Achievement standards

Knowledge and understanding

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explains change over time in different places, evaluates the significance of change for societies, and for the relationships between different groups analyses causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and assesses their relative importance analyses how different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by time and place evaluates the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time from the perspective of different groups evaluates representations and interpretations to explain historical issues and to evaluate contestability, validity and usefulness	explains change over time in different places, analyses the significance of change for societies, and for the relationships between different groups analyses causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and their relative importance explains the different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by time and place explains the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time from the perspective of different groups analyses representations and interpretations to explain historical issues and to identify contestability, validity and usefulness	describes change over time in different places, and the impact of change on societies and different groups describes causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and their relative importance describes different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by events at the time explains the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time describes representations and interpretations to identify contestability, validity and usefulness	identifies changes over time and how societies were affected describes causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts identifies different responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments describes significant ideas, movements, events and developments in the past describes interpretations and representations	identifies changes that affected society identifies examples of change and continuity in particular contexts recounts the different responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments identifies significant ideas, movements, events and developments in the past identifies interpretations and representations

Skills

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develops focus questions to frame an inquiry and conducts comprehensive research using a wide range of sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on substantiated evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of sources evaluates different historical interpretations and representations with analysis of the strength of the evidence develops convincing historical arguments and synthesises evidence from different sources, to support particular claims with valid and sustained reasoning, and with an assessment of alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas with coherent and sustained arguments with analysis of evidence, using appropriate language and accurate referencing	develops focus questions to frame an inquiry and conducts research using a range of sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of sources evaluates different historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments and synthesises evidence from different sources, with valid reasoning, and with an explanation of alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas and coherent arguments using appropriate evidence, language and accurate referencing	develops focus questions for an inquiry and conducts research using sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on evaluation of sources analyses different historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence develops reasoned historical arguments using and synthesising evidence from different sources, and with reference to some interpretations communicates ideas and arguments using appropriate evidence, language and accurate referencing	uses inquiry questions to conduct research derived from sources uses evidence derived from sources describes historical interpretations and representations using evidence develops historical accounts using evidence from a limited number of sources communicates ideas and arguments with referencing	uses inquiry questions to conduct research uses sources to research identifies viewpoints about the past recounts historical events and identifies a limited number of sources communicates ideas and information with minimal referencing