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SOSE (2000) sourcebook modules

Sourcebook modules provide teachers with a range of learning and teaching ideas. Teachers are encouraged to modify modules to meet the specific needs and interests of particular groups of students and individual students, their own needs and the learning environment.

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Legend:
TCC = Time, continuity, change; PS = Place and space; CI = Culture and identity; SRP = Systems, resources, power

Module TCC PS CI SRP
Level 1
Growing and changing: Individual identity (PDF, 238 kB) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4   1.5 1.5
Ready, set, go: Rights and responsibilities (PDF, 68 kB)     1.2 1.1, 1.3, 1.4
Let's get together: Families and needs (PDF, 58 kB) 1.5   1.2, 1.3, 1.4 1.2
Whistle while you work: Working together (PDF, 105 kB)     1.2 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
Hideaway spaces, special places: Elements of the environment (PDF, 67 kB) 1.4 1.1, 1.2, 1.4    
A world full of stories: Stories of diverse cultures (PDF, 207 kB)
Resource 2: Lizards & Snakes (PDF, 410 kB)		 1.3   1.1, 1.3, 1.4  
Lean, green cleaning machine: Caring for the environment (PDF, 104 kB)   1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5   1.1, 1.4
Our island dream: Futures study (PDF, 102 kB) 1.1 1.1   1.4, 1.5
Level 2
Way to grow: Individual development (PDF, 52 kB) 2.2      
A patchwork of memories: Family diversity (PDF, 53 kB) 2.5   2.2, 2.4  
Read all about it: Participating (PDF, 61 kB) 2.4   2.4 2.3, 2.4
The many faces of work: Work interdependence (PDF, 203 kB) 2.2, 2.4   2.4 2.3, 2.4
From farm, factory and sea: Goods and services in the community (PDF, 56 kB)   2.1   2.2, 2.5
Creating tomorrow's world today: Present and future environments (PDF, 93 kB) 2.3, 2.4 2.2, 2.5   2.2
Telling Stories: Stories and perspectives (PDF, 168 kB) 2.1, 2.4, 2.5   2.1  
Eco-consumerism: Conserving the environment (PDF, 242 kB) 2.3 2.2, 2.3, 2.5   2.1
Our faces: Belonging and identities in Australia (PDF, 216 kB) 2.1 2.4 2.3, 2.5  
Our places: Local area and global environments (PDF, 209 kB)   2.1, 2.4    
Our neighbours near and far: Asian cultural study (PDF, 50 kB) 2.1   2.1, 2.3  
Level 3
Yesterday's news: Technology and culture (PDF, 138 kB) 3.1, 3.4      
Citizens then and now: Beginnings of democracy (PDF, 154 kB)     3.5 3.4, 3.5
Cattle, gold and sugar cane: Working in the past (PDF, 248 kB)     3.1 3.2
Work photographs for Cattle, gold and sugar cane
Cattle industry (PDF, 188 kB) | Banana industry (PDF, 329 kB) | Sugar industry (PDF, 292 kB) | Gold mining (PDF, 328 kB) | Farm work (PDF, 230 kB) | Work at home (PDF, 209 kB)
It's my turf: Local area study (PDF, 195 kB) This module offers a range of learning outcomes that may assist a local area study.
It's mine: Discovering Australia (PDF, 446 kB) 3.2 3.1, 3.4, 3.5    
Australia's past: Australia circa 1788 (PDF, 204 kB) 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 3.4 3.2, 3.4  
Environments past and present: Management of Australian environments (PDF, 180 kB) 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.1
Our future: Past and future study (PDF, 156 kB) 3.3, 3.4 3.5   3.1
New horizons: Immigration in Australia (PDF, 172 kB) 3.2, 3.4, 3.5   3.1, 3.5  
Everyone can have a say: Local decision making (PDF, 162 kB) 3.3 3.2, 3.3, 3.5   3.3
Belonging: Group belonging and perceptions (PDF, 438 kB)     3.2, 3.3, 3.5 3.3
That's Entertainment: Gambling (PDF, 220 kB) 3.1, 3.2, 3.4     3.3
Level 4
Changing places: Changing global environments (PDF, 152 kB) 4.2, 4.5 4.2, 4.4   4.5
Walk in my shoes: Cultural study (PDF, 230 kB) 4.2, 4.3   4.1  
Colonisation: Resources, power and exploration (PDF, 174 kB) 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 4.4 4.4  
Our rights: Origins of Australian democracy (PDF, 197 kB) 4.3, 4.4     4.4, 4.5
Active citizens, Australian governments: Australia's democracy (PDF, 346 kB)       4.2, 4.3, 4.5
The telly never lies: Media representations (PDF, 172 kB) 4.4   4.3 4.5
Resources rich and rare: Australian resource management (PDF, 254 kB) 4.5 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5   4.1
What's the case? Indigenous communities and rapid change (PDF, 166 kB) 4.1, 4.4   4.4 4.5
Influences on me: Global media and identity (PDF, 89 kB) 4.2   4.2, 4.3, 4.5  
Where do my sneakers come from? Industry links the world (PDF, 196 kB)   4.1, 4.4   4.1, 4.5
It's your turn: Independent study (PDF, 184 kB) 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5   4.5  
The Federation of Australia: Federation (PDF, 170 kB) 4.1, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3     5.4  4.4
Level 5
Talkin' 'bout my generation: Youth cultures (PDF, 457 kB) 5.3, 5.4   5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5  
A question of balance: Australian environments (PDF, 156 kB) 5.5 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 5.4  
Revolution to redeployment: Work (PDF, 152 kB)     5.2 5.2, 5.4, 5.5
Industrial revolution: Societies and change (PDF, 181 kB) 5.1, 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4, 5.5
Anzac Cove to Anzac Day: Australian international relations (PDF, 94 kB) 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5   5.2  
Environment and development: World environments (PDF, 60 kB)   5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5   5.1, 5.3
Urban ecology: Ecology and economy (PDF, 309 kB)   5.5 5.1 5.1, 5.2, 5.5
Law and the media: Civics and citizenship (PDF, 152 kB) 5.1, 5.3   5.5 5.1, 5.3, 5.4
Adding value through inquiry: Independent study (PDF, 64 kB) 5.5   5.3, 5.5 5.3
Level 6
Identities and individualism: Youth cultures (PDF, 149 kB) 6.4, 6.5   6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5  
Managing the future: Australian environments (PDF, 46 kB) 6.3 6.1, 6.3, 6.4    
The future of work: Work (PDF, 207 kB)     6.4 6.2, 6.4, 6.5
Mass media and identities: Societies and change (PDF, 45 kB) 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 6.5   6.5
Conflict, consensus and care: Australian international relations (PDF, 45 kB) 6.1, 6.2, 6.5   6.3, 6.4 6.1
Asia-Pacific challenges: World environments (PDF, 122 kB)   6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4   6.1, 6.3
The global citizen: Ecology and economy (PDF, 118 kB)   6.2, 6.4, 6.5   6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Potentials of Democracy: Civics and citizenship (PDF, 81 kB) 6.1   6.1, 6.2 6.5
Government and citizens: Independent study (PDF, 168 kB) 6.1, 6.5 6.3, 6.5 6.1 6.5

More information

To purchase the syllabus and supporting materials in print or CD-ROM format see the publications section.

AgAware has developed a series of learning modules on agriculture. These are available from the website of Science Teachers Association Queensland.

Last reviewed: 11 December 2007