The Social Studies Processes at Levels 5 - 6
Inquiry
Achievement Objective
Students will demonstrate skills as they:
- collect, process, and communicate information about human society.
Within these levels, students could:
- establish a framework for inquiry;
- collect and record information from a range of primary and secondary sources;
- process information, using appropriate conventions and establishing the
relevance of information;
- make a range of valid generalisations supported by evidence;
- communicate findings clearly and concisely, using conventions appropriate
to the mode of communication.
Values Exploration
Achievement Objective
Students will demonstrate skills as they:
explore and analyse values.
Within these levels, students could:
explain how values positions develop and change over time;
establish criteria to evaluate values positions;
demonstrate how groups may share some values and agree to differ about others.
Social Decision Making
Achievement Objective
Students will demonstrate skills as they:
- make decisions about possible social action.
Within these levels, students could:
- identify a range of problems associated with an issue and identify underlying
problems;
- generate a range of possible solutions;
- plan possible actions in relation to identified problems or issues and
identify the likely consequences of these actions;
- make a choice about preferred action and justify that choice.
While implementing the processes and when concluding their studies, students
will establish and use criteria to evaluate the steps they have taken and their
findings.
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