National Profiles Level 2 Studies of Society & Environment
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Time, |
Understanding the past |
2.1 Identifies similarities & differences in the lives of different generations.
2.2 Uses calendars & objects to describe age & sequence.
2.3 Identifies aspects of environments and family ways of life that have endured or changed.
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Display & label objects from different generations. Recognises differences to clothing worn by men & women in different generations and past eras. Role play customs associated with childhood for girls & boys in different generations.
Classifies artefacts as belonging to their own childhood or that of parents, guardians or grandparents. Classify artefacts, buildings or sites as being old or new. Classify practices and aspects of ways of life and places as belonging to their own child-hood or that of parents, guardians or grandparents.
Describe aspects of ways of life valued and preserved by their own or other family groups or communities. Describe mementoes, artefacts or records that men and women keep. Describe aspects of a local heritage site. Describe from photographs or from personal accounts changed and continuing features of an environment. |
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Time and change
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Interpretations
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Place & |
Features of |
2.4 Uses symbols to describe the location of places relative to each other.
2.5 Describes choices people make in their use of places.
2.6 Identifies how people can co-operate to care for places in a community. |
Draw a simple plan of a home, farm or property and describe how the location of rooms or features is related to their use by members of the family. Map and describe their journey to significant places by referring to the location of important features along the route, the relative distance of the journey and changes in direction made along the way.
Describe the choices family members make about using areas in and around the home. Describe different styles of housing. Describe how the location of facilities influences choices people make about using places. Describe how their present use of places may change over time to meet changing needs.
Identify how they and members of their family co-operate to look after their home or other places. Identify places in the community that need to be looked after.
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People & places |
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Care of places |
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Investigation,
Investigation, |
Investigation
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2.16 Selects, compares and categorises relevant information.
2.17 Expresses a personal view of the meaning of data.
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Group & label objects to show their relevance to a topic being investigated. Design questions to ask groups or individuals. Identify the information that can be gained from artefacts, photographs and stories. Identify information relevant to the investigation.
Describe or depict personal responses to a shared experience. Select a preferred way of responding to a problem. Consider information collected and organised and complete generalisations when given sentences beginning, "Most….", "Some…." Talk about differences between their own accounts or descriptions and those of others. |
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Communication
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Resources |
People & work |
2.11 Describes the ways people cooperate and depend on each other in their work. |
Draw a picture showing how members of a family co-operate in their work. Identify and role play the skills needed to work co-operatively. Discuss & draw a picture of the way people work together to provide resources.
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Culture |
Personal Group & cultural identity |
2.9 Describes the roles & responsibilities of members of families and schools.
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Trace changes in the roles, rights and responsibilities of family members over several generations. Describe how male and female roles are portrayed in stories. Describe terms used to identify family members and structures. |
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Natural & Social Systems |
Economic systems
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2.15 Describes ways people obtain goods & services in the local community
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Identify local people who provide goods or services to members of their family. Identify places where they obtain a product or service. Identify what makes it easy for people to obtain goods and services and what makes it hard (income, communication with providers, isolation). |
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