Humanities
The Humanities provide a framework for students to examine the complex processes that have shaped the modern world and to investigate responses to different challenges including people’s interconnections with the environment.
In Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business, students explore the systems that shape society, with a specific focus on legal and economic systems. Students learn about Australia’s role in global systems, and are encouraged to appreciate democratic principles and to contribute as active, informed and responsible citizens. In History and Geography, students explore the processes that have shaped and which continue to shape different societies and cultures, to appreciate the common humanity shared across time and distance, and to evaluate the ways in which humans have faced and continue to face different challenges.
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Year 10 |
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Term 1 | Geography SPICESS. Weather and its disasters |
Geography Land forms and Landscapes |
Geography Biomes and Food Security | History Chronology of significant events since 1750; Civil Rights Movement,The Holocaust, Australians in Asia |
Term 2 | Geography Water in the World Economics Resource allocation and making choices Liveability and work |
Economics and business Costs and benefits Civics and Citizenship Government Laws and Rights |
Economics and business Companies and the share market Civics and citizenship How government manages they economy, |
History Australia in WW2, political crises, popular culture; the environment movement; migration experiences |
Term 3 | History Ancient civilisations: Ancient Australia; Ancient Greece Civics and citizenship Democracy |
History Medieval Europe |
History Making the modern world: Ideas and technology, industrial revolution; the discovery era |
Geography Human interaction with the environment; Environmental change and Management |
Term 4 | History Ancient Civilisations: China |
History Medieval Japan under the Shoguns; Renaissance Italy |
History Making the modern world: Global Conflict; Indigenous rights and freedoms |
Economics and Business Labour Markets and Business ideas Share market game |