IRENE MCCORMACK CATHOLIC COLLEGE SOCIAL SCIENCE

YEAR 10 COURSE 2 CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP/RIGHTS & FREEDOMS (HISTORY) PROGRAM 2018

OVERVIEW:In Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences consists of Civics and Citizenship, Economics and Business, Geography and History. In Year 10, students will study these on a rotational basis spending 8 weeks on each topic with a specialist teacher during Terms 1-3. In Term 4, all students will study the History World War Two topic.

Students develop increasing independence in critical thinking and skill application, which includes questioning, researching, analysing, evaluating, communicating and reflecting. They apply these skills to investigate events, developments, issues and phenomena, both historical and contemporary.

Students continue to build on their understanding of the concepts ofdemocracy,democratic values,justice, andrights and responsibilitiesby exploring Australia's roles and responsibilities at a global level and its international legal obligations. They inquire in to the values and practices that enable a resilientdemocracyto be sustained.

WEEK / WA CURRICULUM CONTENT DESCRIPTION / LESSON TOPICS / ASSESSMENT TASKS
1 / The origins and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including Australia's involvement in the development of the declaration (ACDSEH023)
Australia's roles and responsibilities at a global level (e.g. provision of foreign aid, peacekeeping, participation in international organisations, such as the United Nations) (ACHCK091) / Understanding of what the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is, when and why it was created and the contents of the declaration.
Understanding of the role of the United Nations and Australia’s participation in this organisation.
Explanation of how the UN provides foreign aid and peacekeeping.
2 / The international agreements Australia has ratified and examples of how they shapegovernmentpolicies and laws (e.g. the protection of World Heritage areas, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) (ACHCK093)
The US civil rights movement and its influence on Australia (ACDSEH105) / Understanding of the way in which Australia protects Human Rights and the international and national policies and laws that shape these.
Explanation of the background to the US Civil Rights movement and key events in this movement leading up to Freedom Rides and Washington March.
3 / The US civil rights movement and its influence on Australia (ACDSEH105) / Explanation of Martin Luther King Jnr’s passive resistance, the Freedom Rides and Washington March.
4 / The background to the struggle of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples for rights and freedoms before 1965, including the 1938 Day of Mourning and the Stolen Generations (ACDSEH104)
Methods used by civil rights activists to achievechangefor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and the role of one individual or group in the struggle (ACDSEH134) / Explanation of the treatment of Indigenous Australians at the hands
of European settlers including the Stolen Generations.
Understanding of the role of Charles Perkins and the Freedom Riders in campaigning for Indigenous civil rights.
5 / Thesignificanceof one of the following for the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: 1962 right to vote federally; 1967referendum; reconciliation; Mabo decision;Bringing Them Home Report (the Stolen Generations); the Apology (ACDSEH106)
Methods used by civil rights activists to achievechangefor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and the role of one individual or group in the struggle (ACDSEH134) / Explanation of the significance of the1967 Referendum.
Understanding of the role of Eddie Mabo, the Mabo Case and the significance of the Mabo Decision. / ASSESSMENT:
Civil Rights Assignment
(without notes)
6-7 / The role of the High Court, including interpreting the Constitution (ACHCK092)
The safeguards that protect Australia's democratic system and society, including shared values and the right to dissent within the bounds of the law (ACHCK094)
The threats to Australia's democracy and other democracies, such as the influence of vested interests, organised crime, corruption and lawlessness (ACHCK094) / Explanation of the role of the High Court in interpreting the Constitution.
Explanation of the safeguards in our political and legal system that protect our rights and freedoms. / ASSESSMENT:
TEST
7-8 / The key features and values of Australia's system of government (e.g. democratic elections, the separation of powers) compared with one other system of government in the Asia region, such as China, Japan, India or Indonesia (ACHCK090) / Understanding of the key features of Australia and Indonesia’s systems of government.
Comparison and contrast of Australia and Indonesia’s systems of government. / ASSESSMENT:
SEMESTER ONE AND TWO EXAMS