Australian Curriculum Connections Years 9 & 10

Australian Curriculum Connections Years 9 & 10

History

  • Explore the impact of industrialisation on the living and working conditions of a group of people (An Australian experience: The Melbourne Story, Little Lon, Marvellous Melbourne, Boom and Bust)
  • Identify features of a period (1890s) in the way of life of a group of people.
  • Consolidate understanding of the period

English

  • Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse texts
  • Understand that authors innovate with text structures and language for specific purposes and effects
  • Explore and explain the combinations of language and visual choices that authors make to present information and perspectives in different texts

The Arts

  • Evaluate displays from different cultures, time and places
  • Use historical and conceptual explanations to critically reflect
  • Increase exposure to the study of art history (political and social conditions)