Year 6 · Humanities and Social Sciences · Skills

AC9HS6S06

propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Skills in Year 6.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HS6S06 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 6.

1. Year 5AC9HS5S01develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
2. Year 5AC9HS5S02locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
3. Year 5AC9HS5S03evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
4. Year 5AC9HS5S04evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
5. Year 5AC9HS5S05develop evidence-based conclusions
6. Year 5AC9HS5S06propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
7. Year 5AC9HS5S07present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions