Humanities and social sciences / Year 1 / Inquiry and skills / Analysing

Curriculum content descriptions

Interpret data and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps (ACHASSI024)

Elaborations
  • finding the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary relating to the past (for example, games such as jacks/knuckles and elastics; technology tools such as floppy discs or USBs, record player, cassette player)
  • using information gained from sources (for example, stories, photographs, fieldwork observations, satellite images, rock art) to answer ‘when’, ‘where’, ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions
  • finding a hidden item using a map or plan that shows its location
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Maps (Geographic location),  Classification

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