AC9HH7K02 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor theories about the causes and effects of the arrival of early First Nations Australians on the Australian continent and their migration routes across the continent

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating how scientific techniques have been used to establish the arrival of humans to the mega-continent known as Sahul; for example, use of radiocarbon (C14) and Thermoluminescence (TL) dating techniques used to date archaeological sites related to early human occupation such as Lake Mungo, and genetic research to map the movement of people
• • Elaboration investigating how the ancestors of the early First Peoples of Australia were seafarers and examining the likely effects this had on the movement of people to the continent
• • Elaboration examining online maps and information to investigate the relationship between geographical features and the location of known ancient sites on the mega-continent known as Sahul; for example, investigating the vegetation types and water sources in different parts of the continent and how they reflect the location of ancient sites
• • Elaboration investigating the techniques used to predict the chronology and the routes taken in the dispersal of early First Nations Australians across the continent; for example, using online information that explains how research into ancient landscapes, waterways, terrain and important early First Nations Australians’ habitation sites can model the movement of people across the continent, or how DNA taken from hair samples can track the genetic connections of First Nations Australians back to specific parts of Australia as far back as tens of thousands of years ago