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History 7-10 / Year 7 / Skills / Questioning and researching
Curriculum content descriptions
locate and identify primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry (AC9HH7S02)
Elaborations
- locating digital repositories of archaeological sources and records, and using search functions to identify evidence; for example, Rome ceramics – religion
- identifying categories for sorting primary and secondary sources, such as scrolls, coins, artwork, human remains, primary perspectives and/or historical interpretations
- selecting and recording information from a range of sources (both archaeological and written) and differentiating between primary sources (those from the time of the event/person/site being investigated) and secondary sources (those that represent later interpretations)
- examining methods for investigating the ancient past for providing information relevant to inquiry questions; for example, stratigraphy to date discoveries, DNA testing to identify past individuals from their remains (such as Egyptian mummies) and common diseases
- explaining the challenges of translation and intercultural understanding when interrogating sources of evidence, such as the inscriptions of Asoka and other edicts carved in stone and contained in religious literature, and the Vedas and epics of the Ramayana and Mahabharata
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ScOT terms
Primary sources, Secondary sources, Information retrieval