Humanities and social sciences / Foundation / Inquiry and skills / Analysing

Curriculum content descriptions

Compare objects from the past with those from the present and consider how places have changed over time (ACHASSI006)

Elaborations
  • talking about differences between objects from the past and those of the present using comparative language (for example, This toy is older, ‘My new computer game is more fun than the old one, ‘This tree is older than …’)
  • distinguishing between older and newer, using such clues as the condition of the object, the width of a tree, the height of a person
  • identifying natural and constructed features of a place that have changed over time and those that have remained relatively unchanged
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Artefacts,  Similarity (Classification)

Assessment

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