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Achievement Standard History Year 10

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 …

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH107

explaining the race to build the atomic bomb (by Germany, Japan, the US) and why the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Elaboration ACDSEH108

explaining the significance of Kokoda as the battle that halted the Japanese advance on Port Moresby and helped foster the Anzac legend

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH145

explaining the reasons for changes in government policy (for example, the influence of White Australia ideology at the time of the introduction of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901; the Displaced Persons Scheme in the aftermath of World War II)

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH126

explaining the significance of ideas about the environment (for example, Gaia – the interaction of Earth and its biosphere; limits of growth – that unlimited growth is unsustainable; sustainability – that biological systems need to remain diverse and …

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH127

explaining the struggle over French nuclear weapon testing in the Pacific 1966–1996 (for example, the sinking of the ship, the Rainbow Warrior, in 1985)

Elaboration ACDSEH128

explaining the responses of governments and organisations to environmental threats (for example, New Zealand’s anti-nuclear policy, the United States’ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 1980 (CERCLA), Australia’s first …

Elaboration ACHHS182

placing in sequence the main events of the Freedom Rides campaigns in the United States and Australia and explaining the links between the two campaigns

Elaboration (1) ACHHS187

explaining the context of a source such as the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) and the significance of that context in understanding responses to the report (with varying perspectives)

Elaboration ACHHS188

combining historical data from a range of sources to identify and explain the impact of World War II

Elaboration ACHHS190

analysing the views of men and women at different times regarding gender equality in Australia and explaining how these views might reflect changing values and attitudes

Elaboration (1) ACHHS191

explaining the enthusiasm of young people for the 1957 rock’n’roll tours of Australia and the opposition of older generations, as reflected in the sources

Elaboration (1) ACHHS192

explaining the significance of the fall of Singapore (1942) in the changes in Australia’s military alliances and use of troops during World War II, using a range of sources (for example, accounts of prisoners of war, commanders such as General Gordon …

Elaboration ACHHS193

designing a poster that outlines the main arguments against French nuclear testing in the Pacific and explaining the nature and reliability of the sources used to construct the poster

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