Jacaranda Humanities and Social Sciences 7 for Western Australia Third Edition (learnON & Print)

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Jacaranda Humanities And Social Sciences 7 For Western Australia | Third Edition

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Table of Contents

HASS concepts and skills

1 HASS concepts and skills

1.1 Overview

1.2 Key concepts and skills in HASS

1.3 SkillBuilder - Identifying what you need to know

1.4 SkillBuilder - Collecting, recording and organising information

1.5 SkillBuilder - Selecting relevant information

1.6 SkillBuilder - Identifying patterns and relationships

1.7 SkillBuilder - Translating information

1.8 SkillBuilder - Drawing conclusions

1.9 SkillBuilder - Considering solutions or ideas for progress

1.10 SkillBuilder - Representing information appropriately

1.11 SkillBuilder - Developing effective texts

1.12 SkillBuilder - Reflecting on your learning

1.13 Review

Civics and Citizenship

2 Civics and Citizenship concepts and skills

2.1 Overview

2.2 Civics and Citizenship concepts and skills

2.3 SkillBuilder - Notetaking and writing questions for research

2.4 SkillBuilder - Writing argument paragraphs

2.5 SkillBuilder - Writing a submission

2.6 SkillBuilder - Creating political media

2.7 Review

3 The Australian Constitution

3.1 Overview

3.2 Why we have a constitution and how it can be changed

3.3 Australia's parliamentary system

3.4 The separation of powers

3.5 Inquiry - An Australian republic?

3.6 Review

4 Australia's legal system

4.1 Overview

4.2 The principles of justice

4.3 How courts work

4.4 The presumption of innocence

4.5 Right to a fair trial and legal representation

4.6 Inquiry - Can community action make a difference?

4.7 Review

Economics and Business

5 Economics and Business concepts and skills

5.1 Overview

5.2 Economics and Business concepts and skills

5.3 SkillBuilder - Conducting research

5.4 SkillBuilder - Interpreting and explaining graphs

5.5 SkillBuilder - Evaluating a business plan

5.6 SkillBuilder - Writing a business case study

5.7 Review

6 Consumers and businesses

6.1 Overview

6.2 Needs and wants

6.3 Responding to consumer demand

6.4 Determining prices

6.5 Inquiry - Consumer behaviour

6.6 Review

7 Innovation and enterprise

7.1 Overview

7.2 Types of businesses

7.3 Innovation and technology

7.4 The role of entrepreneurs

7.5 Inquiry - Who are the innovators and entrepreneurs?

7.6 Review

7.6 Topic 7 Post-test

Geography

8 Geographical concepts and skills

8.1 Overview

8.1 Learning matrix

8.2 Geographical concepts and skills

8.3 SkillBuilder - How to read a map

8.4 SkillBuilder - Reading a weather map

8.5 SkillBuilder - Constructing a pie graph

8.6 SkillBuilder - Using topographic maps

8.7 SkillBuilder - Interpreting topological maps

8.8 SkillBuilder - Using alphanumeric grid references

8.9 SkillBuilder - Drawing a climate graph

8.10 SkillBuilder - Creating and analysing overlay maps

8.11 SkillBuilder - Annotating a photograph

8.12 SkillBuilder - Interpreting diagrams

8.13 SkillBuilder - Cardinal points - wind roses

8.14 SkillBuilder - Creating a concept diagram

8.15 SkillBuilder - Understanding satellite images

8.16 Review

9 Water in Australia

9.1 Overview

9.2 Water - An environmental resource

9.3 Groundwater - Connecting people and place

9.4 Water supply, climate change and Australia's water security

9.5 Investigating topographic maps - The value of water in Noosa

9.6 Does everyone have enough water?

9.7 Overcoming water scarcity

9.8 Droughts

9.9 Inquiry - What is the water quality of a local waterway?

9.10 Review

10 Place and liveability

10.1 Overview

10.2 What is liveability?

10.3 What makes a place liveable?

10.4 The world's most liveable cities

10.5 Living in remote places

10.6 Country vs city living

10.7 Liveable and non-liveable cities

10.8 What makes communities liveable?

10.9 Connection to Country

10.10 Investigating topographic maps - Liveability in Badu and Moa

10.11 How places change

10.12 Inquiry - What are the characteristics of liveable cities?

10.13 Review

History

11 Historical concepts and skills

11.1 Overview

11.2 Historical concepts and skills

11.3 SkillBuilder - Historical questions

11.4 SkillBuilder - Chronology

11.5 SkillBuilder - Sources

11.6 SkillBuilder - Continuity and change

11.7 SkillBuilder - Cause and effect

11.8 SkillBuilder - Significance

11.9 SkillBuilder - Communicating

11.10 Review

12 Deep Time History of Australia

12.1 Overview

12.2 The Dreaming and Deep Time

12.3 Country and creation

12.4 Changing landscapes and life

12.5 Living with the megafauna

12.6 Connection to Country and kin

12.7 Trade and technology

12.8 Caring for Country

12.9 How is the connection to culture and Country continuing?

12.10 Inquiry - Should we return ancestral remains from museums?

12.11 Review

13 Ancient Egypt

13.1 Overview

13.2 How do we know about ancient Egypt?

13.3 The importance of the River Nile

13.4 Egyptian society

13.5 The beliefs of ancient Egyptians

13.6 The truth about the pyramids

13.7 Who were Tutankhamun, Akhenaten and Nefertiti?

13.8 The effects of war and trade

13.9 Rameses II - Egypt's greatest pharaoh?

13.10 What should we thank the Egyptians for?

13.11 Inquiry - How have powerful women been recorded and treated in history?

13.12 Review

14 Ancient Greece

14.1 Overview

14.2 How do we know about ancient Greece?

14.3 The Minoans and Mycenaeans

14.4 The Greek 'Dark Age'

14.5 Government in Athens and Sparta

14.6 Everyday life in Sparta

14.7 Everyday life in Athens

14.8 Laws, myths, gods and oracles

14.9 The Olympic Games

14.10 How Greece was changed by wars

14.11 The heritage of ancient Greece

14.12 Inquiry - Did the Spartans really kill their weak babies?

14.13 Review

15 Ancient Rome

15.1 Overview

15.2 How do we know about ancient Rome?

15.3 The rise of Rome

15.4 The growth of the Roman Empire

15.5 The Roman army

15.6 Citizens and rulers

15.7 Slavery in Rome

15.8 Everyday life in the Roman Empire

15.9 Beliefs about death

15.10 Laws and religion

15.11 The fall of the Roman Empire

15.12 The heritage of Rome

15.13 Inquiry - How bad was Emperor Nero?

15.14 Review

16 Ancient India

16.1 Overview

16.2 How do we know about ancient India?

16.3 The geography of India

16.4 The lost cities of the Indus Valley

16.5 New people, new ideas

16.6 The significance of the Mauryan Empire

16.7 Who was Ashoka the Great?

16.8 The social structure of ancient India

16.9 Inquiry - What was behind Ashoka the Great's change in leadership style?

16.10 Review

17 Ancient China

17.1 Overview

17.2 How do we know about ancient China?

17.3 How land shaped China's civilisation

17.4 Everyday life and death

17.5 China and the natural environment

17.6 Confucianism, religions and laws

17.7 Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China

17.8 The rise and fall of the Han dynasty

17.9 The heritage of ancient China

17.10 Inquiry - How should we judge the legacy of Qin Shihuang?

17.11 Review

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