AC9HC8S02 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC8S02 – Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Questioning and researching

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

locate, select and organise information, data and ideas from different sources

Elaborations

• locating information from a range of print and online sources (for example, online journal articles, news reports or social media posts) using advanced search functions or targeted criteria about a citizenship issue, such as the nature of the Australian citizenship test
• selecting information from a range of sources by applying understandings of accuracy and reliability to the selection of information
• organising the ideas in different sources, such as opinion pieces, information from political parties, government reports and reports from independent organisations, by identifying bias, language choices and selective use of information

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 8 ASHASCIVY8

Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students explain how Australians are informed about and participate in their democracy. They describe the roles of political parties and elected representatives in Australian government. They explain the characteristics of laws, how laws are made and the types of law in Australia. Students identify ways in which Australians express different aspects of their identity and explain perspectives on Australia’s national identity. Students develop questions and locate, select and organise relevant information from different sources to investigate political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues. They analyse information and identify and describe perspectives and challenges related to political, legal or civic issues. They explain the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action. Students use civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts, terms and references to evidence from sources to create descriptions, explanations and arguments.