Revised National Curriculum Statement Grades R-9 (Schools) - Grade Six
Learning Area: Social Sciences (Geography)
Learning Outcome 1: Geographical Enquiry
The learner will be able to use enquiry skills to investigate geographical and environmental concepts and processes.
Assessment standards
The learner asks questions in order to begin investigating an issue or a problem.
We know this when the learner:
- Identifies sources of information, including simple statistics, to help answer the question about a social or environmental issue or problem [finds sources].
- Selects and records relevant information from sources for specific purposes (including recording and observing in the field) [works with sources].
- Locates relevant places on maps using latitude and longitude (degrees and minutes) [works with sources].
- Uses information to propose solutions to problems [answers the question].
- Reports on enquiries through discussion, debate, structured writing, graphs, tables, maps and diagrams [communicates the answer].
Learning Outcome 2: Geographical Knowledge and Understanding
The learner will be able to demonstrate geographical and environmental knowledge and understanding.
Assessment standards
We know this when the learner:
- Explains why more people live in some places than others [people and places].
- Identifies how access to different kinds of resources influences development in different places [people and resources].
- Describes some ways in which society has changed the environment [people and the environment].
Learning Outcome 3: Exploring Issues
The learner will be able to make informed decisions about social and environmental issues and problems.
Assessment standards
We know this when the learner:
- Identifies inequalities within and between societies [identifies the issue].
- Analyses some of the factors that lead toward social and environmental inequality at different geographical scales and in different places [factors affecting the issue].
- Evaluates actions that lead to the sharing of resources and reducing poverty in a particular context [makes choices].