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What is the goal of social sciences?

A
  • use higher order thinking to ask why things happen
  • develop a sense of personal, community, national and global identity
  • equip students with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to participate as responsible citizens
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What is the difference between pledeians and petritions

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Pledeians- person of lower status

Petritions- part of aristocracy

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What are the three strands in social science?

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Australia as a Nation
Colonial Australia
Ancient History

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What is the importance of the Melbourne Declaration?

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It’s a move towards an Australian Curriculum

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What system did the Ancient Greeks invent?

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Democracy

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What period of history are we referring to when talking about the Australian Colonies?

A) 1660-1700

B) 1770-1900

C) 1889-1900

A

B) 1770- 1900

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Which country colonized Australia?

A) Canada

B) America

C) England

D) none of the above

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C) england

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Define divergent thinking?

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Divergent thinking requires discussion and students are given the opportunity to create possible solution/responses (inquiry thinking)

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What is citizenship?

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The state of being a citizen of a particular social, political or national community

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When were aboriginal people given the right to vote

A) 1962

B) 1966

C) 1968

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A) 1962

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What were some impacts that led to the federation of Australia?

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Continental congresses

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Define convergent thinking

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Convergent thinking is a standard type of question with a standard type response

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Define civics

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A knowledge of government

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What is a colony?

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A colony is a group of people that migrate from one land to another and claim it as their own

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What are the three steps you take when deconstructing a picture?

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1) comprehension
- > what’s the picture about?
2) analysis
- > pulling the picture apart
3) interpretation
- > looking benief the obvious part of the picture and constructing meaning

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What are the key concepts of geography?

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Space
Place
Environment
Interconnection
Change 
Scale 
Sustainability
16
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What do we need to learn about maps?

A

Knowing the lay of the land (topography),

Knowing the relationships between buildings, roads, river systems etc.

17
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Watt are the three different types of assessment?

A

Diagnostic
Summative
Formative

18
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What do these acronyms stand for?

  • QCAR
  • ACARA
A

Queensland Curriculum Assessment and Reporting

Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority

19
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What are some sustainability issues?

A

Political
Social- migration
Economical- resource exploitation
Religious and cultural- acknowledgement/ respect of cultures

20
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What are some different types of maps?

A

Topographic
Street
Physical- height represented through contour lines or shading

21
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What does:
GIS
GPS
& 
GLC

Stand for?

A

GIS Geography Information System

GPS Global Positioning System

GLC Global Learning Center

22
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What is geography about?

A

Place, space and change

23
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What are four ways a scale can be expressed?

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Ratio, fraction, statement and linear

24
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Which figure do you record first Eastings or Northings?

A

Eastings then Northings

25
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Define map

A

A Map is a representation of the earth surface

26
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What direction does the globe rotate?

A

In an easterly direction

27
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What are the 6 essentials/features of a map?

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Key/legend
North point
Scale
Title
Grid
Longitude and latitude
28
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What is geography?

A

The study of people and places

29
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What is spatial cognition?

A

Having skills of mapping

Developing mapping skills

30
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What is topography?

A

Lay of the land

31
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What is the blooms taxonomy hierarchy?

A 
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create
32
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What year were aboriginals considered part of Australian people?
A) 1962
B) 1965
C) 1967
D) 1968
A

C) 1967

33
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What is active citizenship?

A

The philosophy that citizens work towards the betterment of their community through economic participation, public service, volunteer work and other such efforts to improve life for all citizens

34
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What is the purpose of teaching social science?

A

Not just develop cognitive abilities but to develop active and informed citizens

35
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What is an informed citizen?

A

Someone who understands key civics issues (government, democracy, rights and responsibilities)

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