Revised National Curriculum Statement: Grade 1 Economic and Management Sciences

Revised National Curriculum Statement Grade R-9 (Schools)

Grade One

Learning Area: Economic and Management Sciences
( Further information on the Outcomes for this Learning Area )

Learning Outcome 1: The Economic Cycle

The learner will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the economic cycle within the context of ‘the economic problem’.

Assessment standards

We know this when the learner:

Recognises the roles of members of the household as consumers (e.g. saving, buying).
Identifies different advertising media influencing needs and wants.
Identifies the value of the different units of money used to buy things.
Starts understanding that goods (e.g. clothes, food) and services (e.g. electricity) have a price.
Identifies ways in which income is earned through members of the household who are working (e.g. parents working, earning pocket money).

Learning Outcome 2: Sustainable Growth and Development

The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of sustainable growth,reconstruction and development, and to reflect critically on its related processes.

Assessment standards

We know this when the learner:

Describes tasks and responsibilities at school and why they need to be done.
Displays teamwork skills in undertaking tasks at school.
Names ways and the importance of using limited classroom materials without waste.
Expresses thoughts and feelings about completing a task successfully, responsibly and on time.
Describes the role of the teacher as a leader in the classroom.
Uses artistic skills (e.g. drawing, cutting, measuring, pasting) to design and produce environmentally friendly products that could be sold or exchanged in the community.