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This sample assessment is based on previous versions of the Australian Curriculum.
Australia as a nation
Description
Students use relevant sources to investigate Australia as a nation using the relevant key inquiry questions of this year level, in the context of migration:
- How did Australian society change throughout the twentieth century?
- Who were the people who came to Australia?
- Why did they come?
- What contribution have significant individuals and groups made to the development of Australian society?
They will:
- identify questions and develop a hypothesis to investigate an individual or migrant group from an Asian country
- locate and compare a range of relevant historical sources
- compare information in sources to answer inquiry questions
- develop and deliver a presentation to explain the significance of the contributions of one individual or migrant group from an Asian country to the development of Australian society.
Multimodal: Research
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (includes cover page)
- Student booklet
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Assessment resource: Historical inquiry process
- Assessment resource: Sample letter to parents/carers
- Assessment resource: Question starter grid
- Assessment resource: Questioning sources
- Assessment resource: Using primary sources
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