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Elaboration (1) ACDSEH126

explaining the significance of ideas about the environment (for example, Gaia – the interaction of Earth and its biosphere; limits of growth – that unlimited growth is unsustainable; sustainability – that biological systems need to remain diverse and …

Elaboration ACDSEH127

investigating a range of environmental impacts (for example, the flooding of Lake Pedder in Tasmania, deforestation in Indonesia, the decline of the Aral Sea, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the whaling industry)

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH127

explaining the struggle over French nuclear weapon testing in the Pacific 1966–1996 (for example, the sinking of the ship, the Rainbow Warrior, in 1985)

Elaboration ACDSEH128

explaining the responses of governments and organisations to environmental threats (for example, New Zealand’s anti-nuclear policy, the United States’ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 1980 (CERCLA), Australia’s first …

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH128

evaluating the effectiveness of international protocols and treaties such as Kyoto (1997), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (since 1992) and the Washington Declaration (2007)

Elaboration ACHHS182

placing in sequence the main events of the Freedom Rides campaigns in the United States and Australia and explaining the links between the two campaigns

Elaboration (1) ACHHS182

using interactive timelines to explore the various manifestations or effects of an event in different geographical locations

Elaboration ACHHS183

defining and using terms and concepts such as ‘liberation’, ‘human rights’, ‘popular culture’ and ‘contestability’

Elaboration ACHHS184

changing a key question or related questions in an inquiry depending on the suitability of the sources available

Elaboration (1) ACHHS184

developing questions about aspects of the past that require historical argument

Elaboration (2) ACHHS184

identifying, planning and investigating (individually and as part of a team) specific historical questions or issues

Elaboration ACHHS185

changing a key question or related questions in an inquiry depending on the suitability of the sources available

Elaboration ACHHS186

locating sources for recording oral histories (for example, Vietnam War veterans, recent migrants)

Elaboration (1) ACHHS186

recognising the role of ICT in providing access to sources and the need to ask relevant questions of those sources (for example, a Google search for ‘significance of Kokoda’)

Elaboration ACHHS187

using data from immigration records and processing them using ICT to identify historical trends over time

Elaboration (1) ACHHS187

explaining the context of a source such as the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) and the significance of that context in understanding responses to the report (with varying perspectives)

Elaboration ACHHS188

combining historical data from a range of sources to identify and explain the impact of World War II

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 (1) ACHHS189

discussing the reliability and usefulness of Martin Luther King’s 1963 ‘I Have A Dream’ speech as a source to assist in understanding the aims and motivations of the US Civil Rights movement

Elaboration ACHHS190

analysing the views of men and women at different times regarding gender equality in Australia and explaining how these views might reflect changing values and attitudes

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