History k-10 Syllabus 2012

The Globalising World – Popular culture (1945–present)
Popular culture in Australia
Students:

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  recognise and participate in preferred leisure and recreation activities, eg entertainment, sport
  
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  identify popular leisure and recreation activities in their family or school community
  
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  recognise popular leisure and recreation activities in Australia, eg cricket, rugby, netball, water sports, camping, barbecues
  
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  compare some of the leisure and recreation activities in Australia with one other country, eg sport in Australia and America
  

Changes to popular culture
Students:

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  explore the changes in technology and how these have impacted on leisure activities, eg the increasing popularity of video games and social networking sites
  
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  investigate changes in language as a result of popular culture, eg the introduction of terms used for social networking, such as 'blog', 'tweet' and Asian terms 'anime' and 'manga'
  
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  investigate the changes in popular culture in post-war Australia, using ICT and other sources as appropriate, eg television, music, recreation, fashion
  

Australia's influence on popular culture
Students:

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  explore the contribution of one or more significant Australian people in the areas of the environment (eg Tim Flannery, Ian Kiernan), the arts (eg Graeme Murphy, Peter Sculthorpe, Brett Whiteley, David Williamson), sport (eg Allan Border, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Dawn Fraser, Cathy Freeman, Louise Sauvage, Ian Thorpe), community welfare (eg Victor Chang, Fred Hollows, Dick Smith, Charles Teo) or entertainment (eg Peter Allen, Cate Blanchett, John Farnham, Nicole Kidman, Normie Rowe), using ICT and other sources as appropriate
  
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  explore Australia's participation in world sporting contests, eg the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Test Cricket and World Cup matches