Year 8 HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES
FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description
This course provides students with an overview of a variety of areas including History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, and Economics and Business. This course allows students to study a number of historical changes that have occurred through the world from Ancient to Modern times, explore geographical processes, and recognise the environmental, social and economic factors that attribute to change. Students are exposed to a number of skills they will require through their studies including ethical research, group work, critical thinking and field work.
Content
Assessment Components
FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description
This course provides students with an overview of a variety of areas including History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, and Economics and Business. This course allows students to study a number of historical changes that have occurred through the world from Ancient to Modern times, explore geographical processes, and recognise the environmental, social and economic factors that attribute to change. Students are exposed to a number of skills they will require through their studies including ethical research, group work, critical thinking and field work.
Content
- Japan Under the Shoguns
- The Black Death
- Medieval History
- Landforms and Landscapes
- Changing Nations
- The Australian Marketplace
- The Law and You
Assessment Components
- Research Skills
- Source Analysis
- Film Study
- Essay Writing
- Tests
- Field Work
- Oral Presentations