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• Economics and Business: Levels 9 and 10 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 10, students describe how resources are allocated and distributed in the Australian economy and the way economic performance is measured. They provide explanations for variations in economic performance and standards of living within and between economies. Students explain...

  Level description | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 9 and 10

• Economics and Business: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students consider how the Australian economy is performing and the importance of its interactions and relationships with the Asia region and the global economy in achieving growth and prosperity. This includes the significance of trading relationships in supporting prosperous...

  Level description | The Humanities | Economics and Business

• History: Levels 9 and 10 description

  The Making of the Modern World and Australia

  In Levels 9 and 10, students study the making of the modern world from 1750 to 1918 and the modern world and Australia from 1918–present. It covers the period of industrialisation and rapid change in the ways people lived, worked and thought, the...

  Level description | The Humanities | History

• VCCCC038

  Examine the influence of a range of media, including social media, in shaping identities and attitudes to diversity and how ideas about Australian identity may be influenced by global events

  Elaborations

  • analysing how media represent different groups in Australian society and assessing the impact those representations have on community cohesiveness, for example, a human rights campaign that uses social media
  • examining stories of how Australian citizens' perspectives on their role in the global community have been influenced by their experiences of living and working in other countries
  • debating the concepts of ‘global identity’ and ‘global citizenship’ and their implications for Australian citizens

  VCCCC038 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 9 and 10 | Citizenship, Diversity and Identity

• VCEBR021

  Identify and explain the indicators of economic performance and examine how Australia’s economy is performing

  Elaborations

  • identifying and explaining indicators of economic performance such as economic growth rates, unemployment rates, inflation rates, sustainability indexes, business confidence, human development index, liveability, and the world happiness report
  • investigating the performance of the Australian economy using key indicators to form a conclusion

  VCEBR021 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 9 and 10 | Resource Allocation and Making Choices

• VCEBR022

  Explain the links between economic performance and living standards, including the variations that exist within and between economies, and give reasons for the possible causes of variations

  Elaborations

  • comparing Australia’s resource base with another economy and exploring how this may influence trading relationships, for example, why does a particular economy manufacture electronic goods, while another focuses on mining?
  • locating a range of products in the local shopping centre that were produced overseas, and proposing reasons why they were not produced in Australia
  • mapping the global supply chain for a product to identify the participants in the chain
  • defining ‘living standards’, discussing why it is considered the ultimate goal for economic activity and explaining its relationship to economic performance
  • investigating economic performance and living standards and discussing how they can mean different things to different people and countries
  • investigating the ways living standards can be measured, for example, gross domestic product (GDP), Human Development Index (HDI) or total quality of life index
  • identifying policy options designed to improve living standards, such as education, training and workforce development, taxation, migration, government spending on health and infrastructure, environmental policies

  VCEBR022 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 9 and 10 | Resource Allocation and Making Choices

• VCEBW026

  Examine the roles and responsibilities of participants in the changing Australian or global workplace

  Elaborations

  • exploring emerging global needs and related opportunities in the workplace
  • identifying the responsibilities of various participants in a particular workplace, for example, employers, employees, industrial organisations or state, territory and the Commonwealth government
  • examining changes to the roles of employees in the workplace, for example, the increasing encouragement for workers to show initiative or act as intrapreneurs
  • identifying employer responsibilities to workers and the government, for example, superannuation, paid parental leave, income tax, company tax or the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
  • discussing the responsibilities of government in improving the conditions of workers, for example, occupational health and safety, and anti-discrimination laws

  VCEBW026 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 9 and 10 | Work and Work Futures

• VCEBW025

  Research the way the work environment is changing in contemporary Australia and analyse the implications for current and future work

  Elaborations

  • researching current trends in the types of work available, the changes occurring, and the implications for future employment
  • analysing how technology, globalisation and sustainability have affected the way we work
  • investigating a range of occupations and the skills and dispositions required in different fields

  VCEBW025 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 9 and 10 | Work and Work Futures

• VCGGC129

  Identify, analyse and explain significant interconnections within places and between places over time and at different scales, and evaluate the resulting changes and further consequences

  Elaborations

  • evaluating the effects of international demand for food products on biodiversity throughout the world, in the places of their production
  • using the concept of a system to examine the interconnections between biophysical processes and the human actions, and their underlying causes, that generate environmental change, together with the consequences of these changes
  • identifying the biomes in Australia and overseas that produce some of the foods and plant material people consume and ways that the production of food and fibre has altered some biomes through, for example, vegetation clearance
  • examining how a person’s wellbeing is influenced by where they live, with reference to at least two different scales in a country of the Asia region
  • exploring how transport networks operate to connect people to services, including how supply chain logistics influence these connections

