AC9HE7S02 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE7S02 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Questioning and researching

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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 and data from a range of sources

Elaborations

• locating online sources; for example, using advanced search functions: “define: market” or targeted criteria: “allintext: successful Australian entrepreneurs”
• selecting relevant information and data from sources by asking questions such as “How will the data or information help answer the question?” about websites of government departments or non-government organisations
• collaborating and safely exchanging information online with an entrepreneur to identify attributes that built success
• organising data into appropriate formats using specialised digital tools, such as tables and graphs, visual displays

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASHASECOY7

Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 7, students describe how decisions are made to allocate limited resources to individuals and communities in an economy. They describe the reasons businesses exist and types of businesses, and identify how entrepreneurial characteristics contribute to the success of a business. They describe the reasons individuals choose to work, how they may derive an income and the types of work that exist. Students identify the rights and responsibilities of individuals and businesses in terms of products and services. Students develop questions to investigate an economic and business issue. They locate, select and organise data and information from sources. They interpret information and data to identify economic and business issues, trends or effects. They develop a response and identify potential costs and benefits. Students use economic and business knowledge, concepts, terms and sources to create descriptions and explanations.