Social Studies 6 Skills Definitions and Examples Socials

Social Studies - 6 Skills Definitions and Examples

Socials 8 Rubric for Assessment

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Continuity and Change: ● Not all things change over time ● Continuity' refers to things that stay the same, relatively unchanged, over time.

Significance: having the quality of being— meaningful, important ● A certain date might have significance. Examples?

Evidence ● Evidence is anything that can be used to prove something —similar to proof at a trial or breadcrumbs that are left to find your way back

Evidence: Primary vs Secondary ● Primary Source is an original, first hand account. It is the first evidence of an event, idea or speech. A primary source is create at the time of the event or very soon after something happened. ● Second-hand, published accounts are called secondary sources. They are called secondary sources because they are created after primary sources and they often use or talk about primary sources. Secondary sources often have many copies available for use.

Cause and Consequence For every action there is a reaction. The impact could be positive, negative or neutral. Cause and effect.

Perspective is the way that one looks at something. An example of perspective is farmer's opinion about a lack of rain.

Ethical Judgement Ethical judgment analyzes behaviours to determine if something is ethical Can we decide if something is right or wrong?

Examples of each…. Continuity and Change - Went to the same school for 8 years (elementary school) - Never moved out of Burnaby - Lived with the same people always - Grew up on the same street - ….

Significance - Your Birthday Day you got a new pet Time of the year you visit Grandma First day of school …. . .

Evidence – Your artifacts!!! - Medal you won at a tournament First novel that you read Pictures of you and your friends playing Instrument that you play …. . .

Perspective - Your feelings around events (first day of school, meeting your best friend for the first time, losing something/someone special) - How you see your experiences - should be linked to a feeling/emotion in how you describe your events - … -. . .

Ethical Judgement - How you reacted to a classmate stealing your snack - Finding something that doesn’t belong to you - Overhearing your classmate talk poorly about your friend - Your friend tells you a secret and asks you not to tell anyone - …

Cause and Consequence - Went to a new school and met new friends Moved to a new country and learned a new language Broke a rule and got grounded … -. . .

Historical Significance ● ● The past is everything that ever happened to anyone anywhere. There is much too much history to remember all of it. So how do we make choices about what is worth remembering? Significant events include those that resulted in great change over long periods of time for large numbers of people. World War II passes the test for historical significance in this sense. But what could be significant about the life of a worker or a slave? What about my own ancestors, who are clearly significant to me, but not necessarily to others? Significance depends upon one’s perspective and purpose. A historical person or event can acquire significance if we, the historians, can link it to larger trends and stories that reveal something important for us today. For example, the story of an individual worker in Winnipeg in 1918, however insignificant in the World War II sense, may become significant if it is recounted in a way that makes it a part of a larger history of workers’ struggles, economic development, or post-war adjustment and discontent. In that case, the “insignificant” life reveals something important to us, and thus becomes significant. Both “It is significant because it is in the history book, ” and “It is significant because I am interested in it, ” are inadequate explanations of historical significance.