Year 10 · Humanities and Social Sciences · Skills

AC9HH10S02

locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in a historical inquiry

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The rest of Skills in Year 10.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HH10S02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 10.

1. Year 9AC9HH9S01develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry
2. Year 9AC9HH9S02locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry
3. Year 9AC9HH9S03identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources
4. Year 9AC9HH9S04explain the usefulness of primary and secondary sources, and the reliability of the information as evidence
5. Year 9AC9HH9S05analyse cause and effect, and evaluate patterns of continuity and change
6. Year 9AC9HH9S06compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values
7. Year 9AC9HH9S07analyse different and contested historical interpretations
8. Year 9AC9HH9S08create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge evidence from sources