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• VCGGK134

  Environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • investigating the environmental constraints on agricultural production in Australia, such as soil moisture, water resources and soils, and the extent to which agricultural innovations have overcome them
  • investigating how high crop yields around the world (for example from wheat, rice and maize) are related to factors such as irrigation, accessibility, labour supply, landforms and agricultural technologies, such as high yielding varieties
  • using the concept of soil moisture budget to examine the spatial and seasonal quantity of soil moisture available for agriculture in different places in Australia

  VCGGK134 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Biomes and food security

• VCGGK037

  The connection of their family and peers to other places in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • investigating important local places and events and their connection to other places around the world
  • investigating places their family and peers have visited or are connected to in the world

  VCGGK037 | The Humanities | Geography | Level C | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGK051

  The connection of their school and local community to other places in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • investigating how local celebrations and events link to places in the world
  • exploring the location of places people have visited

  VCGGK051 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCHHK145

  Causes of World War II and the reasons why Australians enlisted to go to war

  Elaborations

  • analysing the long term causes and short term triggers of World War II, for example, the outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations, the rise of Hitler and Japan’s imperial ambitions

  VCHHK145 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Australia at war (1914 – 1945): World War II

• VCHHK136

  Patterns of continuity and change and their effects on influencing movements of people, ways of life and living conditions, political and legal institutions, and cultural expression around the turn of the twentieth century

  Elaborations

  • Australia
    • using sources to examine the living and working conditions in Australia around the turn of the twentieth century (that is 1900)
    • identifying the main features of housing, sanitation, transport, education and industry that influenced living and working conditions in Australia
    • describing the impact of the gold rushes in the hinterland on the development of ‘Marvellous Melbourne’
  • 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 how increasing foreign influence and imperialism was challenging and changing Imperial China and society through trade, railway networks, missionaries, foreign concessions in cities such as Shanghai
    • describing how increasing trade, modernisation expansions and nationalism in Japan were influencing change to everyday life in Japan, the fall of the Shogun and the Meiji Restoration

  VCHHK136 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The making of the modern world | Australia and Asia

• Civics and Citizenship: Levels 5 and 6 description

  The Level 5 and 6 curriculum introduces students to the key values of Australia’s liberal democratic system of government and the key institutions of Australia’s democratic government, including state/territory and federal parliaments, and the court system. Students learn about representative...

  Level description | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship

• History: Level B description

  Personal and Present Family History

  The curriculum at Levels A to D provides a study of personal and family histories. Students learn about their own history and that of their family; this may include stories from different cultures and other parts of the world. As participants in their own history...

  Level description | The Humanities | History

• History: Level C description

  Personal and Recent Celebrations and History

  The curriculum at Levels A to D provides a study of personal and family histories. Students learn about their own history and that of their family; this may include stories from different cultures and other parts of the world. As participants in their...

  Level description | The Humanities | History

• History: Level D description

  Personal Past History

  The curriculum at Levels A to D provides a study of personal and family histories. Students learn about their own history and that of their family; this may include stories from different cultures and other parts of the world. As participants in their own history, students...

  Level description | The Humanities | History

• VCEBC005

  Consider the effect that the consumer and financial decisions of individuals may have on themselves, their family, the broader community and the natural, economic and business environment

  Elaborations

  • exploring how a decision to buy an item affects the family, for example, ‘Did the family have to put off buying another item to have this one?’ or 'Does what my family buys in the supermarket affect what businesses might sell or produce?'
  • explaining the benefits to themselves and their family of having savings and/or a strategy for saving
  • investigating whether buying at the local supermarket helps the local community
  • considering if their actions have an effect on the environment, for example, does choosing to use recycling shopping bags have an effect on the natural environment?

  VCEBC005 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 5 and 6 | Consumer and Financial Literacy

• VCHHK063

  The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past

  Elaborations

  • using the internet, newspapers, community information guides and local knowledge to identify and list the people and places promoted as being of historic interest in the local community
  • suggesting reasons for the location of a local landmark before searching for resources that provide an explanation
  • using books, newspapers, oral histories, audio visual material, digital sources, letters, photographs to investigate the history of a chosen person, building, site or landmark in the local community and relating a story these sources reveal about the past

  VCHHK063 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCEBR003

  Identify types of resources (natural, human, capital) and explore the ways societies use them in order to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations

  Elaborations

  • brainstorming resources that are used in their school and categorising them as natural (water, coal, oil), human (workers, business owners, designing, making, thinking) and capital (tools, machines, technologies)
  • listing the needs and wants of a local community and exploring the ways resources are allocated to meet these needs and wants

  VCEBR003 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 5 and 6 | Resource Allocation and Making Choices

• VCGGK116

  Different types of landscapes and their distinctive landform features

  Elaborations

  • identifying different types of landscapes, such as coastal, riverine, arid, mountain and karst, and describing examples from around the world, including Antarctica
  • identifying some iconic landforms in Australia and the world, and describing what makes them iconic
  • exploring the names, meanings and significance of landform features from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander perspective

  VCGGK116 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Landforms and landscapes

• VCHHK143

  Significance of World War I to Australia’s international relationships in the twentieth century, with particular reference to the Britain, the USA and Asia

  Elaborations

  • evaluating how the war strengthened the bond of Australia with Britain and the British Empire

  VCHHK143 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Australia at war (1914 – 1945): World War I

• VCHHK150

  Different historical interpretations and contested debates about World War II and the significance of Australian commemoration of war

  Elaborations

  • analysing the contest debate over the Battle for Australia 1942 and its commemoration since 2008 Battle for Australia Day

  VCHHK150 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Australia at war (1914 – 1945): World War II

• 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

• VCHHK144

  Different historical interpretations and contested debates about World War I and the significance of Australian commemorations of the war

  Elaborations

  • investigating the ideals associated with the Anzac tradition and how and why World War I is commemorated within Australian society
  • evaluating the fairness of the post war treaties on Axis powers

  VCHHK144 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Australia at war (1914 – 1945): World War I

• The Humanities | Economics and Business: Structure

  Economics and Business is organised by six strands. Throughout these strands the study of economics and business issues, events and business case studies form an integral component of the curriculum. The content is intended to be taught through relevant contexts, which will help students make...

  Overview material | Economics and Business

• History: Foundation to Level 2 description

  Personal and Community Histories

  In Foundation to Level 2, students study personal, family and local history. Students learn about their own history and that of their family, including stories from different cultures and other parts of the world. As participants in their own history, students develop...

  Level description | The Humanities | History

• VCGGC071

  Identify and describe the characteristics of places in different locations at a range of scales

  Elaborations

  • identifying the major natural features of Australia, such as rivers, deserts, rainforests, the Great Dividing Range and the Great Barrier Reef and describing them with annotations on a map
  • researching the main types of natural vegetation and native animals in a climate zone in Australia and comparing them with those found in a similar climate in Africa or South America
  • identifying and locating examples of the main climatic types in Australia and the world, for example, equatorial, tropical, arid, semi-arid, temperate and Mediterranean
  • discussing the similarities and differences in the types of work and other activities people do in their own place with a different type of place in Australia and a place in another country

  VCGGC071 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 3 and 4 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection