Defining: What do I really want to find out?
What is my purpose?
Why do I need to find this out?
What are the key words and ideas of the task?
What do I need to do?
YOUR TASK
Year 6 History Research Task
Learning intention: to research and describe the work of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the Commonwealth of Australia since Federation (HS3 - CWT - 01).
Success Criteria:
locate information from a variety of sources (IFF3L.1.1)
interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing texts on similar topics including multimedia (IFF3L.1.2)
compare and contrast information between texts (IFF3L.1.3)
compose a video presentation about your significant person by selecting and discarding ideas for your audience of year 6 students (IFF3L.2.1)
plan and deliver a video presentation incorporating researched content and appropriate visual and multimodal elements (IFF3L.2.2)
reflect and make judgments about how well communicated information was understood (IFF3L.2.3)
Through the information process on this website, you will work through each stage of the information process. This will guide you through your success criteria.
Choose from:
Faith Bandler
Sir Edmund Barton
Adam Briggs
Edith Cowan
Evonne Goolangong Cowley
John Curtin
Cathy Freeman
Julia Gillard
Adam Goodes
Dorothy Hill
Edward Koiki Mabo
Douglas Mawson
Olga Eunice Miller
Sir Henry Parkes
Nancy Bird-Walton
The Information Search Process
During your research project, you will go through the Information Process. These questions will help guide you through your learning.
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