Syllabus Bites: Explore a source

Educational value

• This is a highly useful resource to build up the skills of Historical questions and research, Analysis and use of sources, and Perspectives and interpretations. The resource describes and models the processes of interrogating a source and shows examples of analysis and evaluation of historical sources. The process can then be applied to other historical questions using sources. Relevant to middle and upper primary as well as secondary but In earlier years teacher guidance is necessary.

Year level

5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10

Topics History Attitudes Composers (Texts) Values (Psychology) Reasoning Terrorism Evidence Judgement Impartiality Information retrieval Information literacy Secondary sources Primary sources Historical inquiry Historical sources Research questions