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Identify a range of questions about the past to inform a historical inquiry (ACHHS150)

Elaborations
  • experimenting with different words/phrases/historical concepts, when drafting a question, to develop a research focus
  • posing a key question such as: ‘Why did Easter Island (Rapa Nui) society decline?’ and identifying related questions to inform the inquiry (for example, ‘What evidence is there?’ ‘What theories have been developed?’)
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Historical inquiry,  Research questions

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