2.16 Managing water scarcity in Australia’s biggest cities
2D Skills in context: Waterwise Perth
Review activity: Water in Australia
PLACE AND LIVEABILITY
3. Liveable cities
3A What makes a place liveable?
3.1 How we measure liveability
3.2 Clean water and sanitation
3.3 Infrastructure
3.4 Access to healthcare and education
3.5 Safety and stability
3.6 Environmental quality
3.7 Natural landscapes
3.8 Australia’s liveable cities
3A Skills in context: Local area liveability
3B What strategies can improve liveability?
3.9 Threats to liveability
3.10 Strategies to improve liveability: Sustainability
3.11 Strategies to improve liveability for young people
3B Skills in context: Improving liveability in your local area
Review activity: Liveable cities
4. Living in Australia
4A Where do Australians live and why?
4.1 Why we live where we do
4.2 Where early Aboriginal peoples lived
4.3 Where Australians live now
4.4 Living in large cities
4.5 Living in rural areas
4.6 Living in coastal areas
4.7 Living in remote areas
4A Skills in context: Bayview skate park survey
4B How do people feel connected to places?
4.8 Living in communities
4.9 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
4.10 Feeling connected
4.11 Liveability in communities
4.12 Building safe communities
4B Skills in context: Exploring your community
Review activity: Living in Australia
Part 2 History SKILLS
5. The history toolkit
5.1 Historical concepts and skills
5.2 Historical questions
5.3 Chronology
5.4 Using historical sources
5.5 Continuity and change
5.6 Causes and effects
5.7 Historical significance
5.8 Communicating and reflecting
5.9 Investigating the past through archaeology
5.10 Scientific techniques
5.11 Conserving and protecting sources
6.5
The oral tradition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
6A Skills in context: Mungo Lady and Mungo Man
6B What features make the societies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples so distinctive?
6.6 Land and water management
6.7 Weapons and tools
6.8
Using the stars
6B Skills in context: The Wattierup/Oyster Harbour
Fish Traps
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DEEP TIME HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA
6. Deep time history of Australia
6A How do we know about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
6.1 How do we measure time in history?
6.2 Aboriginal peoples on the Australian continent
6.3 How we know about Aboriginal peoples
6.4 Ancient rock art
6C Why is it important to respect and conserve the cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protecting the heritage of Aborigiinal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
6.9 Organisations that protect heritage
6.10 Organisations that protect heritage
6C The return of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man
Review activity: Deep time history of Australia
THE ANCIENT WORLD
7. Ancient Egypt
7A How did the physical features of ancient Egypt influence its development?
7.1 Ancient Egypt: a timeline
7.2
Physical features of ancient Egypt
7.3 The clmate of ancient Egypt
7A Skills in context: Irrigation in ancient Egypt
7B How did beliefs, values and practices influence life in ancient Egypt?
7.4 Religious beliefs and practices
7.5 Everyday life
7.6 Warfare
7.7 Death and funeral customs
7.8 How mummies were made
7B Skills in context: The Pyramid at Giza
7C Who were some significant individuals in ancient Egypt?
7.9 Pharaohs
7.10 Significant individual: Tutankhamun
7C Skills in context: Ramses II and the Battle of Kadesh
Review activity: Ancient Egypt
8. Ancient Greece [ONLINE MODULE]
8A How did the physical features of ancient Greece influence its development?
8.1 Ancient Greece: a timeline
8.2 Physical features of ancient Greece
8.3 The Greek city-state
8A Skills in context: The beginnings of ancient Greece
8B How did beliefs, values and practices influence life in ancient Greece?
8.4 Religion in ancient Greece
8.5 The Olympic Games
8.6 Everyday life
8.7 Death and funerary customs
8.8 Warfare
8B Skills in context: Ancient Greek pottery
8C Who were some significant individuals in ancient Greece?
8.9 Significant individual: Sappho
8C Skills in context: Leonidas
Review activity: Ancient Greece
9. Ancient Rome
9A How did the physical features of ancient Rome influence its development?
