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Elaboration (3) ACHASSI039

examining a historical site (for example, a home, a school) to explore how technology has changed life over time (for example, how and where food was obtained and prepared, how people travelled, how people stayed warm or cool, how sewerage was managed, …

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI041

making generalisations from data showing patterns and relationships (for example, the relationship between the distance of places and the frequency of visits to them; between rubbish in the school and eating areas; between marine animals and where human …

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) ACHASSI052

developing inquiring questions as they investigate (for example, ‘Why there?’ questions about location; ‘What might happen?’ questions about future consequences of natural processes or people’s actions in places; and ‘What ought to happen?’ questions …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI059

respecting ways to ensure others’ points of view are shared in group situations (for example, adhering to and defending strategies that enable turn-taking and eliminate talking over others)

Elaboration ACHASSI061

composing different types of texts to report findings of an investigation (for example, reporting on a historical investigation and its researched facts and findings by writing a biography about a noteworthy individual or group, a narrative account of …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK066

comparing the boundaries of Aboriginal Countries with the surveyed boundaries between Australian states and territories to gain an appreciation about the different ways Australia can be represented

Elaboration (3) ACHASSK068

investigating and comparing what it would be like to live in a place with a different climate to their own place

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK070

identifying places and situations in communities where decisions are made democratically

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK071

identifying familiar rules, how rules protect the rights of others, what their responsibilities are to others, and the consequences when rules are not followed

Elaboration ACHASSI073

asking questions before, during and after an investigation using tools such as a KWL chart (what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned) and five W’s + H (who, what, when, where, how and why)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI073

generating a range of questions (for example, evaluation questions, reflecting questions) about contemporary issues reported in the media

Elaboration (4) ACHASSI075

annotating maps using the appropriate cartographic conventions including map symbols, scale and north point to show places and their features, in Australia, and in selected countries of Africa and South America

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI078

comparing information in sources to identify evidence of change (for example, Aboriginal, Dutch and French place names on Australia’s west coast; past and present distribution of vegetation in North Africa that points to increasing desertification)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI079

finding connections, in order to draw conclusions, from an analysis of sources (for example, relationships between plants and animals in an ecosystem; languages of countries and the nations which colonised them; shipwreck locations and natural features; …

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI081

forecasting a probable future and a preferred future relating to an environmental, local government or cultural issue (for example, developing a futures scenario of what oceans will be like if humans continue to allow waste plastic to enter waterways, …

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