Year 10 Humanities

The aim of this course of study is to ensure that students have the opportunity to challenge themselves through their identified strength in literacy. Through historical content analysis, students will work on and develop key skills of; interpretation, perspectives, significance and empathy. Additionally, the course will facilitate student literacy growth through deep inquiry questions.   

What will students learn?

Students learn about significant events, the actions of individuals and groups, and beliefs and values to identify and evaluate the patterns of change and continuity over time. Students learn to analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and explain their significance. They will explain the context for people’s actions in the past and evaluate the significance of events, analysing the developments from a range of perspectives. They evaluate the 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. They locate and select historical sources and identify their origin, purpose and content features. Students explain the context of these sources to identify motivations, values and attitudes. They compare and contrast historical sources and evaluate their accuracy, usefulness and reliability.

Students analyse the different perspectives of people in the past and evaluate how these perspectives are influenced by the significant events, ideas, location, beliefs and values. They evaluate different historical interpretations and contested debates.

Students will construct and communicate an argument about the past using a range of reliable sources of evidence. In developing these texts and organising and presenting their arguments, they use historical terms and concepts, evidence identified in sources, and they use consistent referencing of these sources.

What will students do?

Experiences built into the course include indigenous cultural understanding, develop ideas and perspectives from historical content, analyse and synthesise ideas into a coherent written structure. Be provided with strategies and resources to enhance literacy growth. 

What will this lead to?

Academic Pathways

VCE; History, Geography, Legal Studies, Business Management, Global Politics, English & Literature

Duration: 3 periods per week for one semester

Head of Hummanities: Michelle Ladhams