Table of Contents:
Meet Our Author Team viii
About This Resource xi
Acknowledgements .xviii
SkillBuilder summary
Hass Concepts and Skills
1 HASS concepts and skills 1
1.1 Overview 2
1.2 Key concepts and skills in HASS 4
1.3 SkillBuilder: Identifying knowledge and perspectives 9
1.4 SkillBuilder: Writing and dissecting research questions 11
1.5 SkillBuilder: Finding and referencing sources 15
1.6 SkillBuilder: Analysing primary and secondary sources 19
1.7 SkillBuilder: Analysing information presented in different formats 24
1.8 SkillBuilder: Identifying and explaining relationships and patterns 28
1.9 SkillBuilder: Forming strong conclusions based on evidence 31
1.10 SkillBuilder: Proposing plausible explanations for patterns and relationships 34
1.11 SkillBuilder: Proposing possible actions and predicting their outcomes 36
1.12 SkillBuilder: Choosing appropriate formats and language 39
1.13 SkillBuilder: Developing strong evidence-based discussions and explanations 42
1.14 SkillBuilder: Reflecting on research techniques and findings 45
1.15 Review 47
Civics and Citizenship
2 Civics and Citizenship concepts and skills 51
2.1 Overview 52
2.2 Civics and Citizenship concepts and skills 54
2.3 SkillBuilder: Using and referencing quotes 57
2.4 SkillBuilder: Analysing bias 59
2.5 SkillBuilder: Creating political advertisements 63
2.6 SkillBuilder: Creating and analysing a table 66
2.7 Review 70
3 Shaping voter decisions 73
3.1 Overview 74
3.2 The role of political parties and independents 76
3.3 Influencing voters 81
3.4 Shaping attitudes 85
3.5 Being a global citizen 90
3.6 Inquiry: What is the role of digital media in Australian politics? 94
3.7 Review 97
4 The Australian court system 101
4.1 Overview 102
4.2 The difference between civil and criminal law 104
4.3 Australia’s court system 109
4.4 How courts work: law-making 116
4.5 Key principles of Australia’s justice system 123
4.6 What is a fair trial? 128
4.7 When justice is undermined 134
4.8 Inquiry: #RaiseTheAge 140
4.9 Review 141
Economics and Business
5 Economics and Business concepts and skills 147
5.1 Overview 148
5.2 Economics and Business concepts and skills 150
5.3 SkillBuilder: Conducting a research task 156
5.4 SkillBuilder: Interpreting and analysing data and information 158
5.5 SkillBuilder: Evaluating an insurance policy 160
5.6 SkillBuilder: Communicating about a business issue 163
5.7 Review 165
6 Australia in the global economy 169
6.1 Overview 170
6.2 How Australia trades with other economies 172
6.3 Imports and exports in Australia 180
6.4 The impact of global events on global trade 185
6.5 Global supply chains 191
6.6 What are transnational corporations? 196
6.7 The impact of globalisation on the international economy 201
6.8 Inquiry: How would you do it? 206
6.9 Review 208
7 Opportunities, risks and rewards 213
7.1 Overview 214
7.2 How businesses create and maintain a competitive advantage 216
7.3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses in the market 221
7.4 Different types of investment 224
7.5 Personal financial safety 229
7.6 Inquiry: How can financial risks and rewards be managed? 236
7.7 Review 237
Geography
8 Geographical concepts and skills 241
8.1 Overview 242
8.2 Geographical concepts and skills 244
8.3 SkillBuilder: Creating a survey 251
8.4 SkillBuilder: Interpreting satellite images 253
8.5 SkillBuilder: Describing spatial relationships in thematic maps 258
8.6 SkillBuilder: Writing a fieldwork report as an annotated visual display 263
8.7 SkillBuilder: Describing divergence graphs
8.8 SkillBuilder: Describing patterns and correlations on a topographic map
8.9 SkillBuilder: Constructing and describing a transect on a topographic map
8.10 SkillBuilder: Constructing multiple line and cumulative line graphs .
8.11 SkillBuilder: Constructing a land use map
8.12 SkillBuilder: Advanced survey techniques
8.13 SkillBuilder: Constructing and describing isoline maps
8.14 SkillBuilder: Constructing and describing a flow map
8.15 SkillBuilder: Constructing a table of data for GIS
8.16 SkillBuilder: GIS — deconstructing a map
8.17 SkillBuilder: Interpreting a geographical cartoon
8.18 Review 271
9 Biomes and food security 275
9.1 Overview 276
9.2 Major biomes around the world 278
9.3 The characteristics of biomes 283
9.4 Australia’s major biomes 288
9.5 Biomes, agriculture and human interaction 292
9.6 The impact of deforestation on the forest biome 299
9.7 The impact of overfishing on the ocean biome 303
9.8 The causes and effects of land degradation 309
9.9 Global food security 317
9.10 The impacts of land loss on food security .. 324
9.11 The impacts of access to water supplies on food security 330
9.12 The challenges of climate change for food security 336
9.13 Improving food production and distribution to feed the future 342
9.14 Inquiry: Famine crisis report 349
9.15 Investigating topographic maps — Lake Victoria as a food source 351
9.16 Review 354
10 Geographies of interconnection 361
10.1 Overview 362
10.2 How do perceptions of land vary? 364
10.3 How we access places 368
10.4 How Australians use technology to communicate and interconnect 374
10.5 How trade connects us 379
10.6 Australia’s contribution to the global trade industry 387
10.7 Why tourism is important 393
10.8 Tourism at home and abroad 400
10.9 Managing the impact of tourism 409
10.10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and tourism 417
10.11 How tourism is changing 423
10.12 Investigating topographic maps — Nature-driven tourism at Victoria Falls 429
10.13 Inquiry: How do cruises impact European countries? 432
10.14 Review 434
History
11 Historical concepts and skills 439
11.1 Overview 440
11.2 Historical concepts and skills 442
11.3 SkillBuilder: Historical questions 453
11.4 SkillBuilder: Cause and effect 455
11.5 SkillBuilder: Significance 458
11.6 SkillBuilder: Communicating 463
11.7 Review 467
12 Australian History (1750–1914) 471
12.1 Overview 472
12.2 How do we know about colonial policies and their impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples? 474
12.3 European colonies in the late eighteenth century 478
12.4 The migrant experience 483
12.5 Conflict between colonists and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 489
12.6 Pemulwuy and Yagan: leaders in the fight against colonial control 496
12.7 Key events on Australia’s colonial frontier 500
12.8 Why are there two images of colonial Australia? 507
12.9 The impact of migration 512
12.10 The changing face of Australia 517
12.11 The development of Australia’s democracy 524
12.12 Inquiry: How can we better understand the impact of colonial policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples? 529
12.13 Review 531
13 Investigating World War I 537
13.1 Overview 538
13.2 How do we know about World War I? 540
13.3 The causes of World War I 543
13.4 Battlefronts and theatres of war 550
13.5 Gallipoli and its significance 556
13.6 Contested aspects of the Gallipoli campaign 561
13.7 The nature of warfare 564
13.8 Impacts of the war on the Australian home front 567
13.9 Inquiry: What were the experiences of Anzac troops on the Western Front? 574
13.10 The end of World War I and its commemorations 576
13.11 Review 583
Glossary 587
Index 595
