Year 9 Subject Guide 2020

Assessment Outline: Global Thinking encourages awareness of global problems and offers opportunities to explore possible solutions through cooperation and collaboration. The course is not about getting everybody to think identically; rather it is a matter of opening minds to the great complexity of the world and of human thought. There will be a variety of assessment methods used throughout the course, including the following types of assessment: • Seminar: Students create a presentation in which they discuss issues of fairness and development, and power and choice throughout the world. • Interactive Oral and reflective Statement: These will be at the end of Semester 1. Students will create an interactive presentation addressing the issues of peace and conflict. • Campaign Presentation Students will research a topic of their choice and attempt to persuade and inform others about the implications of a global issue through a presentation. • Investigation and feature article Students will create a feature article related to local issues relating to a global context. Students are assessed throughout the course according to the following criteria: • Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding (maximum 8 marks)

• Criterion B: Investigating (maximum 8 marks) • Criterion C: Communicating (maximum 8 marks) • Criterion D: Thinking Critically (maximum 8 marks)

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