Your search for "compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations" returned 82 result(s)

Elaboration ACHHS170

graphing historical data to identify past trends and to draw conclusions about their significance (for example, the proportion of Australian servicemen who returned from World War I, and the ‘lost generations’ in the years after the war)

Elaboration | ACHHS170 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACDSEH068

The way Polynesian societies used environmental resources (sustainably and unsustainably), including the extinction of the moa in New Zealand, the use of religious/supernatural threats to conserve resources, and the exploitation of Easter Island’s palm …

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACDSEH068 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACDSEH109

The impact of World War II, with a particular emphasis on the Australian home front, including the changing roles of women and use of wartime government controls (conscription, manpower controls, rationing and censorship)

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACDSEH109 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH064

investigating the demand for available land and the patterns of land use in the period

Elaboration | ACDSEH064 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH031

investigating the discovery of Mungo Woman in 1969 and the use of radiocarbon dating to draw conclusions about the longevity of human occupation at Lake Mungo

Elaboration | ACDSEH031 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH002

describing the importance of the River Nile to Egyptian society (for example, inundation and farming, the worship of the god of the Nile, and the use of the Nile as a means of transportation)

Elaboration | ACDSEH002 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH061

describing the main features of the water management system at Angkor (for example, the extensive use of reservoirs and canals)

Elaboration | ACDSEH061 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH081

investigating the changes in working conditions (for example, longer working hours for low pay and the use of children as a cheap source of labour)

Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH081 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH095

using sources to investigate the fighting at Gallipoli, the difficulties of trench warfare, and the use of tanks, aeroplanes and chemical weapons (gas)

Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH095 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH038

describing the significance of slavery in the period of the Roman Empire (for example, the acquisition of slaves through warfare, the use of slaves as gladiators and agricultural labourers, and the rise of freedmen)

Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH038 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH045

investigating the significant beliefs, values and practices of Indian society associated with death and funerary customs (for example, cremation, the use of professional mourners, the construction of stupas)

Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH045 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHHS208

using web search techniques to refine a search for information/images related to a historic site (for example, use of place names, dates and search words such as ‘photo gallery’)

Elaboration (1) | ACHHS208 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHHS189

understanding that the reliability and usefulness of a source depends on the questions asked of it (for example, an account may be one-sided and therefore of use in revealing past prevailing attitudes)

Elaboration | ACHHS189 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH031

generating a range of questions to investigate a source (for example, a shell midden in ancient Australia – where it was found, how long it was used for, what it reveals about technology and the use of environmental resources)

Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH031 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH043

explaining the rise of imperial China (for example, the use of chariot warfare and the adoption of mass infantry armies, the building of the first phase of the Great Wall of China, military strategies as codified in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War)

Elaboration | ACDSEH043 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHHS211

using strategies to detect whether a statement is fact or opinion, including word choices that may indicate an opinion is being offered (for example, the use of conditionals 'might', 'could', and other words such as 'believe', 'think', 'suggests')

Elaboration (2) | ACHHS211 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH066

describing the way of life of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) society (for example, fishing by the men, links between the household and the extended clan through the exchange of goods, wives and labour; the use of stone tools)

Elaboration | ACDSEH066 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH077

outlining Genghis Khan’s use of decimal organisation in his army and his policies for governing his empire (for example, codifying laws, banning the killing of animals in the breeding season, supporting religious freedom and expanding trade)

Elaboration | ACDSEH077 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH079

explaining the role of the Mongols in forging connections between Europe and Asia through conquest, settlement and trade (for example, the use of paper money and coinage; the growing number of European merchants travelling to China)

Elaboration | ACDSEH079 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACDSEH145

describing the main features of a government policy that affected migration to Australia, such as the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and use of the dictation test to restrict the immigration of non-Europeans

Elaboration | ACDSEH145 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum