Revised National Curriculum Statement Grades R-9 (Schools) - Grade Nine
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 continues to ask questions about aspects of the past, and asks questions to begin an investigation of a topic.
We know this when the learner:
- Investigates a topic by asking key questions and identifies a variety of relevant sources to explore this topic [finds sources].
- Asks significant questions to evaluate the sources (e.g. to identify bias and stereotypes, omissions and gaps) [works with sources].
- Analyses the information in the sources [works with sources].
- Presents an independent line of argument in answering questions posed, and justifies (using evidence) the conclusions reached [answers the question].
- Communicates knowledge and understanding by constructing own interpretation and argument based on the historical sources (including extended writing, artwork, graphics and drama); 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:
- Places events, people and changes in the periods of history studied within a chronological framework [chronology and time].
- Identifies categories of causes and effects (e.g. immediate and long-term, direct and indirect) [cause and effect].
- Explains and analyses the reasons for and results of events in history [cause and effect].
- Recognises that change and development does not always mean progress [change and continuity].
Learning Outcome 3: Historical Interpretation
The learner will be able to interpret aspects of history.
Assessment standards
We know this when the learner:
- Understands the contested nature of content, and that historians construct histories when writing about events from the past [source interpretation].
- Constructs an interpretation based on sources, giving reasons for own interpretation [source interpretation].
- Analyses issues which influence the way history has been written [influences on interpretation].
- Explains the ways in which symbols are used to remember events and people from the past, and how oral histories can contribute to our understanding of the symbols [representation of the past].