Year 10 History

The Australian Curriculum: Classroom Approaches history units were originally designed to align with Version 3 of the Australian Curriculum (2012) but have recently been updated to align with Version 9 (2024). The three units provide adaptable and scalable learning pathways that can be shaped for use in diverse classroom contexts, and hopefully provide inspiration for locally-developed units of work for other depth studies and areas of the curriculum. Click the "Download Year 10 Units" button to get a PDF of the units outlined below.

Year 10 Overview

The Year 10 units of work support a study of aspects of the history of the modern world 1918, with an emphasis on Australia’s place in the world. They address issues such as:

  • The changing nature of global conflict in the 20th century

  • The consequences of World War II for the modern world

  • Changing rights and freedoms in the 20th and 21st centuries

  • Contested debates and different historical interpretations

Year 10 Units

UNIT ONE: A WORLD AT WAR AGAIN (WORLD WAR II)

  • Enduring Understandings/Big Ideas:

    • That the nature of warfare has changed over time with the advent of new technologies.

    • That WWII shaped a ‘new world order’ and a new place for Australia within the world order.

  • Performance Task: Children’s War Memorial

  • Links to Australian Curriculum v9 Content Descriptions: AC9HH10K01, AC9HH10K02, AC9HH10K03, AC9HH10K04, AC9HH10K05, AC9HH10K06, AC9HH10S01, AC9HH10S02, AC9HH10S03, AC9HH10S04, AC9HH10S05, AC9HH10S06, AC9HH10S07, AC9HH10S08

  • General Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding, Ethical Behaviour, Personal & Social Competence

UNIT TWO: WHAT’S UP, DOC? (ASPECTS OF BOTH BUILDING MODERN AUSTRALIA AND THE GLOBALISING WORLD)

  • Enduring Understandings/Big Ideas:

    • That the United Nations exists to maintain peace and uphold human rights for all peoples.

    • That there are complex social and political reasons why human rights are still not universally held by all people.

  • Performance Task: Submission to the UN Assembly on Australia’s Human Rights record 1948-present

  • Links to Australian Curriculum v9 Content Descriptions: AC9HH10K07, AC9HH10K08, AC9HH10K09, AC9HH10K10, AC9HH10K11, AC9HH10K12, AC9HH10K13, AC9HH10S01, AC9HH10S02, AC9HH10S03, AC9HH10S04, AC9HH10S05, AC9HH10S06, AC9HH10S07, AC9HH10S08

  • General Capabilities: Intercultural Understanding, Ethical Behaviour, Critical & Creative Thinking, Personal & Social Competence

UNIT THREE: IT AIN’T EASY BEING’ GREEN (THE GLOBALISING WORLD)

  • Enduring Understandings/Big Ideas:

    • That the environmental movement has grown as a global force over the past 50 years.

    • That all humans share a responsibility for the stewardship of the environment, which has been honoured to various extents over time.

  • Performance Task: Community awareness-raising campaign

  • Links to Australian Curriculum v9 Content Descriptions: AC9HH10K14, AC9HH10K15, AC9HH10K16, AC9HH10K17, AC9HH10K18, AC9HH10K19, AC9HH10K20, AC9HH10S01, AC9HH10S02, AC9HH10S03, AC9HH10S04, AC9HH10S05, AC9HH10S06, AC9HH10S07, AC9HH10S08

  • General Capabilities: Numeracy, Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical Behaviour, Intercultural Understanding

Alternatively, if you prefer to create your own unit of work, please click the 'DIY Design Template' button below to download an attached Word document template.