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Achievement Standard History Year 9

By the end of Year 9, students refer to key events and the actions of individuals and groups to explain patterns of change and continuity over time. They analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and make judgements about their importance. …

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH017

explaining changes in technology (for example, steam-driven spinning mills, railways and steam ships) which led to factories and cities

Elaboration ACDSEH019

explaining why an idea emerged and the basis of that idea (for example, egalitarianism — being judged on merit rather than by birth or past deeds)

Elaboration ACDSEH087

explaining responses to particular ideas (for example, how religious groups responded to ideas in Charles Darwin’s 1859 book On the Origin of Species or how workers responded to the idea of capitalism or socialism)

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH018

explaining the role of the Industrial Revolution in creating a growing need for labour and transportation

Elaboration ACDSEH020

explaining the effects of contact (for example, the massacres of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; their killing of sheep; the spread of European diseases) and categorising these effects as either intended or unintended

Elaboration ACDSEH091

explaining the factors that contributed to federation and the development of democracy in Australia, including the role of key individuals, defence concerns, the 1890s depression, nationalist ideals and egalitarianism

Elaboration (4) ACDSEH096

explaining the treatment of people of German descent during the war (for example, their classification as ‘enemy aliens’ and placement in internment camps, as well as their depiction in government propaganda)

Elaboration ACHHS169

explaining the contextual significance of a source, such as Frank Hurley’s World War I photos, and identifying the purpose of Hurley’s creation of composite photos

Elaboration (1) ACHHS173

examining different accounts of eighteenth-century journeys to Australia (for example, ships’ logs; diaries; recorded testimonies of male and female convicts, and officers; and explaining the variations in perspective which can lead to different historical …

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