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• VCHHC099

  Analyse and corroborate sources and ask questions about their accuracy, usefulness and reliability

  Elaborations

  • differentiating between primary sources (those from the time of the event/person/site being investigated) and secondary sources (those that represent later interpretation).
  • organising historical sources into artefacts, visual, written, audio
  • asking questions of sources when identify origin, content, explaining context, and analysing reliability the usefulness about the historical context
  • discussing the difficulties in identifying the origin and purpose of some sources
  • creating categories with which to organise information obtained from sources. Identifying features and symbols in primary source
  • creating an annotated visual concept map using historical sources to explain the changes brought to Europe during the Renaissance

  VCHHC099 | The Humanities | History | Levels 7 and 8 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC005

  Experience narratives about a person or the past

  Elaborations

  • experiencing retellings of significant events within their community, family and school life through multisensory experiences and texts
  • experiencing the construction of a narrative about a recent significant event
  • viewing various text and representation of their family, life and significant events

  VCHHC005 | The Humanities | History | Level A | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHC031

  Assist to construct a narrative about a significant person or past event

  Elaborations

  • assisting to construct text about their family or significant person in their family
  • assisting to label photos or images about recent events
  • selecting images and objects to be included in narrative
  • assisting to construct texts which retell a significant recent event

  VCHHC031 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHC085

  Identify and describe patterns of continuity and change in daily life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ‘native born’ and migrants in the Australian colonies

  Elaborations

  • visiting a local cemetery and surveying the graves to find clues about the patterns of settlement, ages and causes of death in the local area
  • creating visual, oral or written journals reflecting the daily life experiences of different inhabitants of a convict or colonial settlement

  VCHHC085 | The Humanities | History | Levels 5 and 6 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC030

  Compare features of objects from the recent past and present

  Elaborations

  • exploring old and new objects that were the same and indicating where they are different
  • exploring old and new by observing things change over of time
  • comparing significant toys and preferred objects over their past and recent present
  • explore how significant toys and objects have changed over time through multimedia such as videos and photos

  VCHHC030 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC102

  Identify and explain patterns of continuity and change in society to the way of life

  Elaborations

  • listing the changes to everyday life in Ancient Egypt and rank in order of the most to the least significant. Justifying the argument using sources of evidence
  • creating a timeline that identifies changes and continuities in Japan under the Shoguns. Observe patterns of the influence of ideas, events, movements and individuals on these changes
  • using chronologies to observe and identify patterns where changes or continuities have occurred in Medieval Europe
  • organising changes in Early China into conditional factors and/or rank them according to the significance of the change
  • develop language to describe and explain change

  VCHHC102 | The Humanities | History | Levels 7 and 8 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC028

  Explore a range of sources that describe an event in the recent past

  Elaborations

  • identifying relevant features of photographs, images, media of their family and significant recent events
  • identifying features of objects and photographs related to recent past event

  VCHHC028 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC043

  Identify and compare features of objects used by the family from the past and present

  Elaborations

  • exploring and sorting old and new objects
  • indicating why an object is old or new
  • exploring toys and objects they, their parents and their siblings had in the past

  VCHHC043 | The Humanities | History | Level D | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC027

  Sequence parts within a significant event

  Elaborations

  • following a picture schedule that indicates the parts of a significant event or regular routine
  • sequence images of recent event such as beginning, middle and end

  VCHHC027 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHC127

  Analyse the long term causes, short term triggers and the intended and unintended effects of significant events and developments

  Elaborations

  • using sources of evidence (perspectives and interpretations) identify causes and effects of the civil rights movement
  • using chronologies to observe and identify long term causes, short term triggers, turning points, short and long term effects of World War I and World War II
  • organising causes and effects of European settlement into a concept map
  • differentiating between intended and unintended effects.
  • using graphic organisers such as concept maps, causal spider webs, fishbone or ripple effect charts
  • analysing the multiplicity of causes and effects that may have a varying of influence and rank according to their significance and justify ranking
  • constructing an explanation using sources of evidence to support the analysis of a significant individual, event and/or cultural achievement

  VCHHC127 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Cause and effect

• VCHHC055

  Identify perspectives about changes to daily life from people in the past or present

  Elaborations

  • discussing with parents and grandparents about life in the past
  • exploring stories from and about the past, for example letters, diaries, radio or television programs
  • inviting parents, grandparents and elders into the classroom to communicate about their childhoods and comparing their favourite toys with those of children today

