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Civics and citizenship / Year 7 / Civics and Citizenship Skills / Analysis, synthesis and interpretation

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Curriculum content descriptions

Critically analyse information and ideas from a range of sources in relation to civics and citizenship topics and issues (ACHCS056)

Elaborations
  • analysing how information can be used selectively to persuade citizens (for example, in a debate about a suggested constitutional change)
  • evaluating data from a survey to draw conclusions about a current event or issue
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Evaluation,  Critical thinking,  Citizenship,  Information literacy

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