Assessment resource Year 7 history assessment - Investigating the ancient past: A history mystery

TLF ID M014416

This is an assessment package that uses the Year 7 Australian Curriculum history achievement standard to gather evidence about how well students have demonstrated what they know, what they understand and what they can do for the depth study 'Investigating the Ancient Past' (between 60 000BC–c.650 AD). Using the context of a historical investigation, students present a multimodal response considering various aspects of evidence, including: the method by which it is found, the different forms it can take, the type of information it can provide and how it can be useful to historians. The package comprises teacher guidelines, student booklet, assessment resources and task-specific standards (rubric, matrix, continua).





Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource is of significant value because of its relevance to content descriptions in the depth study 'Investigating the Ancient Past' in the Year 7 history curriculum. Using the context of a historical investigation, or a mystery in the ancient past, helps students develop and test their understanding of the role of evidence in determining the past.
  • This assessment provides an opportunity to gather evidence, using the Year 7 Australian Curriculum history achievement standard, about how well students have demonstrated what they know, understand and can do. This assessment package ensures alignment between what is taught and what is assessed.
Year level

7

Learning area
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Person: Arian Zwegers
  • Description: Photographer
  • Publisher
  • Name: Queensland Studies Authority
  • Organization: Queensland Studies Authority
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: Queensland, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.qsa.qld.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
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Learning Resource Type
  • Assessment
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • Resource © Queensland Studies Authority 2013 (except where otherwise indicated). This material may be used and reproduced free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes by Australian schools and education bodies as covered by the National Educational Access Licence for Schools (NEALS) (unless another licence is indicated on certain material as being applicable), provided all acknowledgements are retained. For all other uses please contact the Queensland Studies Authority, PO Box 307, Spring Hill Qld 4004 Australia or email [email protected]. Image © Arian Zwegers 2013. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence (CC BY 2.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/