--- title: "Year 7 Humanities" site: "Scotch Global Connect" url: "https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/connect/courses/year-7-humanities" description: "Students develop increasing independence in critical thinking and skill application." published: "2023-10-02" updated: "2024-01-28" --- # Year 7 Humanities Students develop increasing independence in critical thinking and skill application. Path: Courses › Year 7 Humanities ## Year 7 Humanities Course overview ## In Year 7, Humanities and Social Sciences consists of [Civics](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/civics "Display the glossary entry for civics") and [Citizenship](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/citizenship "Display the glossary entry for citizenship"), [Economics](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/economics "Display the glossary entry for economics") and Business, Geography and History. Students develop increasing independence in critical thinking and skill application, which includes **questioning**, **researching**, **analysing**, **evaluating**, **communicating** and **reflecting**. They apply these skills to investigate events, developments, issues, and phenomena, both historical and contemporary. Students continue to build on their understanding of the concepts of the [Westminster system](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/westminster-system "Display the glossary entry for Westminster system") and [democracy](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/democracy "Display the glossary entry for democracy") by examining the key [features](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/features "Display the glossary entry for features") of Australia's [democracy](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/democracy "Display the glossary entry for democracy"), and how it is shaped through the Australian [Constitution](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/constitution "Display the glossary entry for constitution") and constitutional [change](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/change "Display the glossary entry for change"). The concepts of [justice](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/justice "Display the glossary entry for justice"), [rights and responsibilities](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/rights-and-responsibilities "Display the glossary entry for rights and responsibilities") are further developed through a focus on Australia's [legal system](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/legal-system "Display the glossary entry for legal system"). An understanding of the concepts making choices and allocation is further developed through a focus on the [interdependence](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/interdependence "Display the glossary entry for interdependence") of consumers and [producers](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/producer "Display the glossary entry for producers") in the market, the characteristics of successful businesses, including how [specialisation](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/specialisation "Display the glossary entry for specialisation") and entrepreneurial behaviour contributes to business success. Work and work futures are introduced, as students consider why people work. Students focus on national issues, with opportunities for the concepts to also be considered in relation to [local](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/local "Display the glossary entry for local") [community](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/community "Display the glossary entry for community") or global issues where appropriate. The concepts of [place](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/place "Display the glossary entry for place"), [space](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/space "Display the glossary entry for space"), environment, [interconnection](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/interconnection "Display the glossary entry for interconnection"), sustainability and [change](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/change "Display the glossary entry for change") continue to be developed as a way of thinking and provide students with the opportunity to inquire into the nature of water as a natural resource. The concept of [place](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/place "Display the glossary entry for place") is expanded through students' investigation of the [liveability](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/liveability "Display the glossary entry for liveability") of their own [place](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/place "Display the glossary entry for place"). They apply this understanding to a wide range of places and environments at the full range of scales, from [local](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/local "Display the glossary entry for local") to global, and in a range of locations. Students develop their historical understanding through key concepts, including [evidence](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/evidence "Display the glossary entry for evidence"), [continuity and change](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/continuity-and-change "Display the glossary entry for continuity and change"), [cause and effect](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/cause-and-effect "Display the glossary entry for cause and effect"), perspectives, [empathy](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/empathy "Display the glossary entry for empathy"), [significance](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/significance "Display the glossary entry for significance") and [contestability](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/contestability "Display the glossary entry for contestability"). These concepts are investigated within the historical context of how we know about the [ancient](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/humanities-overview/glossary/ancient "Display the glossary entry for ancient") past, and why and where the earliest societies developed. ## Topics - Humanities - Middle school teacher --- Canonical HTML version: https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/connect/courses/year-7-humanities