Revised National Curriculum Statement Grades R-9 (Schools) - Grade Five
Learning Area: Social Sciences (History)
Learning Outcome 1: Historical Enquiry
The learner will be able to use enquiry skills to investigate the past and present.
Assessment standards
The learner asks questions about aspects of the past, present and future, using objects, pictures, written sources, buildings, museum displays and people (oral history).
We know this when the learner:
- With guidance, selects and uses sources of useful for finding information on the past (e.g. oral, written and visual sources, including maps, graphs and tables, objects, buildings, monuments, museums) [finds sources].
- Records and categorises information from a variety of sources (e.g. oral, written and visual sources, including maps, graphs and tables, objects, buildings, monuments, museums) [works with sources].
- Continues to use information from sources to answer questions about people, events, objects, and places in the past [answers the question].
- Communicates knowledge and understanding in a variety of ways, including presenting historical information in short paragraphs, simple graphs, maps, diagrams, creating artwork, posters, music, drama and dance; uses information technology where available and appropriate [communicates the answer].
Learning Outcome 2: Historical Knowledge and Understanding
The learner will be able to demonstrate historical knowledge and understanding.
Assessment standards
We know this when the learner:
- Uses dates and terms relating to the passing of time (e.g. decade, century), and arranges them in order [chronology and time].
- Gives reasons for and explains the results of events that have changed the ways that people live in a given context [cause and effect].
- Identifies similarities and differences between ways of life in different places at different times [similarity and difference].
Learning Outcome 3: Historical Interpretation
The learner will be able to interpret aspects of history.
Assessment standards
We know this when the learner:
- Recognises that there can be more than one version of an historical event (e.g. that there can be two accounts of the same story) [source interpretation].
- Identifies and selects items which represent an aspect of the past being studied, to contribute to a class display or school museum [representation of the past].