Oxford Humanities and Social Sciences Australian Curriculum has been developed to meet the requirements of version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences across Years 7–10. As well as offering complete coverage of Geography, History, Economics and Business, and Civics and Citizenship, this new edition ensures that students build their Humanities and Social Sciences skills across all four subjects, preparing them for success in HASS subjects in the senior years.

Key features:

• All content structured logically in topics to make lesson planning and delivery easier
• Learning intentions clearly signposted at the start of every topic and assessed at the end
• Engaging Student Book content purpose-written for the new Australian Curriculum presented in a format that’s easy for students of all abilities to navigate
• Up-to-date case studies and statistics
• Humanities and Social Sciences Skills scaffolded across Years 7–10
• A range of videos to engage students and support flexible teaching approaches
• Questions and activities include cognitive verbs that scaffold capabilities, model critical thinking and encourage discussions
• Enhanced digital support with the new Oxford Digital platform – auto-marking questions and activities that help teachers to identify gaps in understanding and offer targeted support to individual students
• Assessment and Curriculum reports allow teachers to track and report on the progress of every student.

Includes the print Student Book and digital student obook pro, delivered via Oxford’s online learning platform, Oxford Digital.

PART 1 GEOGRAPHY
Chapter 1: The geography toolkit
Chapter 2: The Earth’s landscapes and landforms
Chapter 3: Mountain landscapes
Chapter 4: Coastal landscapes
Chapter 5: Urban life
Chapter 6: Migration

PART 2 HISTORY
Chapter 7: The history toolkit
Chapter 8: Medieval Europe
Chapter 9: The Renaissance
Chapter 10: The emergence of the modern world
Chapter 11: The Spanish conquest of the Americas
Chapter 12: The Vikings
Chapter 13: Mongol expansion 
Chapter 14: The Ottoman Empire 
Chapter 15: Japan under the shoguns
Chapter 16: The Angkor/Khmer Empire 
Chapter 17: Polynesian expansion across the pacific 

PART 3 ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
Chapter 18: The economics and business toolkit
Chapter 19: Australian markets

PART 4 CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
Chapter 20: The civics and citizenship toolkit
Chapter 21: Democracy in Australia
Chapter 22: Citizenship and national identity in Australia
Chapter 23: The law in Australia

STEAM project 1
STEAM project 2

Mark Easton

Maggy Saldais

Katrina Davey

Richard Smith

Kirstin Woodard

Vladimir Dumovic

Bronwyn Cook

Olivia Andrew

Julie Davis

Kay Bishop

Year 7: Chapter 9 Ancient Egypt

View the full book sample here.