Revised National Curriculum Statement Grades R-9 (Schools) - Grade Four
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 using objects, pictures, written sources, buildings, museum displays and people (oral history).
We know this when the learner:
- Records and organises 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].
- Uses 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 discussion, writing a paragraph, constructing a book, collage, poster, art-work, drama, dance and music [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 common words and phrases relating to the passing of time (e.g. old, new, before, after, months, years) [chronology and time].
- Gives reasons for and explains the results of actions of people in the past in a given context [cause and effect].
- Identifies similarities and differences between past and present ways of doing things in a given context [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 two points of view about the same event in the past [source interpretation].
- Selects and gives reasons for the selection of key objects which represent an aspect of the past of the local area being studied [representation of the past].