AC9HH8S01 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor develop historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry

Elaborations

• • Elaboration developing a key question such as “How did the decline of Rome’s western empire change the organisation of European society?” or “Why did Easter Island (Rapa Nui) society decline?”; identifying related questions to inform the inquiry, such as “What evidence is there?” and “What theories have been developed?”
• • Elaboration developing questions about historical significance such as “How many people were affected by the Black Death?” and “How long did it last?”
• • Elaboration reviewing questions when faced with unexpected or challenging developments posed by the historical investigation; for example, “How was the organisation of Japanese society influenced by world events?”