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Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose (ACHASSI098)

Elaborations
  • inferring the nature, purpose and origin of artefacts to determine if they have evidence to offer an investigation of a time, place or process
  • identifying stereotypes and over-generalisations relating to age, gender, ethnicity, ability, religion and/or politics presented in sources and media of the past (for example, a newspaper caricature of a colonial era Chinese goldfield worker) and in sources and media of the present (for example, social media opinions about a mining development)
  • identifying the purpose and usefulness of information gained from primary and secondary sources (for example, checking publication details)
  • analysing texts relating to a school, club or government election (for example, speeches, advertisements, campaign materials, symbols, how to vote cards, result records) to determine who created them and their purpose
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Historical sources,  Artefacts

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