AC9HS5S05 Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor develop evidence-based conclusions

Elaborations

• • Elaboration identifying valid evidence that can be used to form a conclusion and considering the difference between a conclusion based on evidence and one based on personal preference or on the use of limited sources
• • Elaboration drawing conclusions based on identified evidence from primary and secondary sources that consider differing information; for example, using analysis and evaluation of primary sources such as images, posters and newspaper articles, and secondary sources such as books and websites, on which to base conclusions
• • Elaboration drawing conclusions that demonstrate consideration of questions, understanding of disciplinary concepts and evidence
• • Elaboration drawing conclusions about a community and/or the environment; for example, changing democratic values from past to present, patterns of human consumption and changes in environments
• • Elaboration considering the primary and secondary sources used and how this may have influenced the validity of the conclusions of the inquiry; for example, the reliability of information in a source such as a government agency website versus a private blog, the date a secondary source was created and the views that prevailed at the time