Social Sciences Year 10 History Extension Programme

DIFFERENTIATION IN HASS CURRICULUM – YEAR 10

All students are entitled to rigorous, relevant and engaging learning programs drawn from the Western Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences. Teachers take account of the range of their students' current levels of learning, strengths, goals and interests and make adjustments where necessary. In order to cater for the diverse needs of students across Western Australia and to personalise their learning, the skills required in understanding the curriculum content differ in each course. In Year 10, students have the opportunity to further develop the skills they developed in Year 9 in new contexts. These skills will be the focus of lesson activities and assessments in each course.

In the Year 10 Extension Course all Questioning and Researching, Analyis and Communicating and Reflecting skills are further reinforced and developed as in Course 3, with the addition of further development in Evaluation skills in order to prepare students for Senior Secondary courses including the skills of being able to:

Draw evidence‐based conclusions by evaluating information and/or data, taking into account ambiguities and multiple perspectives; to negotiate and resolve contentious issues; to propose individual and collective action in response to contemporary events, challenges, developments, issues, problems and/or phenomena

 Critically evaluate information and/or data and ideas from a range of sources to make generalisations and inferences; propose explanations for patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies; predict outcomes

Week / Content descriptions
Strand, sub-strand / Student Learning Statements / Learning Activities/
Teaching and Learning Program / Skills / Resources / Assessment
1-2 / An overview of the causes and course of World War II (ACDSEH024) / Overview
the inter-war years between World
War I and World War II, including the Treaty of Versailles, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression / 1.1  Significant events and Key features of the inter-war years:
·  The Treaty of Versailles
·  The Roaring Twenties
·  The Great Depression
Extension: Students are able to state how the events during the inter-war period are inter-related and caused WW2
Extension: Students are able to state how the significant events of the interwar period led to the rise of Communism and Facism. Students are able to define the terms of Communism and Facism. / Develop texts, particularly descriptions and discussions that use evidence from a range of sources that are referenced (ACHHS192) / Resources
3-4 / An overview of the causes and course of World War II (ACDSEH024) / Overview: Student understand the causes of World War II with relevance to The Treaty of Versailles, Rise of Facism, The Great Depression, Japanese Imperialism and the failure of appeasement. / 2. Depth Study: World War II
2.1 What were the causes of World War II and what course did it take?
Causes of World War II
·  The World at War Again: The Paris Peace Conference- League of Nations
·  The Weimer Republic
·  The Rise of Facism, Hitler and the Nazi Party – ideology, right-wing paramilitary groups, the Nazi Party, Third Reich
2.1 What were the causes of World War II and what course did it take?
·  The Great Depression
·  Japanese Imperialism
The Buildup to war in Europe
·  The failure of Appeasement
Extension: Students are able to define the key terms and concepts within the Learning Activities, state how they were a cause of World War II and how they were inter-related. / Document Study – Students understand the importance of being able to gain information from primary and secondary sources in order to understand the historical time period being studied.
Develop texts, particularly descriptions and discussions that use evidence from a range of sources that are referenced (ACHHS192) / History Alive 10
Jacaranda
2.1 and 2.2
5-6 / An examination of significant events of World War II, including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb (ACDSEH107) / Overview: Students understand significance of the Holocaust and the legacy it has left. / Holocaust – scale and significance.
·  Spread of anti-Semitism and formation of ghettos
·  Concentration camps
Extension: Students are able to identify the mindset of Hitler and why he chose to eradicate millions of people during the Holocaust. Students evaluate how the Holocaust affected / Use chronological sequencing to demonstrate the relationship between events and developments in different periods and places (ACHHS182)
Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past (ACHHS190) / History Alive 10 Jacaranda
2.2, 2.4 / Assessment 1 – Document Study
7-8 / An examination of significant events of World War II, including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb (ACDSEH107) / Overview: Students understand significance of the Holocaust and the legacy it has left. / Holocaust –The final solution
·  The Holocaust Legacy – life and death during Holocaust
Film Study: Schindlers List
Extension: Students are able to identify the mindset of Hitler and his decision to eradicate millions of people during the Holocaust. Students evaluate how the Holocaust affected Europe after the war. / Document Study – Use of Propaganda during WW11
Use chronological sequencing to demonstrate the relationship between events and developments in different periods and places (ACHHS182)
Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past (ACHHS190)
Process and synthesise information from a range of sources for use as evidence in an historical argument (ACHHS188) / History Alive 10 Jacaranda
2.5
Week 8-9 / An examination of significant events of World War II, including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb (ACDSEH107) / Overview: Students understand significance of the Holocaust and the legacy it has left. / America’s entry into the War
·  Pearl Harbour
·  Impact of the war / Document Study – Use of Propaganda during WW11
Use chronological sequencing to demonstrate the relationship between events and developments in different periods and places (ACHHS182)
Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past (ACHHS190)
Process and synthesise information from a range of sources for use as evidence in an historical argument (ACHHS188) / History Alive 10 Jacaranda
2.5 / Assessment 2 - Essay
Week 9-10 / The experiences of Australians during World War II (such as Prisoners of War (POWs), Kokoda) (ACDSEH108) / Identify and explain the experiences of Australians during World War II on the war front. / The war in the Pacific
·  Kokoda
·  Prisoners of War
·  Fall of Singapore
·  American Soliders
Extension: Students are able to evaluate the relationship change between Britain and Australia and how it led to the strong ties Australia now has with the USA. / Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past (ACHHS190) / History Alive 10 Jacaranda
2.7, 2.8
10 / The experiences of Australians during World War II (such as Prisoners of War (POWs), Kokoda) (ACDSEH108) / Identify and explain the experiences of Australians during World War II on the war front.
EXAMS / The End of the War
·  How did the war end?
·  Collapse of Germany and Japan
·  Atomic Bomb
·  After effects of the War / Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past (ACHHS190) / History Alive 10 Jacaranda
2.8