Length: Semester

Recommended background: Successful completion of Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)

Content:

During this semester, students will study units based on both the History and Geography sections of the Australian Curriculum.

Year 9 Geography has two units of study: Biomes and food security and Geographies of interconnections. Biomes and food security examines the biomes of the world, their alteration and significance as a source of food and fibre, and the environmental challenges and constraints on expanding food production in the future. Geographies of interconnections focuses on investigating how people, through their choices and actions, are connected to places throughout the world in a wide variety of ways, and how these connections help to make and change places and their environments.

Year 9 History provides a study of the history of the making of the modern world from 1750 to 1918. Students study an overview of the period which may include investigations into: industrialisation, nationalism and imperialism, the colonisation of Australia as part of the expansion of European power and World War I.

Assessment:

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards as outlined in the Subject Outline. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. Students understanding and skills will be assessed through a variety of tasks that may include: information reports, sources analyses, expositions, infographics, inquiries, fieldwork and tests.