In Lower Secondary, students are assessed on specific skills which help teachers assess their subject knowledge. 

In Humanities we will be working to help students develop in the seven following key areas: 

• Research -  Formulate appropriate research questions.  Locate, select, organise and record relevant information from a range of print and multimedia resources. 

• Analysis - Identify perspectives and complexities, interpret data and information to make connections and recognise relationships, patterns and trends. 

• Evaluation - Evaluate sources within subject context, make connections, assess importance of features and/ or events. Evaluate judgments, decisions and arguments. 

• Communication - Select varied and appropriate communication methods (including diagrams, short written responses and longer essays) to effectively describe and  explain specific subject content. Construct evidence based arguments that demonstrate understanding. 

• Collaboration - Actively cooperate and engage in teamwork, developing interdependence. Showing awareness and respect for different viewpoints and learning approaches. 

• Reflection - Consider the benefits and challenges of working in both teams and independently. Examine how personal perspectives on an issue may change.  Identify skills learnt or improved during this process. 

• Subject literacy - Recall knowledge of and use subject specific terminology and vocabulary.