Humanities and Social Sciences

Learning area

The ways people, places, ideas and events are perceived and connected

History

• Different perspectives on the arrival of the First Fleet and the colonial presence
• The causes of and relationship between events such as World War I, World War II and the Cold War
• Global influences on Australian culture

Geography

• People's perceptions of places and how these influence their connections to different places
• How human and natural systems are connected and interdependent
• How places in Australia are connected to other places across the world

Civics and Citizenship

• How groups within society perceive each other and relate to one another
• The influence of global connectedness and mobility on Australian identity
• Australian's rights and responsibilities towards each other and Australia's international obligations

Economics and Business

• The performance of the Australian economy and how this is perceived by different groups
• How participants in the global economy are interdependent
• Different ways that entrepreneurs and businesses succeed