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• VCHHC068

  Describe perspectives of people from the past

  Elaborations

  • creating and editing a presentation to record and explain the past using, for example, text, images and sounds
  • recounting the experiences of an individual based on researched facts, for example, a biography, diary or journal of a navigator or convict on the First Fleet
  • creating charts, pictorial stories, maps, digital and oral presentations to explain the past

  VCHHC068 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHK139

  Causes of World War I, the reasons why men enlisted to go to war, and how women contributed in the war effort

  Elaborations

  • creating a concept map to analyse the causes of World War I
  • investigating the rise of nationalist sentiment as well as the values and attitudes towards war in the period 1750–1918, for example idealistic notions of war or sense of adventure

  VCHHK139 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Australia at war (1914 – 1945): World War I

• VCHHC121

  Sequence significant events in chronological order to support analysis of the causes and effects of these events and identify the changes they brought about

  Elaborations

  • creating a timeline that identifies the significant events or individuals across the period 1750-1918 and observe and discuss patterns of causation and change and/or identifying parts of the world that were involved in, or affected by, those events
  • developing an argument using historical sources and perspectives about the effects of the Industrial Revolution on changing living and working conditions, including within Australia society in the 19th Century
  • placing in sequence the main events of the Freedom Rides campaigns in the United States and Australia and explaining the links between the two campaigns
  • using interactive timelines to explore the various manifestations or effects of an event in different geographical locations
  • organising a range of primary sources and/or perspectives in chronological order to support the development of a historical argument about effects or changes

  VCHHC121 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHK115

  The significance and importance of conserving the remains and heritage of the past

  Elaborations

  • Egypt
    • explaining the role of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in identifying, protecting and preserving cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity
    • identifying past and current threats to ancient sites in Egypt. Examine ways to conserve these sites
  • Greece
    • explaining the role of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in identifying, protecting and preserving cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity
    • identifying past and current threats to ancient sites in Greece. Examine ways to conserve these sites
  • Rome
    • explaining the role of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in identifying, protecting and preserving cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity
    • identifying past and current threats to ancient sites from the Roman Empire. Examine ways to conserve these sites
  • India
    • explaining the role of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in identifying, protecting and preserving cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity
    • identifying past and current threats to ancient sites in India. Examine ways to conserve these sites
  • China
    • explaining the role of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in identifying, protecting and preserving cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity
    • identifying past and current threats to ancient sites in from Early China. Examine ways to conserve these sites

  VCHHK115 | The Humanities | History | Levels 7 and 8 | Historical Knowledge | Ancient world and early civilisations – 60 000 BC (BCE) – c.650 AD (CE)

• VCHHK130

  Causes of population movements and settlement patterns during this period and the significant changes to the way of life of groups of people

  Elaborations

  • describing the growth of cities as men, women and children moved to the cities to find employment
  • using photographs to investigate changes to the cities and landscape in European countries and Australia as the Industrial Revolution continued to develop
  • mapping the movement of peoples in the transatlantic slave trade or in convict transportation to Australia
  • explaining the role of the Industrial Revolution in creating a growing need for labour and transportation
  • evaluating the effects of the movement of peoples on the indigenous and immigrant populations

  VCHHK130 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The making of the modern world | Industrial Revolution (1750 – 1914)

• The Humanities | History: Structure

  History is organised by two strands: Historical Concepts and Skills and Historical Knowledge.

  Historical Concepts and Skills are fundamental to the discipline of history and provide a structure for the development of historical understanding. 

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  Overview material | History

• VCHHK064

  The significance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual importance

  Elaborations

  • discussing why a particular site has heritage significance/cultural value for present generations, for example, it provides a record of a significant historical event, has aesthetic value, reflects the community’s identity
  • identifying, in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and visiting (where appropriate) local sites, places and landscapes of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, for example, engraving sites, rock paintings, natural sites or features such as the Birragai rock shelter, creeks or mountains
  • identifying and designing a local historical tour of a site, for example, one related to a particular cultural group

  VCHHK064 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCHHC123

  Analyse and corroborate sources and evaluate their accuracy, usefulness and reliability

  Elaborations

  • developing a set of questions that support student’s analysis of sources
  • recognising the role of ICT in providing access to sources and the need to ask relevant questions of those sources, for example, a Google search for ‘significance of Kokoda’
  • identifying literal and symbolic features of sources and explain their purpose and inferences
  • understanding that the reliability and usefulness of a source depends on the questions asked of it, for example, an account may be one-sided and therefore of use in revealing past prevailing attitudes. Discuss the reliability and usefulness of Martin Luther King’s 1963 ‘I Have A Dream’ speech as a source to assist in understanding the aims and motivations of the US Civil Rights movement
  • corroborating a range of historical sources identifying similarities, differences and inconsistencies

