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AC9HS4S02: Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Questioning and researching
AC9HS4S02 Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS4S02 – Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

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Skills
Substrand
Questioning and researching

This Content Descriptor from Year 4 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, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps

Elaborations

  • • identifying the types of sources suited to historical, geographical, civic inquiry contexts (for example, paintings, maps and written records/accounts to investigate the First Fleet or a local environment; newspaper articles and database information to investigate the cultural diversity of the local community or to respond to a civic or geographic issue such as recycling; traditional ballads and stories to investigate historical events or cultural groups in the community) and discussing why particular sources might be suitable for a particular context
  • • brainstorming ways that information might be collected for an inquiry, such as surveys, interviews and tallying, and choosing, with teacher guidance, the most effective sources of data; for example, the internet, thematic maps, photographs, satellite imagery, field data collection, interviewing members of local government
  • • exploring stories about the groups people belong to; for example, cultural groups such as groups that value First Nations Australian or Asian heritage; interest and community groups such as recreational and volunteering organisations; and gender or religious groups
  • • using graphic organisers, timelines, maps, graphs or tables to display data and information (for example, a food web; consequence wheels for an issue; creating a timeline related to the First Fleet; mapping locations of different types of vegetation, the loss of native species, the movement of peoples over time, or social, cultural and religious groups in Australia’s society) and using digital applications as appropriate

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 4 ASHASHASY4
Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 4, students describe the diversity of experiences of people in Australia prior to and following 1788. They describe the events and causes of the establishment of the first British colony in Australia. They describe the effects of colonisation on people and environments. Students describe the importance of environments, and sustainable allocation and management of resources. They describe the importance and role of local government, community members and laws, and the cultural and social factors that shape identity.Students develop questions and locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources and formats. They interpret and analyse information and data to identify perspectives, and draw conclusions. Students propose considered actions or responses. Students use ideas from sources and relevant subject-specific terms to present descriptions and explanations.