  VCGGC129 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGC132

  Analyse and evaluate data, maps and other geographical information using digital and spatial technologies and Geographical Information Systems as appropriate, to develop identifications, descriptions, explanations and conclusions that use geographical terminology

  Elaborations

  • constructing a graph to show the relationship between growth in world population and world food production
  • comparing maps showing transport networks with survey responses on personal mobility
  • analysing environmental change, such as the clearance of vegetation or a plan for a vegetation corridor, using topographic maps and satellite images
  • identifying the relevant layers of a Geographical Information System and using them to investigate how they can portray and analyse demographic, economic and environmental data, and investigating the use of GIS by organisations.
  • testing conclusions by considering alternative points of view about an area of investigation and providing a response using as organisers at least two of the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change

  VCGGC132 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGC127

  Predict changes in the characteristics of places over time and identify the possible implications of change for the future

  Elaborations

  • researching the potential of agricultural production in northern Australia
  • discussing the effects of people's cultural and leisure choices on towns and cities or heritage areas. For example, predicting how changing choices may affect these and other places in the future
  • evaluating the effects of international demand for food products on biodiversity throughout the world, in the places of their production
  • identifying trends in human wellbeing in countries over time

  VCGGC127 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGK153

  Issues affecting the development of places and their impact on human wellbeing, drawing on a study from a developing country or region in Africa, South America or the Pacific Islands

  Elaborations

  • evaluating relationships between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita over time and trends in measures of wellbeing in the selected country or region

  VCGGK153 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Geographies of human wellbeing

• VCGGK144

  Different types and distribution of environmental changes and the forms it takes in different places

  Elaborations

  • creating a map to show measures of environmental change, using a spatial technologies application
  • examining spatial data and information on desertification affecting drylands
  • describing and analysing a global map showing access to safe water and investigating differences in water pollution in different places

  VCGGK144 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Environmental change and management

• VCGGK143

  Effects of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices on places, and the implications for the future of these places

  Elaborations

  • investigating the global growth of tourism and its likely effects on the future of places
  • discussing the effects of people's cultural and leisure choices on towns and cities or heritage areas. For example, predicting how changing choices may affect these and other places in the future

  VCGGK143 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Geographies of interconnection

• VCGGK138

  Challenges in feeding the current and projected populations of Australia and the world, and responses to these challenges

  Elaborations

  • examining the effects of anticipated future population growth on global food production and security, and its implications for agriculture and agricultural innovation
  • researching the potential of agricultural production in northern Australia
  • identifying how poverty, food wastage, government policies and trade barriers could affect future food security
  • applying an understanding of the functioning of natural and agricultural ecosystems to investigate ways of making Australian agriculture more sustainable
  • examining a contemporary geographical issue related to food production and security and debating alternative responses that consider environmental, economic and social factors

  VCGGK138 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Biomes and food security

• VCGGK151

  Reasons and consequences for spatial variations in human wellbeing on a regional scale within India or another country of the Asia region; and on a local scale in Australia

  Elaborations

  • examining spatial data on human wellbeing in India to identify the regions with different levels of wellbeing, identifying patterns and debating explanations of the differences
  • examining how a person’s wellbeing is influenced by where they live, with reference to at least two different scales in a country of the Asia region
  • researching spatial differences in the wellbeing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population across Australia, and the extent to which these differences depend on how wellbeing is measured
  • explaining the spatial pattern of human wellbeing in Australia at a local scale, such as within a city or region, and its causes

  VCGGK151 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Geographies of human wellbeing

• VCGGK150

  Interconnecting causes of spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing

  Elaborations

  • investigating the locational, economic, social, technological, political and or environmental causes of inequalities in wellbeing between countries
  • examining and explaining differences in indicators by gender between countries
  • investigating the interrelationships between the rate of population growth and human wellbeing in countries
  • examining how the possession of natural resources, such as minerals can affect wellbeing in a country

  VCGGK150 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Geographies of human wellbeing

• 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

• VCHHC126

  Identify and evaluate patterns of continuity and change in the development of the modern world and Australia

  Elaborations

  • using sources of evidence (perspectives and interpretations) to identify continuity and changes during Australia at the turn of the twentieth century
  • using chronologies to observe and identify patterns where changes or continuities have occurred during the Industrial Revolution, way of living and political conditions and Australia after World War II.
  • identifying the significant changes during the Industrial Revolution and rank them in order of significance. Explain ranking and discuss differences
  • organising changes of everyday life into conditional factors and/or rank them according to the significance of the change
  • describing and explaining change such as the quality of change, the types of change, and the impact of change

  VCHHC126 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• 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