  VCHHC123 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC057

  Identify the significance of a person and/or place in the local community

  Elaborations

  • describing a significant person or place from their community’s past, for example, a short report on a building of significance describing when, where, why, who built it, and why it is valued, or a biography on a significant individual
  • identifying place and street names in the local community and discovering their origin and meaning, for example, names that are linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, such as Eurobodalla National Park; historical events such as Deadman’s Creek, early settlers, and political, religious and social figures

  VCHHC057 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHC127

  Analyse the long term causes, short term triggers and the intended and unintended effects of significant events and developments

  Elaborations

  • using sources of evidence (perspectives and interpretations) identify causes and effects of the civil rights movement
  • using chronologies to observe and identify long term causes, short term triggers, turning points, short and long term effects of World War I and World War II
  • organising causes and effects of European settlement into a concept map
  • differentiating between intended and unintended effects.
  • using graphic organisers such as concept maps, causal spider webs, fishbone or ripple effect charts
  • analysing the multiplicity of causes and effects that may have a varying of influence and rank according to their significance and justify ranking
  • constructing an explanation using sources of evidence to support the analysis of a significant individual, event and/or cultural achievement

  VCHHC127 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Cause and effect

• VCHHK134

  Intended and unintended causes and effects of contact and extension of settlement of European power(s), including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • Australia
    • evaluating the effects of the movement of peoples on the indigenous and immigrant populations.
    • explaining the effects of contact, for example, the massacres of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; their killing of sheep; the spread of European diseases, frontier violence, and categorising these effects as either intended or unintended
    • investigating the forcible removal of children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in the late nineteenth century/early twentieth century (leading to the Stolen Generations), such as the motivations for the removal of children, the practices and laws that were in place, and experiences of separation
  • Asia
    • describing the British Raj and the forms of British influence in India, for example, the building of roads, an extensive railway network, schools and Christian missions
    • describing the causes of European imperialism in China and the effects of the Opium Wars, Taiping Rebellion in China
    • analysing the effects of Commodore Matthew Perry diplomatic mission to Japan to force open Japanese ports to American trade culminating in the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa 1954

  VCHHK134 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The making of the modern world | Australia and Asia

• VCHHC054

  Identify the content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places or events

  Elaborations

  • how the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media, and museums
  • engaging with the oral traditions, painting and music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and recognising that the past is communicated through stories passed down from generation to generation
  • sharing the story of an object from home, describing its importance to the family, for example, photographs, old toys, statues, medals, artwork, jewellery and creating a class museum
  • recognising that stories of the past may differ depending on who is telling them, for example, listening to stories about the same event related by two different people such as a mother and a grandmother

  VCHHC054 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC122

  Analyse and evaluate the broad patterns of change over the period 1750–present

  Elaborations

  • using data from immigration records and processing it using ICT to identify historical trends over time
  • explaining the nature and extent of the movement of peoples in the period (slaves, convicts and settlers) and the emergence and nature of significant economic, social and political ideas in the period, including nationalism
  • analysing the extent of European imperial expansion and different responses, including in the Asian region
  • evaluating the inter-war years between World War I and World War II, including the Treaty of Versailles, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
  • evaluating continuing efforts post-World War II to achieve lasting peace and security in the world, including Australia’s involvement in UN peacekeeping
  • analysing the major movements for rights and freedom in the world and evaluating the achievement of independence by former colonies
  • explaining the nature of the Cold War and Australia’s involvement in Cold War and post-Cold War conflicts (Korea, Vietnam, The Gulf Wars, Afghanistan), including the rising influence of Asian nations since the end of the Cold War
  • explaining developments in technology, public health, longevity and standard of living during the twentieth century, and concern for the environment and sustainability

  VCHHC122 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHC104

  Evaluate the role and achievement of a significant individual, development and/or cultural achievement that led to progress

  Elaborations

  • asking questions like 'what makes this individual, development or achievement significant?', 'who decides historical significance?', 'how do you decide?', 'how significant was it to people who lived at that time?', 'how many people were affected?', 'to what extent were people’s lives changed?', 'how long lasting were the consequences?', 'how can the consequences still be felt today?' and 'what is its legacy?'
  • outlining the significance of a past event, providing reasons for the event and referring to relevant sources of evidence
  • developing criteria to evaluate significance
  • ranking individuals, their achievements, events on order of significance and justify choices
  • creating a concept map ranking the significant individuals, events, causes, effects, changes of Ancient Egypt

  VCHHC104 | The Humanities | History | Levels 7 and 8 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHK065

  The effect of changing technology on people’s lives and their perspectives on the significance of that change

  Elaborations

  • examining changes in technology over several generations by comparing past and present objects and photographs, and discussing how these changes have shaped people’s lives, for example, changes to land, air and sea transport, the move from wood-fired stoves to gas/electrical appliances, the introduction of television, transistors, FM radio and digital technologies
  • identifying where the technology used in their grandparents’ childhoods was made compared with the technology they use today
  • examining the traditional toys used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to play and learn, for example, Arrernte children learn to play string games so they can remember stories they have been told
  • creating models of toys used by children who lived when electricity was not available

  VCHHK065 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Knowledge | Community histories