Ask simple questions about Show initiative in completing a Plan and complete a geographical enquiry, increasingly places and environments. geographical enquiry. independently, making informed and justified decisions. GEOGRAPHICAL Complete a geographical enquiry Can explain your own views about Evaluate your geographical enquiry and suggest ENQUIRY using a variety of sources eg geographical issues. improvements. maps and photos. Evaluate sources of evidence eg from web Can assess different views concerning human and sites. environmental issues and justify your own views. History Conceptual knowledge, research & note-making Descriptors Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 E Skill Conceptual knowledge, research and note-making abstract complex abstract a range of Knowledge abstract concepts complex abstract concepts abstract of historical simple abstract simple concepts concepts concerning concepts concerning concepts concepts concepts concerning concerning thematic analysis concerning thematic analysis showing concerning time causation (e.g. causation (e.g. of past (e.g. causation (e.g. of past (e.g. developed Knowledge (e.g. chronology, significant, long, medium, society, proximate & inflation, understanding of of: anachronism) unimportant) short term) economy, ultimate causes) constitution, causation and politics, power) oppression) thematic analysis discern more Ability to answer identify relevant valuable from synthesise use academic research able to use of contents questions based and irrelevant less valuable material from a journals and information undertake key and index on passage of sections in sources of variety of online portals for word searches effectively text passages information on sources research Able to: the internet
GEOGRAPHICAL ENQUIRY Ask simple questions about places and environments. Complete a geographical enquiry using a variety of sources eg maps and photos. Show initiative in completing a geographical enquiry. Can explain your own views about geographical issues. Evaluate sources of evidence eg from web sites. Plan and complete a geographical enquiry, increasingly independently, making informed and justified decisions. Evaluate your geographical enquiry and suggest improvements. Can assess different views concerning human and environmental issues and justify your own views. History Conceptual knowledge, research & note-making Descriptors Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 E Skill Conceptual knowledge, research and note-making Knowledge of historical concepts Knowledge of: simple abstract concepts concerning time (e.g. chronology, anachronism) simple concepts concerning causation (e.g. significant, unimportant) abstract concepts concerning causation (e.g. long, medium, short term) abstract concepts concerning thematic analysis of past (e.g. society, economy, politics, power) complex abstract concepts concerning causation (e.g. proximate & ultimate causes) complex abstract concepts concerning thematic analysis of past (e.g. inflation, constitution, oppression) a range of abstract concepts showing developed understanding of causation and thematic analysis Ability to research information Able to: answer questions based on passage of text able to undertake key word searches use of contents and index effectively identify relevant and irrelevant sections in passages discern more valuable from less valuable sources of information on the internet synthesise material from a variety of sources use academic journals and online portals for research