Oxford Humanities and Social Sciences 7–10

What’s been added or modified?

• Students must study Sub-strand: Deep time history of Australia AC9HH7K02–AC9HH7K06 NEW
• Students must study one topic from Sub-strand: The Ancient World
  - Topics include: Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, ChinaMODIFIED

What’s been removed?

• Overview REMOVED
• Depth study: Investigating the ancient past REMOVED
• Depth study: The Mediterranean World and Depth study: The Asian World have been combined into Sub-strand: The Ancient World MODIFIED

What’s been added or modified?

• Students must study one topic from Sub-strand: Medieval Europe and the early modern world
  - Topics include: Medieval Europe; The Renaissance; The emergence of the modern world NEW
• Students must study one topic from either of these two sub-strands:
  Sub-strand: Empires and expansions
  - Topics include: Mongol Empire, Ottoman Empire, Vikings, The Spanish conquest of the Americas MODIFIED
  Sub-strand: The Asia-Pacific world
  - Topics include: Angkor/Khmer Empire; Japan under the shoguns; Polynesian expansion across the Pacific MODIFIED

What’s been removed?

• Overview REMOVED
• Depth study: The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa REMOVED

What’s been added or modified?

• Why opportunity cost exists as decisions are made to allocate limited resources to meet unlimited needs and wants AC9HE7K01 MOVED FROM YEAR 6
• The rights and responsibilities of individuals and businesses in relation to consumer and financial products and services AC9HE7K05 MOVED FROM YEAR 8

What’s been removed?

• Apply economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts in familiar and new situations ACHES025 & ACHES036 REMOVED

What’s been added or modified?

• How markets influence decisions about the allocation of resources to the production of goods and services, and the effect of prices on these decisions AC9HE8K01 MOVED FROM YEAR 7
• The importance of Australia’s system of taxation and how this system affects decision-making by individuals and businesses AC9HE8K04 NEW
• Processes individuals and/or businesses use to plan and budget to achieve short-term and long-term financial objectives AC9HE8K05 MOVED FROM YEAR 7

What’s been removed?

• No significant content removed

What’s been added or modified?

• The role of Australia’s financial sector and its effect on economic decision-making by individuals, businesses and global markets AC9HE9K01 NEW

What’s been removed?

• The changing roles and responsibilities of participants in the Australian or global workplace ACHEK042 REMOVED
• Apply economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts in familiar, new and hypothetical situations ACHES047 & ACHES059 REMOVED
• Reflect on the intended and unintended consequences of economic and business decisions ACHES049 & ACHES061 REMOVED

What’s been added or modified?

• The importance of Australia’s superannuation system and how this system affects consumer and financial decision-making AC9HE10K04 NEW
• Students must study Sub-strand: Building modern AustraliaNEW
• Sub-strand: The globalising world now optionalMODIFIED

What’s been removed?

• Apply economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts in familiar, new and hypothetical situations ACHES047 & ACHES059 REMOVED
• Intended and unintended consequences of economic and business decisions ACHES049 & ACHES061 REMOVED

• Significant increase in number of content descriptions and elaborations focused on First Nations Peoples
• Many skills have been combined and/or refined across Years 7–10 and some have been deleted                                                                                   

What’s been added or modified?

• The characteristics of Australia’s democracy, including freedom of speech, association, assembly, religion and movement AC9HC7K02 MOVED FROM YEAR 8

What’s been removed?

• The key features of government under the Australian Constitution with a focus on the separation of powers, the roles of the Executive, the Houses of Parliament, and the division of powers ACHCK048 MOVED TO YEAR 9
• The process for constitutional change through a referendum ACHCK049 MOVED TO YEAR 9
• How groups, such as religious and cultural groups, express their particular identities; and how this influences their perceptions of others and vice versa ACHCK053 REMOVED
• Use democratic processes to reach consensus on a course of action relating to a civics or citizenship issue and plan for that action ACHCS058 & ACHCS072 REMOVED
• Reflect on their role as a citizen in Australia’s democracy ACHCS060 & ACHCS074 REMOVED

What’s been added or modified?

• The role of political parties and independent representatives in Australian democracy, including elections and the formation of governmentsMOVED FROM YEAR 9

What’s been removed?

• Use democratic processes to reach consensus on a course of action relating to a civics or citizenship issue and plan for that action ACHCS058 & ACHCS072 REMOVED

What’s been added or modified?

• The role of the Australian Constitution in providing the basis for Australia’s federal system of government and democratic processes, including institutions, and the process for constitutional change through a referendum AC9HC9K01 MOVED FROM YEAR 7

What’s been removed?

• How citizens’ political choices are shaped at election time, including the influence of the media ACHCK076 REMOVED
• How ideas about and experiences of Australian identity are influenced by global connectedness and mobility ACHCK081 REMOVED
• Recognise and consider multiple perspectives and ambiguities, and use strategies to negotiate and resolve contentious issues ACHCS086 & ACHCS099 REMOVED
• Use democratic processes to reach consensus on a course of action relating to a civics or citizenship issue and plan for that action ACHCS087 & ACHCS100 REMOVED
• Reflect on their role as a citizen in Australian, regional and global contexts & ACHCS089 ACHCS102 REMOVED

What’s been added or modified?

• No significant content added

What’s been removed?

• Recognise and consider multiple perspectives and ambiguities, and use strategies to negotiate and resolve contentious issues ACHCS086 & ACHCS099 REMOVED
• Reflect on their role as a citizen in Australian, regional and global contexts ACHCS089 & ACHCS102 REMOVED

• Significant increase in number of content descriptions and elaborations focused on First Nations Peoples
• Many skills have been combined and/or refined across Years 7–10 and some have been deleted