Australian Curriculum / General Capabilities / Critical and Creative Thinking / Inquiring – identifying, exploring and organising information and ideas / Identify and clarify information and ideas

identify main ideas and select and clarify information from a range of sources

First Contact Community Preview Unit

Cultures of The First Peoples of Australia · Learning Opportunities
Your students will be immersed into the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the First Peoples of Australia.
Researching an Artefact: Europeans · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in pairs to design an artefact that a convict or marine would have used in their day-to-day life and write a journal entry from the perspective of this person.

Someone Else's Shoes Social Justice Preview Unit

Sharing Research · Learning Opportunities
Your students will share their research into a disability with other students in their class.
Conducting an Independent Inquiry · Future Action and Independent Inquiry
Your students will practise the skills of questioning, research and working independently as they conduct an inquiry into a topic that they have learnt about during this unit.

The Blue Marble Sustainability Preview Unit

Planning An Independent Inquiry · Future Action and Independent Inquiry
Your students will plan an inquiry into an aspect of this unit that they would like to learn more about.
Conducting An Independent Inquiry · Future Action and Independent Inquiry
Your students will practise the skills of questioning, research and working independently as they conduct an inquiry into a topic that they have learnt about during this unit.