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Course Structure
The Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences course is deliberately structured around the discrete disciplines of Economics and Business, Geography, History and Civics and Citizenship to enable students to make informed choices regarding their WACE course selection for Year 11, 2021. Students will cover each discipline in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Skills
Students develop increasing dependence in critical thinking and skill application, which includes questioning, researching, analysing and evaluating, communicating and reflecting. They apply these skills to investigate both the historical and contemporary world.

Students will study justice at home and overseas.

Economics
Students are introduced to the concept of economic performance and living standards while continuing to further their understanding of the concepts of making choices, interdependence, specialisation, and allocation and markets through examining contemporary issues, events and/or case studies delving into the reasons for variations in the performance of economies. They explore the nature of externalities and investigate the role of governments in managing economic performance to improve living standards. They inquire into the ways businesses can manage their workforces to improve productivity. Students will study: economic performance and living standards.

Geography
The concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability and change continue to be developed as a way of thinking. Students will focus on the management of environmental resources and the geography of human well being from both a local to a global level.

Students will study environmental change and movement and geographies of human wellbeing.

History
Students develop their historical understanding through key historical concepts. These concepts are investigated within the historical context of the modern world and Australia from 1918 to the present. Students will study investigating World War II and rights and freedoms.

Politics and Law (Civics and Citizenship)
Students continue to build on their understanding of the concepts of democracy, democratic values, justice, and the rights and responsibilities by exploring Australia's roles and responsibilities at a global level and its international legal obligations. They inquire into the values and processes of a democratic political and legal system.

Assessment
Assessment in Year 10 will reflect the nature of Economics and Business, Geography, History and Civics and Citizenship. Assessment types will include document studies, research assignments, short answer tests, data interpretation, practical and mapping tests and, most significantly, semester examinations.