History for the Australian Curriculum - Year 10: Textbook

Part of the series History for the Australian Curriculum - Year 10.

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Written by Australia's leading history educators to equip inquiring minds with the knowledge and skills needed to illuminate and enrich their understanding of the past. History for the Australian Curriculum is a comprehensive and compelling series for Years 7-10 that caters for the different learning styles and abilities in Australian classrooms without sacrificing the depth and quality of content needed to successfully understand historical concepts and skills. The series encourages students to pose questions, analyse sources and use evidence to illuminate and enrich their understanding of the past. Using this inquiry framework, students develop historical knowledge and understanding, explore key concepts and apply essential skills as they study the societies, events, movements and developments that have shaped world history.

Why choose this series?

• Explicitly written for the Australian Curriculum, providing a fresh inquiry-based approach to support the study of history
• Skillfully integrates the two strands of historical knowledge and understanding and historical skills, helping teachers cover the curriculum in depth
• The author team is comprised of highly experienced teachers and renowned academics from across Australia who are experts in their specialty areas
• Caters for multiple learning styles and abilities without sacrificing depth and quality of content
• Includes an Historical Skills Toolkit in each textbook to provide learning strategies and tips to help students think and read like historians.
• All suggested Australian Curriculum 'depth study' electives are covered at each year level

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History for the Australian Curriculum Year 10 - Textbook

History for the Australian Curriculum Year 10 provides opportunities for in-depth investigations on the modern world and Australia.

Features

• An Historical Skills Toolkit introduces each textbook and contains a range of learning strategies and tips to help students think, read and communicate like an historian
• Comprehensive chapter openers include inquiry questions, key terms, timelines and much more to focus student attention on the topic being studied and prepare them for their in-depth investigations
• Full page maps begin each chapter, identifying relevant geographical features, cities and landmarks to provide students with a geographical context for their historical studies
• Case studies with focus questions link back to key historical themes to spark student interest and add another layer to their knowledge and understanding
• A range of recommended graphic organisers are highlighted within each chapter helping students to comprehend, record and revise key ideas
• A wide range of activities help teachers engage students with different learning styles, including comprehension, written response, role-plays, analysis of primary and secondary sources, mapping of events and presenting
• Content within the activities covers cross-curricular priorities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, and develops general capabilities, such as literacy, numeracy, ICT, critical and creative thinking, helping teachers to create a well-rounded course
• End-of-chapter sections include summaries linked to the inquiry questions and multiple-choice, short-answer; source analysis and extended response questions

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Contents

• Historical skills toolkit
• Reading skills
• Visual literacy skills
• Writing skills
• Speaking skills
• Chapter 1: Overview the modern world and Australia
  • The interwar years
  • Peace and security post-World War II
  • Rights and freedom movements
  • The Cold War
  • Developments during the twentieth century
• DEPTH STUDY 1: WORLD WAR II
• Chapter 2: World War II (1939–1945)
  • Causes and course of World War II
  • Significant event – the Holocaust
  • War in the Asia-Pacific
  • Significant event – bombing of Japan
  • The experience of Australian servicemen and women
  • Impact of World War II on the Australian homefront
  • Impact of World War II on Australia's international relationships
• DEPTH STUDY 2: RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
• Chapter 3: Rights and freedoms (1945 – the present)
  • Origins of Human Rights
  • African-American Civil Rights Movement
  • Indigenous Rights and Freedoms in Australia up to 1965
  • Indigenous Freedoms from 1965
• DEPTH STUDY 3: THE GLOBALISING WORLD
• Chapter 4: Popular culture (1945 – present)
  • The nature of popular culture
  • Developments in popular culture
  • Changes in the industry
  • Australia's contribution and changing beliefs and values
• Chapter 5: The environment movement (1960s – present)
  • Background to environmental awareness
  • Intensification of environmental effects
  • Events and campaigns that contributed to popular awareness
  • Growth and influence of the environmental movement
• Chapter 6: Migration experiences (1945 – present)
  • Waves of post-World War II migration
  • Changing government policies
  • Impact of the Vietnam War
  • Impact of migration on Australian national identity

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