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SOSE (2000) sourcebook modules

Sourcebook modules provide teachers with a range of learning and teaching ideas. Teachers are encouraged to modify modules to meet the specific needs and interests of particular groups of students and individual students, their own needs and the learning environment.

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Legend:
TCC = Time, continuity, change; PS = Place and space; CI = Culture and identity; SRP = Systems, resources, power

ModuleTCCPSCISRP
Level 1
Growing and changing: Individual identity (PDF, 238.4 KB)1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4  1.5 1.5
Ready, set, go: Rights and responsibilities (PDF, 67.6 KB)  1.2 1.1, 1.3, 1.4
Let's get together: Families and needs (PDF, 58.0 KB)1.5  1.2, 1.3, 1.4 1.2
Whistle while you work: Working together (PDF, 104.6 KB)  1.2 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
Hideaway spaces, special places: Elements of the environment (PDF, 67.3 KB)1.4 1.1, 1.2, 1.4   
A world full of stories: Stories of diverse cultures (PDF, 206.6 KB)
Resource 2: Lizards & Snakes (PDF, 409.8 KB)
1.3  1.1, 1.3, 1.4 
Lean, green cleaning machine: Caring for the environment (PDF, 104.1 KB) 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5  1.1, 1.4
Our island dream: Futures study (PDF, 102.1 KB)1.1 1.1  1.4, 1.5
Level 2
Way to grow: Individual development (PDF, 52.2 KB)2.2    
A patchwork of memories: Family diversity (PDF, 52.8 KB)2.5  2.2, 2.4  
Read all about it: Participating (PDF, 61.4 KB)2.4  2.4 2.3, 2.4
The many faces of work: Work interdependence (PDF, 203.3 KB)2.2, 2.4  2.4 2.3, 2.4
From farm, factory and sea: Goods and services in the community (PDF, 56.3 KB) 2.1  2.2, 2.5
Creating tomorrow's world today: Present and future environments (PDF, 92.6 KB)2.3, 2.4 2.2, 2.5  2.2
Telling Stories: Stories and perspectives (PDF, 168.4 KB)2.1, 2.4, 2.5  2.1  
Eco-consumerism: Conserving the environment (PDF, 241.5 KB)2.3 2.2, 2.3, 2.5  2.1
Our faces: Belonging and identities in Australia (PDF, 215.7 KB)2.1 2.4 2.3, 2.5  
Our places: Local area and global environments (PDF, 209.3 KB) 2.1, 2.4  
Our neighbours near and far: Asian cultural study (PDF, 50.2 KB)2.1  2.1, 2.3  
Level 3
Yesterday's news: Technology and culture (PDF, 137.9 KB)3.1, 3.4    
Citizens then and now: Beginnings of democracy (PDF, 154.1 KB)  3.5 3.4, 3.5
Cattle, gold and sugar cane: Working in the past (PDF, 247.7 KB)  3.1 3.2
Work photographs for Cattle, gold and sugar cane
Cattle industry (PDF, 188.4 KB) | Banana industry (PDF, 328.7 KB) | Sugar industry (PDF, 291.9 KB) | Gold mining (PDF, 327.8 KB) | Farm work (PDF, 230.4 KB) | Work at home (PDF, 208.8 KB)
It's my turf: Local area study (PDF, 195.3 KB)This module offers a range of learning outcomes that may assist a local area study.
It's mine: Discovering Australia (PDF, 446.4 KB)3.2 3.1, 3.4, 3.5   
Australia's past: Australia circa 1788 (PDF, 203.9 KB)3.2, 3.4, 3.5 3.4 3.2, 3.4  
Environments past and present: Management of Australian environments (PDF, 179.7 KB)3.3, 3.4, 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.1
Our future: Past and future study (PDF, 155.7 KB)3.3, 3.4 3.5  3.1
New horizons: Immigration in Australia (PDF, 172.4 KB)3.2, 3.4, 3.5  3.1, 3.5  
Everyone can have a say: Local decision making (PDF, 162.0 KB)3.3 3.2, 3.3, 3.5  3.3
