The Queensland SOSE Essential Learnings by the end of Year 9 Modern History Senior Syllabus 2004 Knowledge and understanding General Objectives Time, continuity and change Planning and using an historical research process Australian narratives and identities have been shaped by 20th century Forming historical knowledge through critical inquiry events including major conflicts, waves of immigration, social divisions and Communicating historical knowledge changes, and government relations with other nations In Modern History, the themes are as follows: Important ideas of democracy, government and law, citizenship rights and public decision making, and the concepts of power, dissent and civic duty, developed from ancient to modern times and from Eastern and Western cultures Culture and identity Cultural diversity in is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people Contact between cultures has produced movements to improve democratic participation and citizenship rights for specific groups Political and economic systems legal and justice systems are based on principles, including an Australia’s Structuring student inquiry independent judiciary, perform functions, including the protection of rights, The three major elements have been expressed as the general objectives and and use different types of law and courts. the criteria of the syllabus. Each of the elements involves significant processes Ways of working of inquiry. Through the inquiry processes students investigate five major identify a research focus from broad topics and design focus questions and aspects of any inquiry topic: sub-questions definitions plan investigations, using discipline-specific inquiry models and processes sources research and analyse data, information and evidence from primary and backgrounds, changes and continuities: motives and causes secondary sources effects, interests and arguments evaluate sources of data, information and evidence for relevance, reliability, reflections and responses. authenticity, purpose, bias and perspective
The Queensland SOSE Essential Learnings by the end of Year 9 Knowledge and understanding Time, continuity and change Australian narratives and identities have been shaped by 20th century events including major conflicts, waves of immigration, social divisions and changes, and government relations with other nations Important ideas of democracy, government and law, citizenship rights and public decision making, and the concepts of power, dissent and civic duty, developed from ancient to modern times and from Eastern and Western cultures Culture and identity Cultural diversity in is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people Contact between cultures has produced movements to improve democratic participation and citizenship rights for specific groups Political and economic systems Australia’s legal and justice systems are based on principles, including an independent judiciary, perform functions, including the protection of rights, and use different types of law and courts. Ways of working identify a research focus from broad topics and design focus questions and sub-questions plan investigations, using discipline-specific inquiry models and processes research and analyse data, information and evidence from primary and secondary sources evaluate sources of data, information and evidence for relevance, reliability, authenticity, purpose, bias and perspective Modern History Senior Syllabus 2004 General Objectives Planning and using an historical research process Forming historical knowledge through critical inquiry Communicating historical knowledge In Modern History, the themes are as follows: Structuring student inquiry The three major elements have been expressed as the general objectives and the criteria of the syllabus. Each of the elements involves significant processes of inquiry. Through the inquiry processes students investigate five major aspects of any inquiry topic: definitions sources backgrounds, changes and continuities: motives and causes effects, interests and arguments reflections and responses.