History / Year 9 / Historical Skills / Historical questions and research

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Evaluate and enhance these questions (ACHHS167)

Elaborations
  • developing an inquiry question such as: ‘What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution?’ and refining it as further factors are introduced into the research process
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
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Historical inquiry,  Research questions

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