JACARANDA HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 7 FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA | THIRD EDITION
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Table of Contents:
Meet our author team vi
About this resource ix
Acknowledgements xvi
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HASS CONCEPTS AND SKILLS
1 HASS concepts and skills 1
1.1 Overview 2
1.2 Key concepts and skills in HASS 4
1.3 SkillBuilder: Identifying what you need to know 9
1.4 SkillBuilder: Collecting, recording and organising information 13
1.5 SkillBuilder: Selecting relevant information 21
1.6 SkillBuilder: Identifying patterns and relationships 27
1.7 SkillBuilder: Translating information 30
1.8 SkillBuilder: Drawing conclusions 33
1.9 SkillBuilder: Considering solutions or ideas for progress 35
1.10 SkillBuilder: Representing information appropriately 38
1.11 SkillBuilder: Developing effective texts 41
1.12 SkillBuilder: Reflecting on your learning 43
1.13 Review 46
CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
2 Civics and Citizenship concepts and skills 49
2.1 Overview 50
2.2 Civics and Citizenship concepts and skills 52
2.3 SkillBuilder: Notetaking and writing questions for research 56
2.4 SkillBuilder: Writing argument paragraphs 59
2.5 SkillBuilder: Writing a submission 63
2.6 SkillBuilder: Creating political media 66
2.7 Review 69
3 The Australian Constitution 73
3.1 Overview 74
3.2 Why we have a constitution and how it can be changed 76
3.3 Australia's parliamentary system 82
3.4 The separation of powers 86
3.5 Inquiry: An Australian republic? 89
3.6 Review 91
4 Australia's legal system 95
4.1 Overview 96
4.2 The principles of justice 98
4.3 How courts work 103
4.4 The presumption of innocence 109
4.5 Right to a fair trial and legal representation 112
4.6 Inquiry: Can community action make a difference? 121
4.7 Review 122
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
5 Economics and Business concepts and skills 125
5.1 Overview 126
5.2 Economics and Business concepts and skills 128
5.3 SkillBuilder: Conducting research 134
5.4 SkillBuilder: Interpretating and explaining graphs 136
5.5 SkillBuilder: Evaluating a business plan 137
5.6 SkillBuilder: Writing a business case study 139
5.7 Review 141
6 Consumers and businesses 145
6.1 Overview 146
6.2 Needs and wants 148
6.3 Responding to consumer demand 153
6.4 Determining prices 158
6.5 Inquiry: Consumer behaviour 162
6.6 Review 164
7 Innovation and enterprise 167
7.1 Overview 168
7.2 Types of businesses 170
7.3 Innovation and technology 175
7.4 The role of entrepreneurs 179
7.5 Inquiry: Who are the innovators and entrepreneurs? 183
7.6 Review 184
GEOGRAPHY
8 Geographical concepts and skills 187
8.1 Overview 188
8.2 Geographical concepts and skills 190
8.3 SkillBuilder: How to read a map 200
8.4 SkillBuilder: Reading a weather map 203
8.5 SkillBuilder: Constructing a pie graph 208
8.6 SkillBuilder: Using topographic maps 211
8.7 SkillBuilder: Interpreting topological maps onlineonly
8.8 SkillBuilder: Using alphanumeric grid references onlineonly
8.9 SkillBuilder: Drawing a climate graph onlineonly
8.10 SkillBuilder: Creating and analyzing overlay maps onlineonly
8.11 SkillBuilder: Annotating a photograph onlineonly
8.12 SkillBuilder: Interpreting diagrams onlineonly
8.13 SkillBuilder: Cardinal points — wind roses onlineonly
8.14 SkillBuilder: Creating a concept diagram onlineonly
8.15 SkillBuilder: Understanding satellite images onlineonly
8.16 Review 217
9 Water in Australia 221
9.1 Overview 222
9.2 Water: An environmental resource 224
9.3 Groundwater: Connecting people and place 230
9.4 Water supply, climate change and Australia's water security 235
9.5 Investigating topographic maps: The value of water in Noosa 242
9.6 Does everyone have enough water? 245
