Revised National Curriculum Statement Grades R-9 (Schools) - Grade Three
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 ‘what’, ‘when’, and ‘where’ questions about aspects of the past.
We know this when the learner:
- Obtains information from historical sources (e.g. simple written accounts, visual sources, objects) [works with sources].
- Answers questions about aspects of the past [answers the question].
- Describes orally and in sentences aspects of the past, discusses stories and events from the past as a class or in small groups, makes models, creates drawings, etc. [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:
- Arranges events and objects in order, to develop a sense of the passing of time [chronology and time].
- Gives simple reasons for some events in the past [cause and effect].
- Describes and makes comparisons using pictures and objects [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:
- Discusses and gives own opinion about stories and events in the past [source interpretation].
- Handles, observes and draws objects from the past and present [representation of the past].
- Identifies, displays and discusses objects that represent own and family’s past [representation of the past].