AC9HH7S02 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH7S02 – 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 and identify primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry

Elaborations

• locating digital repositories of archaeological sources and records, and using search functions to identify evidence; for example, Rome ceramics – religion
• identifying categories for sorting primary and secondary sources, such as scrolls, coins, artwork, human remains, primary perspectives and/or historical interpretations
• selecting and recording information from a range of sources (both archaeological and written) and differentiating between primary sources (those from the time of the event/person/site being investigated) and secondary sources (those that represent later interpretations)
• examining methods for investigating the ancient past for providing information relevant to inquiry questions; for example, stratigraphy to date discoveries, DNA testing to identify past individuals from their remains (such as Egyptian mummies) and common diseases
• explaining the challenges of translation and intercultural understanding when interrogating sources of evidence, such as the inscriptions of Asoka and other edicts carved in stone and contained in religious literature, and the Vedas and epics of the Ramayana and Mahabharata

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASHAHISY7

Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 7, students describe the historical significance of the ancient past and the histories of early First Nations Peoples of Australia. They identify the causes and effects of events, developments and achievements connected to groups and individuals in Australia and other societies from the ancient past. Students describe the social, religious, cultural, economic, environmental and/or political aspects related to changes and continuities in these societies. They identify the roles and achievements of significant individuals and groups, and the influences on the development of ancient societies. Students explain the importance of heritage sites connected to Australia and other societies from the ancient past. Students develop questions about the past. They locate and identify primary and secondary sources as evidence in historical inquiry. They describe the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources. Students identify the accuracy and usefulness of sources as evidence. They sequence events and developments to describe causes and effects, and continuities and changes across societies and periods of time. They describe the perspectives, attitudes and values of the past in sources. They identify and describe historical interpretations about significant events and people. Students use historical knowledge, concepts, terms and evidence from sources to create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments.