Year 9 · Humanities and Social Sciences · Skills

AC9HH9S03

identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Skills in Year 9.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HH9S03 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 9.

1. Year 8AC9HH8S01develop historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry
2. Year 8AC9HH8S02locate and identify primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry
3. Year 8AC9HH8S03identify the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources
4. Year 8AC9HH8S04identify and describe the accuracy and usefulness of primary and secondary sources as evidence
5. Year 8AC9HH8S05describe causes and effects, and explain continuities and changes
6. Year 8AC9HH8S06identify perspectives, attitudes and values of the past in sources
7. Year 8AC9HH8S07explain historical interpretations about significant events, individuals and groups
8. Year 8AC9HH8S08create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that reference evidence from sources
9. Year 10AC9HH10S01develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry
10. Year 10AC9HH10S02locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in a historical inquiry
11. Year 10AC9HH10S03identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources
12. Year 10AC9HH10S04explain the usefulness of primary and secondary sources, and the reliability of the information as evidence
13. Year 10AC9HH10S05analyse cause and effect, and evaluate patterns of continuity and change
14. Year 10AC9HH10S06compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values
15. Year 10AC9HH10S07analyse different and contested historical interpretations
16. Year 10AC9HH10S08create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge evidence from sources