Belonging: Group belonging and perceptions (PDF, 438.5 KB)  3.2, 3.3, 3.5 3.3
That's Entertainment: Gambling (PDF, 219.8 KB)3.1, 3.2, 3.4  3.3
Level 4
Changing places: Changing global environments (PDF, 152.4 KB)4.2, 4.5 4.2, 4.4  4.5
Walk in my shoes: Cultural study (PDF, 230.0 KB)4.2, 4.3  4.1  
Colonisation: Resources, power and exploration (PDF, 173.7 KB)4.2, 4.3, 4.4 4.4 4.4  
Our rights: Origins of Australian democracy (PDF, 196.8 KB)4.3, 4.4   4.4, 4.5
Active citizens, Australian governments: Australia's democracy (PDF, 346.4 KB)   4.2, 4.3, 4.5
The telly never lies: Media representations (PDF, 172.1 KB)4.4  4.3 4.5
Resources rich and rare: Australian resource management (PDF, 253.5 KB)4.5 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5 4.1
What's the case? Indigenous communities and rapid change (PDF, 165.8 KB)4.1, 4.4  4.4 4.5
Influences on me: Global media and identity (PDF, 89.0 KB)4.2  4.2, 4.3, 4.5  
Where do my sneakers come from? Industry links the world (PDF, 196.3 KB) 4.1, 4.4  4.1, 4.5
It's your turn: Independent study (PDF, 184.2 KB)4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5  4.5  
The Federation of Australia: Federation (PDF, 170.1 KB)4.1, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3    5.4  4.4
Level 5
Talkin' 'bout my generation: Youth cultures (PDF, 457.2 KB)5.3, 5.4  5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5  
A question of balance: Australian environments (PDF, 155.9 KB)5.5 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 5.4  
Revolution to redeployment: Work (PDF, 151.8 KB)  5.2 5.2, 5.4, 5.5
Industrial revolution: Societies and change (PDF, 181.3 KB)5.1, 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4, 5.5
Anzac Cove to Anzac Day: Australian international relations (PDF, 94.3 KB)5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5  5.2  
Environment and development: World environments (PDF, 59.9 KB) 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5  5.1, 5.3
Urban ecology: Ecology and economy (PDF, 308.8 KB) 5.5 5.1 5.1, 5.2, 5.5
Law and the media: Civics and citizenship (PDF, 151.6 KB)5.1, 5.3  5.5 5.1, 5.3, 5.4
Adding value through inquiry: Independent study (PDF, 63.8 KB)5.5  5.3, 5.5 5.3
Level 6
Identities and individualism: Youth cultures (PDF, 148.6 KB)6.4, 6.5  6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5  
Managing the future: Australian environments (PDF, 45.6 KB)6.3 6.1, 6.3, 6.4   
The future of work: Work (PDF, 207.3 KB)  6.4 6.2, 6.4, 6.5
Mass media and identities: Societies and change (PDF, 45.5 KB)6.2, 6.3, 6.4 6.5  6.5
Conflict, consensus and care: Australian international relations (PDF, 45.1 KB)6.1, 6.2, 6.5  6.3, 6.4 6.1
Asia-Pacific challenges: World environments (PDF, 121.7 KB) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4  6.1, 6.3
The global citizen: Ecology and economy (PDF, 118.1 KB) 6.2, 6.4, 6.5  6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Potentials of Democracy: Civics and citizenship  (PDF, 81.1 KB)6.1  6.1, 6.2 6.5
Government and citizens: Independent study  (PDF, 167.5 KB)6.1, 6.5 6.3, 6.5 6.1 6.5

AgAware has developed a series of learning modules on agriculture. These are available from the website of Science Teachers Association Queensland.

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