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Elaboration ACHASSI002

exploring sources (for example, pictures, photographs, story books, artefacts, excursions to places, family interviews) to gain information about the past

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI003

contributing information to shared records of places, families and friends (for example, adding personal details to murals, concept maps, tally charts and pictorial tables)

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI003

creating representations to show the location of features of familiar places (for example, making a map and illustrating it with pictures; using objects to create bird’s eye view models)

describing events they have experienced and/or different places they have visited, using different modes of communication, (for example, orally, through objects, pictures and drawings, role-play and photographs)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI036

creating pictorial maps with annotations to show familiar local and/or historical sites, their features and location, and adding further information as extra sites are identified

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI036

locating the places they are connected to (such as through family, travel, friends), or the places they visit for shopping, recreation or other reasons on a print, electronic or wall map

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI036

making a map or plan of significant places in the community, incorporating symbols to show location of objects or significant features

Elaboration ACHASSI043

conveying information about the past and familiar places by representing ideas in written, spoken, pictorial or performance modes and by creating imaginative responses

Elaboration ACHASSI052

posing relevant questions when investigating the contribution individuals and groups have made to the development of the local community ('Who?', 'What?', 'When?', 'Where?', 'Why?')

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI055

creating visual representations of a sequence of events or happenings (for example, the stages involved in making decisions in a familiar context, such as a planning a class activity, the sequence of seasonal changes in different climates)

Elaboration ACHASSI075

using graphic organisers to sort and record information (for example, flowcharts, consequence wheels, futures timelines, Venn diagrams, Y-charts, network diagrams) or to show simple relationships (for example, a food web in mangrove or Antarctic wate …

Elaboration ACHASSI096

categorising information using digital and non-digital graphic organisers (for example, flowcharts, consequence wheels, futures timelines, Venn diagrams, scattergrams, decision-making matrixes and bibliography templates)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK120

brainstorming resources that a local community might use

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI122

mind-mapping a concept to create research questions that reveal connections between economic, political, and/or environmental systems (for example, ‘How does shipping connect Asia and Australia?’, ‘What is ship ballast?’, ‘How does ballast water in modern …

Elaboration ACHASSI123

determining the most appropriate methods to find information (for example, personal observation, internet searches, primary and secondary sources) including using excursions and field trips (for example, a study trip to a wetlands, a visit to a war memorial, …

Elaboration ACHASSI124

categorising information using digital and non-digital graphic organisers (for example, flowcharts, consequence wheels, futures timelines, mapping software, decision-making matrixes, digital scattergrams, spreadsheets, and bibliography templates)

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI124

constructing tables and graphs with digital applications as appropriate to display or categorise data and information for analysis (for example, a table to show the similarities and differences in official languages and religions across a number of c …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI124

creating maps using spatial technologies and cartographic conventions as appropriate (including border, source, scale, legend, title and north point) to show information and data, including location (for example, a large-scale map to show the location …

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI128

comparing spatial and statistical distributions in thematic maps, choropleth maps and tables to identify patterns and relationships (for example, patterns in per capita income of countries from the Asia region; the increasing cultural diversity of present …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI154

constructing tables, graphs and annotated diagrams with the help of digital technologies to represent collected data (for example, diagrams showing how water flows through the environment and connects places; graphs quantifying the influence of environmental …

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