AC9HE9S02 Year 9 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, find “case studies related to trade between Australia and Asia”)
• • Elaboration selecting and analysing information and data for relevance by asking questions such as “How will the data or information help answer this economic or business question?” or “How will the data or information inform a response to an economic or business issue?”
• • Elaboration selecting and analysing information and data for reliability by asking questions such as “How and when was it collected?”, “Who collected the data?” and “For what purpose was the data collected?”
• • Elaboration selecting and presenting data in appropriate formats using specialised digital tools and processes; for example, a table and graph showing the composition and direction of trade between Australia and Asia