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Learning Area: Humanities

History > LEVEL 7

Learning Area Outcome: I can locate, select, interpret and evaluate information about human experience in the past and in the present, and I can think critically and creatively about humanities issues.

Subject Focus: Historical Enquiry: Making Use of Sources, including the Way History is written, Learning about Events, People and Regions of the Past

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 A1 COGNITIVE LEARNING 
I can determine the importance of asking questions about the past and, especially in the case of prehistory, try to find similarities with certain primitive societies to imagine what life could have been like.
A2 COGNITIVE LEARNING - I can use evidence from sources (e.g. artefacts, texts, video clips, maps, plans, etc.) to build a clear picture of the past.
A3  EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE -
I can give examples of primary and secondary historical sources.
 
A4  LEARNING TO DO -
I can identify and distinguish between primary and secondary sources.A5 LEARNING TO DO - I can write captions to describe primary and secondary sources.
A6  COGNITIVE LEARNING - I can determine whether sources are reliable or biased.

Learning Area Outcome: I can explore and evaluate similarity and differences as well as change and continuity, in both the past and the present.

Subject Focus: Terminology and Concepts that Nurture Historical Skills

B1 
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
 I can explain the meaning of B.C., A.D., decade, century, millennium, period, era as used in history. 
B2 I can distinguish between B.C. and A.D. and how these are represented on a time-line.
B3 WRITING
 I can sort historical events, periods and personalities in chronological order.
B4 PLANNING AND REFLECTION 
 I can distinguish the fact that historical periods existed for different lengths of time according to the region. 
B5  COGNITIVE LEARNING  
5] I can identify change and/or continuity between historical periods.  
B6  COGNITIVE LEARNING
6] I can explain the causes and/or effects of historical events. 
B7COGNITIVE LEARNING
 I can classify the more and less important causes and consequences of historical events.
 
B8  COGNITIVE LEARNING
 I recognise that some aspects of the past are thought to be more significant than others (e.g. the Second Punic War was more significant for Malta than the Third Punic War). 
B9  COGNITIVE LEARNING
I can identify continuity between one period and another. 
 COGNITIVE LEARNING

Learning Area Outcome: I can think critically and creatively about moral and ethical issues in the past and the present, and about the diverse ways in which these issues can be understood.

Subject Focus: Ideas, Values, Beliefs and Behaviour of Human Beings. empathising with the Protagonists.

C1 LEARNING TO BE
I can use my imagination to reconstruct how life could have been like in a particular historical period.
C2  LEARNING TO BE
 I can empathize by acting the role of people in the past (e.g. the life of a slave in Ancient Rome). 
C3  LEARNING TO BE
I can compare how values and beliefs change over time (e.g. of a change in values: gladiator combats before and after the advent of Christianity in the Roman Empire)
C4  LEARNING TO BE
 I can identify and explain changes in values and beliefs of people from the past to those of today (e.g. slavery was accepted in the Classical Period but considered illegal today). 
C5 LISTENING AND SPEAKING
 I can list different interpretations of an event using one or more sources (e.g. the Crusades from the Christian and the Muslim points of view). 
C6  PERSONAL LEARNING
 I can identify mistakes from the past and learn from them (e.g. the massacre by the Crusaders in Jerusalem in 1099). 
 PERSONAL LEARNING

Learning Area Outcome: I can ask questions about human experience in the past and present and build and develop my knowledge and understanding through enquiry.

Subject Focus: How can I communicate what I learnt? Recall, Summarise, Record, Argue, Present, Work on feedback, Learning to Learn.

D1
 COGNITIVE LEARNING
I can recall key facts about the topics/historical periods I have studied.
 
D2 EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
I can summarise  historical aspects I have read or studied.
D3  PERSONAL LEARNING
 I can identify the international events or developments that had an effect on Malta (e.g. the Punic Wars). 
D4  SOCIAL LEARNING
I can use the facts I learned to reach  valid historical conclusions (e.g. the Barbarian invasions contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire). 
D5 EXPRESSIVE LEARNING
I can understand and use terms that describe the past accurately (e.g. Neolithic period, Classical times, Dark Ages). 
D6  PERSONAL LEARNING
I can give feedback to explain secondary historical concepts (e.g. cause, empathy, change etc.) 
D7  PLANNING AND REFLECTION
 I can organize and communicate my understanding of history in various forms (e.g. written, verbal, digital etc.) 
D8  PERSONAL LEARNING
 I can consolidate my knowledge about the topic I have studied after receiving feedback. 
D9  PERSONAL LEARNING 
9] I can further improve my knowledge through independent research. 
 PLANNING AND REFLECTION

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