9.1 Ancient Rome: a timeline
9.2 Physical features of ancient Rome
9.3 Urban planning in Rome
9B How did beliefs, values and practices influence life in ancient Rome?
9.4 Religion in ancient Rome
9.5 Everyday life
9.6 Roman baths
9.7 Public entertainment
9.8 Death and funerary customs
10. Ancient China
10A How did the physical features of ancient China influence its development?
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
Ancient China: a timeline
Physical features of ancient China
10A Skills in context: China’s physical features
10B How did beliefs, values and practices influence life in ancient China?
Religion in ancient China
Everyday life
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9.9 Warfare
9B Skills in context: Pax Romana
9C Who were some significant individuals in ancient Rome?
9.10 Significant individual: Julius Caesar
9C Skills in context: Nero and the great fire of Rome
Review activity: Ancient Rome
Death and funeral customs
10.6 The terracotta warriors
10.7 The Great Wall of China
10B Skills in context: A woman’s place (Ban Zhao)
10C Who were some significant individuals in ancient Rome?
10.8 Significant individual: Qin Shi Huang
10C Skills in context: The original influencer (Confucius)
Review activity: Ancient China
11. Ancient India [ONLINE MODULE]
11A How did the physical features of ancient China influence its development?
11.1
11.2
11.3
Ancient India: a timeline
Landscape and climate
Ancient India’s earliest society
11A Skills in context: Daily life in the Indus Valley
11B How did beliefs, values and practices influence life in ancient India?
11.4 The social structure of ancient India
11.5 Religious beliefs and practices
11.6 Everyday life
11.7 Warfare
11.8
Death and funeral customs
11C Who were some significant individuals in ancient India?
11.9 Significant individual: Ashoka
11C Skills in context: Chandragupta Mauyra
Review activity: Ancient India
Part 3 Economics and business
SKILLS
12. The economics and business toolkit
12.1 Economics and business concepts
12.2 Economics and business skills
12.3 Questioning and researching
12.4 Analysing
12.5 Evaluating
12.6 Communicating and reflecting
CONSUMERS AND BUSINESS
13. Economic choices
13A How do infividuals and business make economic choices?
13.1 Making choices
13.2 Producers and consumers
13A Skills in context: Costs and benefits
13B How businesses respond to consumer demand?
13.3 Influencing prices
13.4 How businesses respond to consumer demand
13B Skills in context: Market research
Review activity: Economic choices
INNOVATION AND ENTERPRISE
14. Innovation and entrepreneurship
14A What makes a successful business? 14.1 Types of business 14.2 Business influences
14.3 Business opportunities in Australia
14A Skills in context: Socially responsible business: The Body Shop
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14B What are the characteristics of entrepreneurs? 14.4 Entrepreneurship and innovation
14.5 Skills of entrepreneurs 14.6 Innovation in Western Australia
14B Skills in context: Social entrepreneurs: Thankyou Review activity: Innovation and entrepreneurship
Part 4 Civics and citizenship SKILLS
15. The civics and citizenship toolkit
15.1 Civics and citizenship concepts 15.2 Civics and citizenship skills 15.3 Questioning and researching 15.4 Analysing 15.5 Evaluating 15.6 Communicating and reflecting
AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION
16. How government in Australia works
16A What are the key features of Australia’s system of government?
16.1 The Australian Constitution
16.2 Three levels of government
16.3 The branches of government and the separation of powers
16.4 Australia’s bicameral parliament
16A Skills in context: Making your voice heard
16B How do we change the Constitution?
16.5 Changing the Constitution
16A Skills in context: Reforming the Constitution Review activity: How government in Australia works
AUSTRALIA’S LEGAL SYSTEM
17.How the legal system in Australia works
17A What are the key features of Australia’s legal system?
17.1 Australia’s legal system
17.2 Principles of Australia’s legal system
17.3 Participants in Australia’s legal system
17A Skills in context: Why is the Magna Carta important to Australia?
Review activity: How the legal system in Australia works
