The focus and questions
The six words that prompt question making.
Who, what, when, where, how, and why.
A social action is...
A social action is an activity that people undertake to express their beliefs and opinions.
A primary source.
This is a first hand account of an event. Usually a letter, newspaper, photograph, interview or speech.
Asking permission.
Use when interviewing a person or copying information from online.
The number of perspectives.
A minimum of two.
What is an open question?
Open question require an answer with more than "yes" or "no"
An example of a social action.
A sit in, demonstration, letter, official campaign.
A secondary source.
A source of information not written at the time and is a composite of several primary sources.
Recording sources of information.
Copy and paste the websites or the publishing details of the information.
A closed question is...
A question requiring a one word answer e.g. yes, no, or a date.
The number of social actions the assessment requires.
Two.
Name a type of primary source.
Letter.
Photograph.
Interview.
A perspective.
This is a point of view and includes reasons for it.
The focus for a Social Studies Inquiry.
Provides the general direction for the inquiry e.g. changing gun violence in New Zealand.
A range of sources.
More than three sources of information.
Name a type of secondary source.
Article/website.
Encyclopaedia.
Reliability
A quote.
A quote is used as evidence for a perspective.
The connection between the focus and research questions.
The research questions are related to the focus. The questions must come from the focus.
A detailed social action answer includes...
Names, dates, times, places, hard facts, and motivations of the participants.
Bias.
Identifying whether a source prefers one side of the story to another.
A detailed perspectives answer includes