Subject
Researching
History
- Identify and locate primary (sources from the time) and secondary sources to support a historical inquiry
- Collect information, evidence and/or data using methods most suited to an historical inquiry (for example, interview, observation, digital search tools)
- Record, arrange and sort information about the past and how it relates to the present in a range of forms (for example, concept map, object display, table)
- Order information about lives, events developments and phenomena over time using sequences, timelines and oral recounting
Geography
- Identify and locate primary sources (for example, interviews, navigation journal, stories from Country/Place, field sketches) and secondary sources (for example, maps, diagrams) to support a geographical inquiry
- Use representations of place (for example, map, globe, model, picture) to gather geographical information
- Collect information and/or data using qualitative methods (for example, observation) and quantitative methods (for example, Google Earth, digital image search) suited to the geographical inquiry
- Record, organise and represent geographical information and/or data in appropriate forms (for example, map, scattergram, model, diagram)
Civics and Citizenship
- Identify and locate primary sources (for example, survey, interview, photograph) and secondary sources (for example, electoral data, news article, diagram, report) to answer questions about civics and citizenship
- Collect information and/or data using a range of methods (for example, interview, photograph, survey data) suited to civics and citizenship questions
- Record and represent civics and citizenship information and/or data in appropriate forms (for example, diagram, graph, table)
Economics and Business
- Identify and collect information and/or data using qualitative methods (for example, photograph, survey) and quantitative methods (for example, statistical data, advertisement) to explore economic and business processes and phenomena
- Categorise and arrange data for useful interpretation (for example, spreadsheet and database fields)
- Record and represent economic and business information and/or data in appropriate forms (for example, spreadsheet, model, graph, flowchart)
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