AC9HH7S04 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HH7S04 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Using historical sources

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Using historical sources

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

identify and describe the accuracy and usefulness of primary and secondary sources as evidence

Elaborations

• examining the accuracy of sources by asking questions such as “Where does it come from?”, “What information is provided?”, “Is the information factual or an opinion?” and “What other sources may be needed to support/challenge this source?”
• recognising that, while evidence may be limited for a particular group of people, such evidence can provide useful insights into the power structures in an ancient society
• distinguishing between a fact (for example, “Some gladiators wore helmets”) and an opinion (for example, “All gladiators were brave”)
• identifying information within a source that can be useful evidence to support an interpretation of an event, movement, individual, group or society

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.