Humanities and social sciences / Year 6 / Inquiry and skills / Researching

Curriculum content descriptions

Sequence information about people’s lives, events, developments and phenomena using a variety of methods including timelines (ACHASSI125)

Elaborations
  • locating key events, ideas, movements and lives in a chronological sequence on timelines and flowcharts
  • developing flowcharts to show steps in a sequence (for example, the flow of goods and services, the passage of a bill through parliament)
  • selecting, recording and prioritising the key points made in relation to historical, geographical, civic and economic studies when interviewing people (for example, community or family members who migrated to Australia, war veterans, former refugees, members of parliament, leaders of community organisations, business operators, the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, workers of diverse occupations in an industry)
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Chronological order

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