{"id":6080,"date":"2026-06-30T10:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/?post_type=article&p=6080"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:58:45","slug":"human-society-and-its-environment-4","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/article\/human-society-and-its-environment-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Society and Its Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr Adrian Brombal – Leader of Learning – HSIC<\/span><\/h4>\r\n\r\n

The HSIE Faculty has continued to grow in 2026 with the inclusion of Stage 5 Psychology<\/em>\u00a0in addition to our inaugural Stage 5 Geography Elective<\/em> and Stage 6 Society and Culture<\/em> classes. Year 7, our newest cohort, sat in their first history classes which featured an introduction to archaeology and two case studies on ancient societies; Egypt and China. They studied the structure of those societies and the role of Geography in the establishment of two early civilisations which profoundly impacted our modern world. Year 8 continued their study of human history chronologically with the focus on Medieval Europe<\/em>, Feudal Japan<\/em> and The Black Death.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Stage 5, the focus of Year 9 HSIE, shifted locally towards the making of a modern Australia from Indigenous history, colonisation through to Federation. In Term 2 the boys explored Australia at War<\/em> through a range of conflicts including campaigns at Gallipoli and Kokoda. Not only were the ANZACS studied in the classroom but were also commemorated at our College ANZAC Day service, our representation at the Ryde Council service as well as a commemorative service for Indigenous soldiers at War. Year 9 and Year 10 students also entered in the National History Challenge<\/em>, addressing the concepts of \u2018Voices\u2019 <\/em>in addition to Years 7 through to Year 11 participated in the National History<\/em> and Australian Geography<\/em> competitions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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This Semester our Year 10 students continued the study of Australia during the Vietnam War period, as well as an investigation into the changing rights and freedoms of Australians post the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Our Elective History students immersed themselves in the world of Archaeology at the Chak Chau Wing Museum in Term 1 whilst our Commerce students took great strides in understanding the nature of the business world through the Year 9 topics of <\/span>Consumer and Financial Decisions<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Promoting and Selling<\/span><\/i>. Year 10 Commerce shifted its focus towards the legal and economic spheres with topics on <\/span>Law, Society and Political Involvement <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>The Economic and Business Environment.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\r\n