Inquiry Based Learning Task
Due Thursday 15th December

This task will allow students a wide range of choices.

You will be able to choose:
- Your HSIE based topic
- Your mode of presentation
- Whether you will work in groups (max. 4), pairs or on your own

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Choosing your topic
You can choose from EITHER the History or Geography suggestions

​History

Choose an historic:
Place OR personality OR event

Suggested historical PLACES:
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient India
- Medieval Europe
- The Ottoman Empire 
- Renaissance Italy (c.1400 – c.1600)
- The Vikings of Scandinavia (c.790 – c.1066)
- Japan under the Shoguns’ (c.794 – 1867)
OR  AN HISTORICAL PLACE OF YOUR CHOICE

For Historical Places undertake an inquiry and answer the following:
- What is the Place?
- Where is the Place? (Provide a map)
- Describe the physical features of the location.
- How did the physical features influence the civilisation?
- Describe the social structure of this society
- Who are the key groups and individuals of this society?
- What are the significant beliefs, values and practices of this society?
- Describe the contacts and conflicts within this society
- Describe the contacts and confilcts with other societies
- What are the significant developments and/or cultural achievements of this society?
- Describe this place's historical importance
- Why is it important to study this historical place? What can we learn?

Suggested historical PERSONALITIES:
- Pericles                                    - Homer  
- Leonidas                                  - Julius Caesar
- Mark Antony                           - Caligula
- Nero                                          - Augustus Caesar
- Livia Drusilla                           - Julia Agrippina
- Octavia                                     - Erik the Red
​- Leif Ericson​                                     - Pemulwuy
- Mungo Man and Lady           - Bennelong
- Truganini                                           - Blackbeard
- The Barbarossa Brothers      - Calico Jack
- Sir Francis Drake                     -  Napoleon
- Horatio Nelson                        - King Henry 8th
- Queen Victoria                        - Elizabeth I
- Cyrus the Great                      - Darius I
- Chandragupta Maurya          - Ashoka
- Suleiman the Magnificent    - Selim I 
- Leonardo da Vinci                   - Galileo
- Charlemagne                           - Matthew Flinders
- Lachlan Macquarie                - Arthur Phillip
- Jessie Street                            - Edith Cowan
- Nancy Bird Walton                - Miles Franklin
- Ned Kelly
OR AN HISTORICAL PERSON OF YOUR CHOICE

For Historical Persons undertake an inquiry and answer the following:
- Who is the person?
- Where did they live (provide a map)
- When did they live?
- What are the significant events in the life of the personality?
- What were their achievements?
- What impact did this person have on his or her times?
- What is the impact of this person for us today?
- Why is it important to study this historical person? What can we learn?

Suggested Historical EVENTS:
​- The Agricultural Revolution
- Bubonic Plague Europe        
- African Slave Trade
- The Bombing of Hiroshima
- Australian Colonisation
- The Industrial Revolution 
- The Destruction of Pompeii 79 AD
- The Birth of Muhammad -570 A.D
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- The Reformation
- The French Revolution
- The Tearing Down of The Berlin Wall
​- Invention of Gutenberg's Printing Press
- American Civil Rights
- Freedom Rides Australia
- The Moon Landing
- First Flight - Wright Brothers
- The Sinking of the Titanic
- Australian Gold Rush 1850s
- Battle of Beersheeba 1917
- The Battle of Pozières 1916
OR AN HISTORICAL EVENT OF YOUR CHOICE

For Historical EVENTS undertake an inquiry and answer the following:
- What is the event?
- Where did this event take place? (Provide a map)
- What is the historical background of this event?
- What were the causes of this event?
- How did this event happen?
- What were the effects of this event?
- Who are the key groups and individuals involved in this event?
- What is the significance of this event for the time?
- What is the significance of this event for us today? 
- Why is it important to study this historical event? What can we learn?

Geography

Choose a Geographical:
​Place OR global environment OR hazard

Suggested geographical Places:
- Antarctica              - Mexico
- Canada                   - Peru
- Japan                       - Brazil
- Thailand                 - Cambodia
- Tanzania                 - Kenya
- Madagascar           - Botswana
- Syria                        - Iraq
- India                       - Nepal
- Spain                      - Netherlands
- Russia                    - Papua New Guinea
OR a geographical PLACE of your choice

For geographical places undertake an inquiry and answer the following:
- What is the place?
- Where is the place (provide a map)
- What is the population?
- Describe the physical features of the location
- What is the climate?
- What type of biomes or environments are found in this country?
- What plants and animals are found in this country?
​- What is an environmental issue faced by this country?
- Suggest some strategies to help address this environmental issue.




Suggested Global environments
- Coasts                        - Mountains
- Rainforests               - Tundra
- Coral Reefs               - Grasslands
- Polar Lands              - Rivers
- Wetlands

For Global Environments undertake an inquiry and answer the following:
- What is the Global Environment?
- Describe the main features of this environment
- Where is it located? (provide a map)
- How is this environment formed?
- What are some of the plants and animals of this environment?
- How have these plants and animals adapted to their environment? 
- What are some of the threats to this environment?
- How can this environment be protected?




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Suggested Geographical Hazards:
- Earthquakes             - Volcanoes
- Tsunamis                   - Cyclones
- Landslides                 - Avalanches
- Droughts                    - Floods
- Tornadoes                 - Hurricanes

For Geographical Hazards undertake an inquiry and answer the following:
- What is the geographical hazard
- What are the causes of this geographical hazard?
- How does this geographical hazard occur?
- Provide details of an instance of this hazard:
- Where did it occur? (provide a map)
- When did it occur?
- What was the impact?
- What was the main cause of loss of life?
- Suggest some ways to prevent loss of life?

Ensure to:
- Paraphrase the information in your own words
- Use PEEL paragraphs
- Reference all your information sources, maps and images in a Bibliography

You can choose to present your inquiry findings in any of the following ways:

- Powerpoint presentation                                - Information report
- Play script                                                           - Poster
- Prezi                                                                     - Powtoon
- Movie                                                                   - Mock Wikipedia entry
- Speech                                                                 - Write a blog post
OR another mode as negotiated with your teacher