AC9HS5S01 Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems

Elaborations

• • Elaboration asking questions that address relevant disciplinary concepts before, during and after an investigation to frame and guide the stages of an inquiry; for example, “What caused Britain to establish Australian colonies after 1800?”, “What does this source indicate about the significance of an event?”, “How do secondary sources differ and what can I determine from primary sources?”, “How do the sources help me answer my questions and reach conclusions?”
• • Elaboration developing different types of questions for different purposes, such as probing questions to seek details, open-ended questions to elicit more ideas, and practical questions to guide financial choices
• • Elaboration developing questions to guide the identification and location of useful sources for an investigation or project; for example, “Is this source useful?”, “Who can help us do this project?”, “What rules/protocols must we follow when we do this inquiry/project?”, “What resources do we need to conduct this project?”