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Learning Framework
Concept
Evidence, continuity and change, cause and effect, perspectives, empathy, significance and contestability
Content
Students understand that opportunities and constraints in time, place and space may determine the nature of a peoples culture.
Skills
- Questioning and researching
- Analysing
- Evaluating
- Communicating and reflecting
Resource Key
When accessing content use the numbers below to guide you:
LEVEL 1:
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
LEVEL 2:
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
LEVEL 3:
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Key terms
- Beliefs Something that is accepted, considered to be true, or held as an opinion : something believed
- Culture The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time
- Customs A usage or practice common to many or to a particular place or class or habitual with an individual
- Place A particular region, center of population, or location
- Space A period of time
- Technology The practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area
- Time The measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues
Background information
The term civilisation basically means the level of development at which people live together peacefully in communities. Ancient civilisation refers specifically to the first settled and stable communities that became the basis for later states, nations, and empires.
- Ancient civilization. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/middle/article/ancient-civilization/272856
Links
Ancient civilisations for kids
This website includes the following ancient civilisations: Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, and Ancient China.
Daily life in ancient civilsations for kids
This website includes the following ancient civilisations: Mespotamia (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria), Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China, Ancient India, The Mayan Empire, and The Aztec Empire.
The spread of people to Australia
This article explains where the First Australians came from and when.
Ancient and lost civilsations
This is an index to various ancient civilisations: Egypt, Australia, China, Europe, India, Mesoamerica, and the Middle East.
EBSCO Search Box
- EBSCO Search This link opens in a new window