Social Studies (SAF01‑04)
Competence aims and assessment
Competence aims after year 2
The pupil is expected to be able to
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To develop means to design, create, model or shape a new method, a product or a service.
social-studies issuesTo present means to show, explain and outline a topic or a product. The way of presenting may vary, but the goal of the presentation is to make the topic or product accessible to others. To present may also mean to illustrate and to demonstrate.
- talk about how different sources, including maps, can provide information about social-studies issues
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To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.
the cultural heritage and cultural and natural landscape of the local communityTo describe means to portray or recount an experience, situation, work process or a topic. To describe something may also refer to using relevant terminology to systematise knowledge of a topic.
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To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.
the ways in which people lived one to two generations agoTo present means to show, explain and outline a topic or a product. The way of presenting may vary, but the goal of the presentation is to make the topic or product accessible to others. To present may also mean to illustrate and to demonstrate.
- on why people have different opinions and make different choices
To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.
- talk about friendship and belonging and what can have an impact on relations
- and give examples of diversity in Norway, with an emphasis on different types of families and communities, including the indigenous Sami people
To describe means to portray or recount an experience, situation, work process or a topic. To describe something may also refer to using relevant terminology to systematise knowledge of a topic.
- and give examples of how people have impact on the climate and the environment, and
To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.
how this can be seen in the local communityTo document is to demonstrate what we have done, preferably also how and why. There are different types of documentation to show the quality of a work process, a product or a service.
- and give examples of children’s rights in Norway and in the world, and what children can do when these rights are violated
To present means to show, explain and outline a topic or a product. The way of presenting may vary, but the goal of the presentation is to make the topic or product accessible to others. To present may also mean to illustrate and to demonstrate.
- and give examples of how children can have an effect on decisions and
To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.
on democratic processesTo collaborate means to work with others to achieve a common understanding or a common goal.
- talk about the opportunities and challenges involved in digital interaction
- talk about emotions, bodies, gender and sexuality and how both one’s own and other peoples’ boundaries can be expressed and respected
- and give examples of how people in different parts of the world can have an impact on each other’s lives
To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment shall help to promote learning and develop competence in the subject. The pupils demonstrate and develop their competence in Social Studies during year 1 and 2 when they explore and develop their sense of wonder when studying topics within the social studies field and reflect on how these topics are interconnected. The pupils demonstrate and develop their competence in the subject when they work to learn more and experience that knowledge can be obtained in different ways. The pupils demonstrate and develop their competence when they experience and see themselves and others as part of a diversified society, and when they experience what it means to participate and have influence. The pupils use digital tools to demonstrate and develop their competence in the subject and are beginning to learn to judge digital sources by noting some of the opportunities and challenges relating to digital interaction.
The teacher shall facilitate for pupil participation and stimulate their desire to learn in social studies by giving them the opportunity to explore, talk about and develop their sense of wonder. The teacher and pupils shall engage in dialogue about their development in Social Studies. The pupils shall be encouraged to experiment on their own in the subject. With the competence the pupils have demonstrated as the starting point, they shall be given the opportunity to express what they believe they have achieved and what they believe they have improved on. The teacher shall provide guidance on further learning and adapt the teaching to enable the pupils to use the guidance provided to develop their competence in social studies through their curiosity and by increasing their knowledge.