The focus and questions
Social actions
Gathering evidence
Ethical Frameworks
Points of view
100

The six words that prompt question making.

Who, what, when, where, how, and why.

100

A social action is...

A social action is an activity that people undertake to express their beliefs and opinions.

100

A primary source.

This is a first hand account of an event. Usually a letter, newspaper, photograph, interview or speech.

100

Asking permission.

Use when interviewing a person or copying information from online.

100

The number of perspectives.

A minimum of two.

200

What is an open question?

Open question require an answer with more than "yes" or "no"

200

An example of a social action.

A sit in, demonstration, letter, official campaign.

200

A secondary source.

A source of information not written at the time and is a composite of several primary sources.

200

Recording sources of information.

Copy and paste the websites or the publishing details of the information.

300

A closed question is...

A question requiring a one word answer e.g. yes, no, or a date.

300

The number of social actions the assessment requires.

Two.

300

Name a type of primary source.

Letter.

Photograph.

Interview.

300

A perspective.

This is a point of view and includes reasons for it.

400

The focus for a Social Studies Inquiry.

Provides the general direction for the inquiry e.g. changing gun violence in New Zealand.

400

A range of sources.

More than three sources of information.

400

Name a type of secondary source.

Article/website.

Encyclopaedia.

400

Reliability

Explaining if you can trust the information and what you can do about it.
400

A quote.

A quote is used as evidence for a perspective.

500

The connection between the focus and research questions.

The research questions are related to the focus. The questions must come from the focus.

500

A detailed social action answer includes...

Names, dates, times, places, hard facts, and motivations of the participants.

500

Bias.

Identifying whether a source prefers one side of the story to another.

500

A detailed perspectives answer includes

Contrasting points of view on a topic.
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