Achievement standards

Knowledge and understanding

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evaluates the extent of change and continuity how it affected the lives of individuals and groups in different times and places evaluates the important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts analyses how different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments shaped people’s lives and actions in the past evaluates the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments at the time and to the contemporary world analyses the contestable nature of different interpretations and representations of events, movements and developments, and evaluates their usefulness in explaining the past	explains change and continuity and analyses how the lives of individuals and groups were affected in different times and places explains important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts explains the different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments that shaped people’s lives and actions in the past explains ideas, movements, events and developments and their significance at the time and to the contemporary world explains the contestable nature of different interpretations and representations of events, movements and developments and analyses their usefulness in explaining the past	describes change and continuity and the impact on the lives of individuals and groups describes important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts describes different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments shaping people’s lives describes ideas, movements, events and developments and their significance describes contested views of events, movements, developments and their usefulness in explaining the past	identifies change and continuity and how individuals and groups were affected identifies some causes of change and continuity in particular contexts identifies different responses to ideas, movements and developments describes ideas, movements, events and developments describes different interpretations and representations of past events	identifies how some aspects of the past changed and how others remained the same identifies why some aspects of the past changed and why others remained the same identifies responses to ideas, movements and developments identifies ideas, movements, events and developments identifies interpretations and representations of past events

Skills

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undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using relevant evidence based on a critical evaluation of reliable and useful sources critically evaluates alternative historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments with valid and sustained reasoning by synthesising relevant evidence from different sources, and by acknowledging alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas and coherent and sustained arguments using relevant evidence, appropriate language and accurate referencing	undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using relevant evidence based on an assessment of reliable and useful sources analyses different historical interpretations and representations selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments with valid reasoning by synthesising relevant evidence from different sources, and by acknowledging different interpretations communicates ideas and coherent arguments using relevant evidence, appropriate language and accurate referencing	undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using evidence from a range of appropriate sources explains different historical interpretations and representations using available evidence develops reasoned historical arguments using evidence from different sources, and with reference to some interpretations communicates ideas and arguments using appropriate language and accurate referencing	researches a historical inquiry and locates answers in sources identifies historical interpretations and representations develops historical accounts using evidence from a limited number of sources communicates a limited argument with referencing	researches a topic and locates answers identifies different viewpoints about the past recounts historical events communicates information with minimal referencing