Outcome Chart - Alberta - Social Studies Grade 7

Dimensions of Thinking

Overall Expectations

7.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking

Specific Expectations

  • determine the validity of information based on context, bias, source, objectivity, evidence
    and/or reliability to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
  • evaluate, critically, ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
  • demonstrate the ability to analyze local and current affairs
  • re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
  • generate creative ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
  • access diverse viewpoints on particular topics, using appropriate technologies

Lessons

Educational Games

Research for Deliberative Inquiry

Overall Expectations

7.S.7 apply the research process

Specific Expectations

  • develop a position that is supported by information gathered through research
  • draw conclusions based upon research and evidence
  • determine how information serves a variety of purposes and that the accuracy or relevance of
    information may need verification
  • organize and synthesize researched information
  • formulate new questions as research progresses
  • integrate and synthesize concepts to provide an informed point of view on a research question or an issue
  • practise the responsible and ethical use of information and technology
  • include and organize references as part of research
  • plan and conduct a search, using a wide variety of electronic sources
  • demonstrate the advanced search skills necessary to limit the number of hits desired for
    online and offline databases; for example, the use of “and” or “or” between search topics and the choice of appropriate search engines for the topic
  • develop a process to manage volumes of information that can be made available through electronic sources
  • evaluate the relevance of electronically accessed information to a particular topic
  • make connections among related, organized data and assemble various pieces into a unified message
  • refine searches to limit sources to a manageable number

Lessons

Educational Games

Communication

Overall Expectations

7.S.9 Develop skills of media literacy

Specific Expectations

  • analyze the impact of television, the Internet, radio and print media on a particular current
    affairs issue
  • detect bias on issues presented in the media
  • examine techniques used to enhance the authority and authenticity of media messages
  • examine the values, lifestyles and points of view represented in a media message
  • identify and distinguish points of view expressed in electronic sources on a particular topic
  • recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used

Lessons

Educational Games