing the links between
economic performance and living standards. It
investigates distribution of income, unemployment and
taxation. Explaining the factors that influence consumer
decisions and how businesses improve their
productivity.
Environmental Change and Human Well-being
ASSESSMENTS
SEM 2
1
Classification of different environments: Mapping those
environments.
Challenges to these environments. Sustainability.
Marine Environments.
2
Challenges to marine environment. Cultural / Physical.
Stakeholders and strategies.
3
Extended Response
7.5%
5
Evaluating sustainability strategies. Extended responses/ writing
skills. Mark marking key. Peer Edit. In class Extended response.
Spatial distribution of urban environment (UE)
Challenges to UE/ sustainability of UE
Mapping Skills
Case study India/ Perth
6
Compare/ Contrast- evaluate management strategies in groups.
Mapping skills and short answer test.
Mapping / Short
Answer
7.5%
4
7
8
What is Human Wellbeing? What are the indicators?
Source analysis. Mapping of Human Development.
Role of Governments, NGO’s…. Australia/ India
9
UN millennium goals.
Reasons for Spatial variations in Human well-being.
Issues affecting development / places.
Impact of Human wellbeing. Research.
10
Research for Report.
Global Human
Well-being Report
10%
Economic Performance and Living Standards
11
14
Indicators of Economic Performance
How is Australia’s economy performing? Compare to India’s.
What are the links between economic performance and living
standards?
Distribution of income. Unemployment and Taxation.
How do governments improve economic performance and living
standards? Productivity, Training, Migration and Regulation
Exam Revision.
15
Factors that influence major consumer and financial decisions.
16
The ways businesses organise themselves to improve
productivity. Training and technology.
Ways that businesses respond to improved economic conditions.
Research for presentation.
12
13
18-19
20
Unemployment
report 7.5%
Final Exam – 5%
ECONS /5%
Geography
Business research
7.5%
Presentations.
SEMESTER 2 ASSESSMENT OUTLINE: GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS
TYPE
FOCUS
WEIGHT
TYPE
FOCUS
WEIGHT
Mapping
test
Extended
SKILLS
7.5%
EXTENDED
7.5%
RESPONSE Response
7.5%
Sustainability
15%
COGNITIVE
TERM 3 Exam
10%
10%
RESEARCH
17.5%
Unemployment
Extended
answer
Human well
being
assessment
Business
research
TOTAL
7.5%
10%
7.5%
50%