  VCHHC055 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC122

  Analyse and evaluate the broad patterns of change over the period 1750–present

  Elaborations

  • using data from immigration records and processing it using ICT to identify historical trends over time
  • explaining the nature and extent of the movement of peoples in the period (slaves, convicts and settlers) and the emergence and nature of significant economic, social and political ideas in the period, including nationalism
  • analysing the extent of European imperial expansion and different responses, including in the Asian region
  • evaluating the inter-war years between World War I and World War II, including the Treaty of Versailles, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
  • evaluating continuing efforts post-World War II to achieve lasting peace and security in the world, including Australia’s involvement in UN peacekeeping
  • analysing the major movements for rights and freedom in the world and evaluating the achievement of independence by former colonies
  • explaining the nature of the Cold War and Australia’s involvement in Cold War and post-Cold War conflicts (Korea, Vietnam, The Gulf Wars, Afghanistan), including the rising influence of Asian nations since the end of the Cold War
  • explaining developments in technology, public health, longevity and standard of living during the twentieth century, and concern for the environment and sustainability

  VCHHC122 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHC001

  Recognise personally significant objects from childhood and now

  Elaborations

  • viewing various multimodal texts and stories, pictures and images that identify personally significant objects of their own
  • exploring and reacting to objects associated with personally significant events and times of their life
  • reacting to personally significant objects

  VCHHC001 | The Humanities | History | Level A | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHC104

  Evaluate the role and achievement of a significant individual, development and/or cultural achievement that led to progress

  Elaborations

  • asking questions like 'what makes this individual, development or achievement significant?', 'who decides historical significance?', 'how do you decide?', 'how significant was it to people who lived at that time?', 'how many people were affected?', 'to what extent were people’s lives changed?', 'how long lasting were the consequences?', 'how can the consequences still be felt today?' and 'what is its legacy?'
  • outlining the significance of a past event, providing reasons for the event and referring to relevant sources of evidence
  • developing criteria to evaluate significance
  • ranking individuals, their achievements, events on order of significance and justify choices
  • creating a concept map ranking the significant individuals, events, causes, effects, changes of Ancient Egypt

  VCHHC104 | The Humanities | History | Levels 7 and 8 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHC056

  Identify examples of continuity and change in family life and in the local area by comparing past and present

  Elaborations

  • suggesting ideas about what objects from the past may have been used for
  • distinguishing between what is old and what is new, using such clues as the condition of the object
  • locating historical evidence of the local community including signs of the past in the present, for example, place and street names, monuments, built and non-built historical landmarks
  • identifying features of a site, such as dates, decorations and plaques on buildings, that reveal its past

  VCHHC056 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC002

  Explore a source that describes a person

  Elaborations

  • experiencing the construction of multimodal text about them
  • reacting to and recognising reflection and images of self
  • experiencing significant people talking about them

  VCHHC002 | The Humanities | History | Level A | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC041

  Explore a range of sources that describe families in the past

  Elaborations

  • listening to stories from significant adults and community members about past events and personal milestones
  • exploring texts, multimedia, objects and images related to key milestones and family events
  • identifying relevant features of images, photographs and objects connected to their past

  VCHHC041 | The Humanities | History | Level D | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC057

  Identify the significance of a person and/or place in the local community

  Elaborations

  • describing a significant person or place from their community’s past, for example, a short report on a building of significance describing when, where, why, who built it, and why it is valued, or a biography on a significant individual
  • identifying place and street names in the local community and discovering their origin and meaning, for example, names that are linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, such as Eurobodalla National Park; historical events such as Deadman’s Creek, early settlers, and political, religious and social figures

  VCHHC057 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHC053

  Sequence significant events about personal and family history to create a chronological narrative

  Elaborations

  • ordering significant personal events or milestones using photographs or drawings, for example, walking, talking, the birth of a sibling, moving house, an illness, an achievement, first day at school
  • identifying dates and changes that have personal significance, for example, birthdays, moving house, changing schools, religious and school holidays, marking these on a calendar and counting down time, as well as noting that events of personal significance may differ according to children’s cultural backgrounds
  • creating a timeline, slideshow or story using photos
  • relating a story about life in their parent’s or grandparent’s time (orally or through pictures and photographs)
  • inquiring from members of their families where they were born and raised

  VCHHC053 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHC083

  Identify the origin, content features and the purpose of historical sources and describe the context of these sources when explaining daily life in colonial Australia, reasons for migration and causes and effects of Federation

  Elaborations

  • examining two sources of evidence to identify similarities and/or differences, and describing what they reveal about the past
  • checking publication dates to put information contained in a text in historical context, for example, a 1965 Australian history book may provide a different perspective to one published in 2010
  • analysing the language used in sources to identify values and attitudes, for example, ‘new Australians’, ‘boat people’
  • examining a range of sources of evidence to identify similarities and/or differences and describing what they reveal about the past, for example, comparing information in sources to determine views on the effects of migration on the development of Australian society

  VCHHC083 | The Humanities | History | Levels 5 and 6 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence