Ten 12-minute blocks sample Geography, History inquiry, Civics and Citizenship, and Economics and Business. They are not a substitute for the substantial real-source work and local study required in any strand. Imaginary service maps, tallies, archive labels and business choices are identified as simulations. In History, a card pretending to be old is not a genuine primary source. The HASS decision mat, learner copy, public formative checks and teacher key support the tasks. Consult the AEC for the real referendum rule; no fictional vote here describes an actual proposal.
Day 11 · Travel time is one part of access · AC9HG9K05, AC9HG9S03
Kit: invented service map: route A from Stop P to Library L is 12 minutes and has no step-free information; route B is 7 minutes to Stop Q plus 10 minutes onward and is marked step-free in the fictional timetable. 0–2: Label both routes hypothetical. 2–4: Predict which is quicker and what access question remains. 4–10: Compare 12 and 17 minutes, then state why the shorter route cannot be called accessible without missing information; choose what should be checked with a real provider. 10–12: Check: A is 5 minutes faster in the stated model, not automatically the better option. Routes: order route tiles; trace raised/text map; explain a two-criterion choice. Response move: if “fastest” becomes “best for everyone”, add mobility, cost and timetable questions. Home: write a respectful transport-information request, no trip required.
Day 12 · A connection has dependencies · AC9HG9K07, AC9HG9S05
Kit: imaginary library repair club obtains blank notebooks from Workshop W, 30 fictional units by route North or 22 by route South, with no reliability or impact data. 0–2: Name the invented trade network and units as planned quantities, not deliveries. 2–4: Predict one dependency if North closes. 4–10: Draw both paths, compare available planned capacity and propose a strategy under environmental, economic and social criteria without declaring it sustainable. 10–12: Check: 22 planned units do not prove 22 delivered or a lower environmental impact. Routes: connection string board; table comparison; audio/AAC decision memo. Response move: if a recommendation ignores unknown cost/emissions, label those as data to seek. Home: identify a service dependency in a fictional story, not a household purchase.
Day 13 · A simulated old card is not an archive · AC9HH9S02, AC9HH9S03
Kit: two newly authored classroom simulations, not historical evidence: Card A imitates an 1884 workshop note about a broken tool; Card B is a present-day exhibit caption explaining A. Neither was found in an archive. 0–2: State provenance aloud. 2–4: Predict what A would be if an authenticated contemporaneous note and what B would be. 4–10: Sort hypothetical primary/secondary status, list three checks before citing a real document (origin, date, context), and refuse to infer 1884 working conditions from these fabricated cards. 10–12: Check: an old-looking font does not authenticate a source. Routes: provenance cards; text annotation; curator interview role-play. Response move: if learners treat A as a real primary source, show the “authored now” label and ask what archive identifier is absent. Home: practise the three provenance questions on a made-up object.
Day 14 · A referendum needs two majorities · AC9HC9K01
Kit: AEC rule: national yes majority and yes majorities in at least four of six states. Invented tally: each of fictional States A–F has 100 votes; yes counts 80, 80, 80, 45, 45, 45; territories together have 30 yes and 70 no. 0–2: State this is an arithmetic model, not an Australian result. 2–4: Predict whether national yes alone would carry it. 4–10: Calculate national yes 405/700, no 295/700; only three states have yes majorities. 10–12: Check: the model fails the state-majority condition despite national yes. Routes: six count cards; tactile yes/no piles; spoken two-part explanation. Response move: if territories are counted as a state, distinguish their national votes from the six state tests. Home: write the two conditions in your own words without political persuasion.
Day 15 · Fresh HASS check A · AC9HG9K05, AC9HC9K01
Kit: new fictional route and referendum tally H-A; prompt and key are public. 0–2: Recall two-criterion decisions and the AEC double-majority rule, not the case values. 2–4: Give access modes; if prior access matters, substitute a locally new but equivalent case. 4–10: Collect a first response. 10–12: Note arithmetic, source status and missing access information separately. Routes: count/route tiles; text table; dictated explanation. Response move: after collection, reteach a missed condition with different counts. Home: make a fictional two-route comparison with one explicit unknown.
Day 16 · Who is missing from a media claim? · AC9HC9S03
Kit: invented social post about a venue survey: “Everyone wants late opening”; fictional attached tally says 18 responses, 12 yes, 6 no, sampling method absent. 0–2: Say no venue or poll is real. 2–4: Predict whether “everyone” is warranted. 4–10: Replace with “12 of 18 recorded responses favoured late opening”; ask who was invited, which views may be missing and how framing can shape attitudes to a community choice. 10–12: Check: 12/18 is two-thirds of recorded responses, not all residents. Routes: count tiles; highlight wording; propose an accessible question script. Response move: if a learner calls the 18 representative, ask for sampling evidence. Home: make one fairer fictional headline, no actual posting.
Day 17 · One decision affects several roles · AC9HE9K02, AC9HE9S03
Kit: imaginary repair stall: a customer requests a fix; a business orders a part; a bank processes a payment; a council sets venue rules. No real provider is described. 0–2: Name roles as a simplified interdependence model. 2–4: Predict two effects if the part is unavailable. 4–10: Draw a four-node chain and distinguish an observed stipulated link from a possible effect; explain why a delayed part might affect timing, while its actual price is unknown. 10–12: Check: the customer, business, finance service and government do not all perform the same function. Routes: role cards; textual arrows; narrated scenario. Response move: if a role is missing, ask who pays, supplies or sets the rule. Home: describe a different fictional service chain without personal finance details.
Day 18 · A cost comparison needs criteria · AC9HE9K05, AC9HE9S04
Kit: imaginary repair-stall shelf choices: A costs 30 fictional credits and is planned for 15 uses; B costs 45 and is planned for 30 uses. Neither durability nor actual use is measured. 0–2: Explain “credits” are invented and this is not buying advice. 2–4: Predict the cost per planned use. 4–10: Calculate A=30/15=2, B=45/30=1.5 credits per planned use; add two criteria such as stability and access, and explain why the cheaper ratio alone cannot decide. 10–12: Check: B's lower planned unit cost is conditional on its 30 uses occurring. Routes: counters/fraction strip; calculation table; verbal criteria matrix. Response move: if a learner declares B “best”, ask for the unmeasured durability/access factors. Home: propose one non-price criterion for an imaginary item.
Day 19 · Interpretations require real evidence · AC9HH9S04, AC9HH9S07
Kit: two invented modern exhibit captions about the simulated 1884 tool note from Day 13: Caption 1 says the break proves poor maintenance; Caption 2 says it may have been an isolated accident. They are not historical interpretations of a real event. 0–2: Reassert source status. 2–4: Predict which caption makes the stronger causal claim. 4–10: Mark each caption's inference, write one genuine archive source a historian would seek (e.g. maintenance ledger) and compare what that source might or might not resolve. 10–12: Check: neither caption establishes a fact about nineteenth-century workers. Routes: evidence ladder; spoken debate with source tags; tactile claim/evidence sort. Response move: if either caption is accepted as history, return to provenance and absent corroboration. Home: draft a cautious museum label for a fictional object.
Day 20 · Fresh HASS check B · AC9HH9S03, AC9HE9S04
Kit: new simulated archive and fictional service-choice case H-B; public key, not a secure exam. 0–2: Recall provenance and multi-criterion cost-benefit language. 2–4: Give access instructions without working the case. 4–10: Collect a first response or use locally novel parallel figures. 10–12: Record source-status reasoning and decision criterion separately. Routes: source labels; text table; dictated decision memo. Response move: after collection, show why “old-looking” and “lowest price” are insufficient on their own. Home: one question you would ask before relying on a source or quote.
Original fictional cases © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, CC BY 4.0. Real referendum rule is separately sourced and may change; verify before instruction.