AC9HE10S02 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor locate, select and analyse information and data from a range of sources

Elaborations

• • Elaboration locating online sources using contextually specific terms (for example, “global markets”) or criteria (for example, using specific key words to find “case studies related to trade agreements”)
• • Elaboration selecting and analysing economic information and data for relevance by asking questions such as “How will information and data help answer the inquiry question?”
• • Elaboration selecting and analysing economic information and data for reliability by asking questions such as “How and when was the data collected?”, “Who collected the data?” and “For what purpose was the data collected?”
• • Elaboration explaining assumptions or missing information in sources that may affect the reliability of an opinion about an economic or business issue
• • Elaboration selecting and representing information and data about an economic or business issue, using specialised digital tools and processes to support interpretation and analysis; for example, a graphic organiser connecting objectives of the Australian economy with examples of government intervention in the economy