Historical questions and research
- Identify questions to inform an historical inquiry (ACHHS100)
- Identify and locate a range of relevant sources (ACHHS101)
Historical Inquiry
This is the process that we use to understand the past.
We need a topic to investigate, some questions about the past, find sources that locate relevant information to investigate the past and communicate the information in a speech a poster a website or even a contribution to Wikipedia.
We have two questions to guide the inquiry for this unit.
First Term, we learnt about the Explorers and why there was so much exloration, The Gold Rush and the Eureka Stockade, the expansion or farming and Immigration.
The impact of a significant development or event on a colony; for example, frontier conflict, the gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade, internal exploration, the advent of rail, the expansion of farming, drought. (ACHHK095)
This Term:
The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony; for example, explorers, farmers, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, humanitarians, religious and political leaders, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. (ACHHK097)
The questions for this terms inquiry will be:
We need a topic to investigate, some questions about the past, find sources that locate relevant information to investigate the past and communicate the information in a speech a poster a website or even a contribution to Wikipedia.
We have two questions to guide the inquiry for this unit.
First Term, we learnt about the Explorers and why there was so much exloration, The Gold Rush and the Eureka Stockade, the expansion or farming and Immigration.
The impact of a significant development or event on a colony; for example, frontier conflict, the gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade, internal exploration, the advent of rail, the expansion of farming, drought. (ACHHK095)
This Term:
The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony; for example, explorers, farmers, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, humanitarians, religious and political leaders, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. (ACHHK097)
The questions for this terms inquiry will be:
- What were the significant events and who were the significant people that shaped the Australian colonies?
How would we pose questions for the inquiry?
We could ask different types of questions.
In the frist section of this unit we learnt about the miners and the Eureka Stockade so thequestions for that could be
The content provides opportunities to develop historical understanding through key concepts including sources, continuity and change, cause and effect, perspectives, empathy and significance.
In the frist section of this unit we learnt about the miners and the Eureka Stockade so thequestions for that could be
- What was the Eureka Stockade?
- Where did the Eureka Stockade take place?
- How is the Eureka Stockade represented in a particular painting?
- How did the miners feel about the introduction of mining licences?
- Why might people at the time have different points of view about the Eureka Stockade?
- Which source would I select to investigate the Eureka Stockade?
- Did life on the goldfields change after the Eureka Stockade? Did it stay the same?
- How did the Eureka Stockade affect politics in Australia?
- Why is the Eureka Stockade significant?
- How would a miner view this event? A soldier? The Governor?
The content provides opportunities to develop historical understanding through key concepts including sources, continuity and change, cause and effect, perspectives, empathy and significance.
References:
Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority, 2013, F-10 Curriculum, History v 5.1. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
< http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Year5#learningarea=H >
Australian Government, 2013, Eureka Stockade. Retrieved 12th November 2013.
<http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eureka-stockade>
National Museum Australia, 2013, Gold and Civilisation. Retrieved 12th December 2013.
<http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/units_of_work/gold>
National Museum Australia, 2013, Eternity. Retrieved 12th December 2013.
<http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/units_of_work/eternity>
Queensland Studies Authority, 2013, Year 5 History resources. Retrieved 13th November 2013.
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yr5-history-resources.html
Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority, 2013, F-10 Curriculum, History v 5.1. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
< http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Year5#learningarea=H >
Australian Government, 2013, Eureka Stockade. Retrieved 12th November 2013.
<http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eureka-stockade>
National Museum Australia, 2013, Gold and Civilisation. Retrieved 12th December 2013.
<http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/units_of_work/gold>
National Museum Australia, 2013, Eternity. Retrieved 12th December 2013.
<http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/units_of_work/eternity>
Queensland Studies Authority, 2013, Year 5 History resources. Retrieved 13th November 2013.
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yr5-history-resources.html