The Humanities Assessment Map – Sample at 2.25
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The Humanities
Samples
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2.25
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For Levels 4, 5 and 6, please see Assessment Maps for The Humanities - Economics, The Humanities - Geography and The Humanities - History.
Victoria – A Great Place to Be
Context
Students were asked to describe the human and physical characteristics of their local environment or another environment within Victoria in which they were familiar with.
Students worked individually and had one week to gather information and one hour to complete the report in class.
The presentation was to be in the form of a report. Students were provided with the following subheadings for the report:-
- Title of Area
- Description of Area
- Things to Do
- Things to See
- Places to Go
- How to Get There
Students were required to include in the report under one or more headings:
- An example of how people have changed the area from its natural state.
- Descriptions of natural and man made features of the area.
The elements of the Humanities knowledge and understanding Level 3 standard addressed by the task are:
From direct observation or observation of a variety of media, (students) describe the human and physical characteristics of their local area and other parts of Victoria.
(Students) describe how people use and affect different environments in Victoria.
Sample
This work sample, and the related The Humanities 2.25 progression point examples, illustrate the kind of response that students produce as they progress towards the Level 3 standard.
Things to do
You can go to Halls Gap and do things to entertain your self like going to the shops going on walks and shoping.
Things to see
You can see lots of kangaroos and lots of people in town and lots of plants like gum trees and thistles. Thistles are very bad to fall on because they hert. People brought the thistles to the Grampians.
Places to go
You can go on walks to see exhibitions and rock features.
Annotation
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Humanities knowledge and understanding – 2.25
- Identifies some physical characteristics of the Grampians, but does not offer a broad range of examples.
- Identifies human characteristics of the Grampians, but does not link these clearly with the land uses within the Grampians.
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