Year 10 HASS

Semester 2 Outcomes

• By the end of Year 10, students refer to key events, the actions of individuals and groups, and beliefs and values to explain patterns of change and continuity over time.

• They analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and explain their relative importance.

• They explain the context for people’s actions in the past.

• Students explain the significance of events and developments from a range of perspectives.

• They explain different interpretations of the past and recognise the evidence used to support these interpretations.

• Students sequence events and developments within a chronological framework, and identify relationships between events across different places and periods of time.

• When researching, students develop, evaluate and modify questions to frame a historical inquiry.

• They process, analyse and synthesise information from a range of primary and secondary sources and use it as evidence to answer inquiry questions.

• Students analyse sources to identify motivations, values and attitudes.

• When evaluating these sources, they analyse and draw conclusions about their usefulness, taking into account their origin, purpose and context.

• They develop and justify their own interpretations about the past.

• Students develop texts, particularly explanations and discussions, incorporating historical argument.

• In developing these texts and organising and presenting their arguments, they use historical terms and concepts, evidence identified in sources, and they reference these sources.