9.7 Overcoming water scarcity 250
9.8 Droughts 258
9.9 Inquiry: What is the water quality of a local waterway? 263
9.10 Review 265
10 Place and liveability 269
10.1 Overview 270
10.2 What is liveability? 272
10.3 What makes a place liveable? 276
10.4 The world's most liveable cities 284
10.5 Living in remote places 288
10.6 Country vs city living 297
10.7 Liveable and non-liveable cities 305
10.8 What makes communities liveable? 313
10.9 Connection to Country 319
10.10 Investigating topographic maps — Liveability in Badu and Moa 327
10.11 How places change 330
10.12 Inquiry: What are the characteristics of liveable cities? 337
10.13 Review 339
HISTORY
11 Historical concepts and skills 343
11.1 Overview 344
11.2 Historical concepts and skills 346
11.3 SkillBuilder: Historical questions 353
11.4 SkillBuilder: Chronology 356
11.5 SkillBuilder: Sources 361
11.6 SkillBuilder: Continuity and change 364
11.7 SkillBuilder: Cause and effect 367
11.8 SkillBuilder: Significance 371
11.9 SkillBuilder: Communicating 373
11.10 Review 377
12 Deep Time History of Australia 381
12.1 Overview 382
12.2 The Dreaming and Deep Time 384
12.3 Country and creation 387
12.4 Changing landscapes and life 391
12.5 Living with the megafauna 394
12.6 Connection to Country and kin 398
12.7 Trade and technology 402
12.8 Caring for Country 408
12.9 How is the connection to culture and Country continuing? 413
12.10 Inquiry: Should we return ancestral remains from museums? 417
12.11 Review 419
13 Ancient Egypt 423
13.1 Overview 424
13.2 How do we know about ancient Egypt? 426
13.3 The importance of the River Nile 430
13.4 Egyptian society 435
13.5 The beliefs of ancient Egyptians 442
13.6 The truth about the pyramids 447
13.7 Who were Tutankhamun, Akhenaten and Nefertiti? 452
13.8 The effects of war and trade 456
13.9 Rameses II — Egypt's greatest pharaoh? 460
13.10 What should we thank the Egyptians for? 465
13.11 Inquiry: How have powerful women been recorded and treated in history? 468
13.12 Review 471
14 Ancient Greece onlineonly
14.1 Overview
14.2 How do we know about ancient Greece?
14.3 The Minoans and Mycenaeans
14.4 The Greek 'Dark Age'
14.5 Government in Athens and Sparta
14.6 Everyday life in Sparta
14.7 Everyday life in Athens
14.8 Laws, myths, gods and oracles
14.9 The Olympic Games
14.10 How Greece was changed by wars
14.11 The heritage of ancient Greece
14.12 Inquiry: Did the Spartans really kill their weak babies?
14.13 Review
15 Ancient Rome 477
15.1 Overview 478
15.2 How do we know about ancient Rome? 480
15.3 The rise of Rome 484
15.4 The growth of the Roman Empire 488
15.5 The Roman army 492
15.6 Citizens and rulers 495
15.7 Slavery in Rome 500
15.8 Everyday life in the Roman Empire 503
15.9 Beliefs about death 508
15.10 Laws and religion 510
15.11 The fall of the Roman Empire 515
15.12 The heritage of Rome 519
15.13 Inquiry: How bad was Emperor Nero? 523
15.14 Review 526
16 Ancient India online only
16.1 Overview
16.2 How do we know about ancient India?
16.3 The geography of India
16.4 The lost cities of the Indus Valley
16.5 New people, new ideas
16.6 The significance of the Mauryan Empire
16.7 Who was Ashoka the Great?
16.8 The social structure of ancient India
16.9 Inquiry: What was behind Ashoka the Great's sudden change in leadership style?
16.10 Review
17 Ancient China 533
17.1 Overview 534
17.2 How do we know about ancient China? 536
17.3 How land shaped China's civilisation 539
17.4 Everyday life and death 543
17.5 China and the natural environment 548
17.6 Confucianism, religions and laws 551
17.7 Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China 555
17.8 The rise and fall of the Han dynasty 560
17.9 The heritage of ancient China 565
17.10 Inquiry: How should we judge the legacy of Qin Shihuang? 569
17.11 Review 571
Glossary 577
Index 586
