AC9HH7S02 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor locate and identify primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry

Elaborations

• • Elaboration locating digital repositories of archaeological sources and records, and using search functions to identify evidence; for example, Rome ceramics – religion
• • Elaboration identifying categories for sorting primary and secondary sources, such as scrolls, coins, artwork, human remains, primary perspectives and/or historical interpretations
• • Elaboration 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)
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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