Primary and Secondary Sources

Academic standard:  Year 9: Students interpret, process, analyse and organise information from a range of primary and secondary sources and use it as evidence to answer inquiry questions.  Year 10: Students process, analyse and synthesise information from a range of primary and secondary sources and use it as evidence to answer inquiry questions.  https://drive.google.com/open?id=17KxUaJjS-NaXPkysxw6lGzySqSO2M9P- What does that mean?  In everyday words:  Primary sourcesContinue reading “Primary and Secondary Sources”

Asking questions for Historical Inquiry

Achievement Standard: Year 9: When researching, students develop different kinds of questions to frame a historical inquiry. Year 10: When researching, students develop, evaluate and modify questions to frame a historical inquiry. Periscope Link: Watch on #Periscope: Muliyan History 25/03/2020 https://www.pscp.tv/w/cUk4czFxTGpHSk1uV0J5S0p8MVlxeG9RVnJYTlhHdkFsCOrnCjBMyx3nj-rCdYt4ZVYAz05vJdWEix6PtRCf What does that mean?  Historical Inquiry: History provides us with a way of thinkingContinue reading “Asking questions for Historical Inquiry”

Timelines of events

Achievement Standards:  Year 9: Students sequence events and developments within a chronological framework concerning periods-of-time and their duration Year 10: Students sequence events and developments within a chronological framework and identify relationships between events across different places and periods-of-time.  What does this mean? Historians need to understand how events roll into each other and how places may impact those events. What doesContinue reading “Timelines of events”

Different perceptions of historical events.

Achievement standard:  Year 9: Students explain the significance of these events and developments over the short and long term. Year 10: Students explain the significance of events and developments from a range of perspectives. They explain different interpretations of the past and recognise the evidence used to support these interpretations. What does that mean?  Significance:Continue reading “Different perceptions of historical events.”

Causes and Effects of Historical Events

Achievement Standard: Year 9: Students analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and make judgements about their importance.  Year 10: Students analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and explain their relative importance. But what does that mean? Cause: a thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition “The cause of the accident is notContinue reading “Causes and Effects of Historical Events”

Motives and Actions

Achievement Standard: Year 9: They explain the motives and actions of people at the time Year 10: They explain the context for people’s actions in the past Ok – so what does this even mean? What is a motive and what is an action…and what even is context? Lets define these hey: Context: the circumstancesContinue reading “Motives and Actions”

What is a Key Event??

If you take a look at our learning intentions (achievement standards) for this term, you’ll see that the very first sentence asks you to be able to key events, and the actions of individuals and groups…so probably going to help to understand what a key event is hey! For your lovely budding brains, a keyContinue reading “What is a Key Event??”

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