Written to the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 and mapped to the AC9.0.
New features:
New developmental learning rubric
The two organising strands of knowledge and skills are interrelated and should be taught in an integrated way. We have re-engineered the Learning ladder and the question blocks to help all students build a deep and expanding understanding of content, concepts and skills. The language in the rubric has been simplified to make it more accessible to students.
Revised How-to
Both the History and Geography How-to describe and model each of the steps in the skills Learning ladder, providing scaffolding for students at all entry points as well as opportunities for differentiated instruction.
Inquiry
Scaffolded inquiry activities at the end of every chapter build curiosity and capacity to develop and answer questions. Both the History and Geography How-to sections now include a step-by-step guide to formulating good questions, undertaking research and communicating.
More content
Civics and citizenship and Economics and business have now been included in the printed Student book and more topics have been added, including Ancient India and Renaissance Italy. Brand-new content has been developed for Emergence of the modern world in Europe, Indonesia, and Regional and global conflict.
Good Humanities uses developmental frameworks to scaffold progression. Each chapter has been crafted around rubrics that allow students to understand and chart their own progress, and provides differentiation opportunities for teachers.
Our expert First Nations educators have authored engaging new content about significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ beliefs and values that shaped, and continue to shape, culture, community and relationships with Country.
Year 9 book contents:
The making of the modern world
Shaping modern Australia
World War I (1914–1918)
China
India -online only
Indonesia- online only
Japan
Vietnam- online only
History How-to
Geography overview
Productive biomes
Sustainable food futures
Transport, trade and technology
Travel and trends
Geography How-to
Government and democracy
Citizenship, diversity and identity
Civics and Citizenship How-to
Consumer and financial literacy
Work
Economics and Business How-to
Digital content
The Good Humanities digital offering for students comprises:
– interactive eBooks with ‘read to me’ functionality
– a selection of ClickView‘s engaging, curriculum-aligned videos*
– worksheets focused on building literacy and skills
– auto-marked multiple-choice quizzes for every content section
– pre-tests and post-tests
– skills videos
Teacher access:
Teacher Digital Access is available to adopting schools only and includes:
• all of the student digital assets: eBook to support ease of navigation and access, via a selection of ClickView‘s engaging, curriculum-aligned videos*, worksheets, multiple-choice quizzes for every content section, and spoken audio overlay.
• teaching programs, scope and sequence.
• suggested answers to all Learning Ladder question blocks.
• suggested answers to student worksheets.
• topic tests.
Your Matilda sales representative can provide complimentary access to schools purchasing class sets or booklisting, where minimum order requirements are met.
Contact your Matilda rep to discuss:
https://www.matildaeducation.com.au/pages/find-my-rep
(*requires a school subscription to ClickView to access)
