Year 7 – History

Essential Details
Student Name: Number/ Class ID: 7B

Assignment Title Ancient Case File

Topic: Investigating Ancient Australia Assessment Type: Historical Skills

Due: Week 4, Term 2 Teacher: Mr Bryant

Purpose
Students demonstrate knowledge and understanding of discoveries of the remains of an ancient person.
Students develop research skills to demonstrate that they can select relevant information and present it in an informative way.

Task Description

Create a case file for one of the people below, or another ancient person - in negotiation with your teacher.
 Mungo Man
 Mungo Lady
 Narrabeen Man

Research and create a one page Case File including the following:
 Basic information about height, weight, age at death
 Where they were discovered and with what items including an image
 When and how they died.
 What their life was like when they were alive
 How they are preserved
 Interpretations of experts and theories behind their death
 How human remains are returned to Indigenous Communities

Assessment Conditions
Create an A3 page Case File about your chosen person. This should be eye catching and informative, as if it was to be placed
in a museum.
Assessment of Performance/Achievement Standards
- Understanding and Exploration
In-depth understanding and exploration of historical
A concepts.
In-depth understanding of the causes and effects of
events and developments, and their importance.
Comprehensive understanding and insightful exploration
of the role of ideas, people, and events in history.
Some depth in understanding and exploration of historical
B concepts.
Some depth in understanding of the causes and effects
of events and developments, and their importance.
Some depth of understanding and thoughtful exploration
of the role of ideas, people, and events in history.
Understanding and exploration of historical concepts.
C examine and sources to compare different points of
Understanding and exploration of the causes and effects
of events and developments, and their importance.
Understanding and exploration of the role of ideas,
people, and events in history.
Some recognition of historical concepts.
D to select and use sources with an attempt to
Recognition and some exploration of the causes and
effects of events.
Recognition and basic understanding of the role of ideas,
people, and events in history.
Attempted engagement with one or more historical
E concepts.
Awareness of one or more causes and effects of events.
Awareness of one or more ideas, people or events in
history.
Feedback
Application and Evaluation
Perceptive application of the skills of historical
inquiry to critically examine and evaluate sources to
compare different points of view and draw
conclusions about their usefulness.
Discerning use of relevant evidence to support
interpretations and draw insightful and relevant
conclusions.
Communication of well-reasoned, coherent, and
insightful historical arguments, using historical terms
and concepts and with appropriate acknowledgment
of sources.
Thoughtful application of the skills of historical
inquiry to examine and evaluate sources to compare
different points of view and draw conclusions about
their usefulness.
Well-considered use of mostly relevant evidence to
support interpretations and draw mostly relevant
conclusions.
Communication of reasoned and coherent historical
arguments, using historical terms and concepts and
with acknowledgment of sources.
Application of the skills of historical inquiry to
view and draw some conclusions about their
usefulness.
Use of generally relevant evidence to support
interpretations and draw some relevant conclusions.
Communication of generally reasoned and coherent
historical arguments, using some historical terms
and concepts and with mostly accurate
acknowledgment of sources.
Basic application of some skills of historical inquiry
compare different points of view.
Use of some information with partial relevance to
support interpretations and draw basic conclusions.
Partial communication of historical arguments, with
attempted acknowledgment of sources.
Attempted application of the skills of historical
inquiry to select and use one or more sources.
Attempted use of information of limited relevance.
Attempted description of a historical event, with
limited or no acknowledgment of sources.
Analysis
Critical analysis of short-term and long-term
impacts of developments and/or movements
of the time.
Insightful and critical analysis of ways in
which societies at the time have been
shaped by both internal and external forces
and challenges.
Some depth in analysis of short-term and
long-term impacts of developments and/or
movements of the time.
Well-considered analysis of ways in which
societies at the time have been shaped by
both internal and external forces and
challenges.
Description, with some analysis of short-term
and long-term impacts of developments
and/or movements of the time.
Description, with some analysis of ways in
which societies at the time have been
shaped by both internal and external forces
and challenges.
Description of basic short-term and/or long-
term impacts of developments and/or
movements of the time.
Superficial description of one or more ways
in which societies at the time have been
shaped by both internal and external forces
and challenges.
Attempted description of a short-term or long-
term impact of a development or movement
of the time.
Attempted description of one way in which a
society at the time has been shaped.
Achievement