AC9HS6S06 Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects

Elaborations

• • Elaboration planning a project, campaign or enterprise around an identified challenge with specification of the sequence of tasks and activities, responsibilities and deadlines
• • Elaboration brainstorming solutions to an issue that is significant to a group, collecting evidence to build a case for action that takes account of alternative views, minimises risks and mitigates any negative outcomes, and using negotiation to reach consensus on a preferred approach to resolving the issue
• • Elaboration relating the decisions made by individuals and organisations to criteria used to evaluate options; for example, the criteria for Australian of the Year, for the award of the Order of Australia, for the selection of a school captain
• • Elaboration determining a preferred option for action by identifying the advantages and disadvantages of different proposals, surveying people’s views and opinions, analysing the data, and debating and voting on alternatives
• • Elaboration identifying the possible social, cultural, economic and environmental effects of consumer or financial choices and developing strategies to minimise negative effects