History / Year 7 / Historical Skills / Analysis and use of sources

Curriculum content descriptions

Locate, compare, select and use information from a range of sources as evidence (ACHHS210)

Elaborations
  • creating categories (that is, concepts) with which to organise information obtained from sources
  • identifying a range of archaeological sources (for example, the physical remains of the Colosseum, gladiatorial equipment such as helmets, mosaics showing gladiatorial combat, written accounts of what happened in the Colosseum)
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Historical sources,  Information retrieval,  Evidence

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Year 7 history assessment - Investigating the ancient past: A history mystery

This is an assessment package that uses the Year 7 Australian Curriculum history achievement standard to gather evidence about how well students have demonstrated what they know, what they understand and what they can do for the depth study 'Investigating the Ancient Past' (between 60 000BC–c.650 AD). Using the context ...