ACHASSI098

Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose

Elaborations

• inferring the nature, purpose and origin of artefacts to determine if they have evidence to offer an investigation of a time, place or process (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• identifying stereotypes and over-generalisations relating to age, gender, ethnicity, ability, religion and/or politics presented in sources and media of the past (for example, a newspaper caricature of a colonial era Chinese goldfield worker) and in sources and media of the present (for example, social media opinions about a mining development) (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding)
• identifying the purpose and usefulness of information gained from primary and secondary sources (for example, checking publication details) (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• analysing texts relating to a school, club or government election (for example, speeches, advertisements, campaign materials, symbols, how to vote cards, result records) to determine who created them and their purpose (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)

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