History (HIS01‑03)
Competence aims and assessment
Competence aims after vg2
The pupil is expected to be able to
- reflect on how the past shapes us as people
- explore the past by asking questions and obtaining, interpreting and using various types of historical material to find the answers
- reflect on why historians divide the past into periods and assess how we can periodise the past according to different criteria
- explore and reflect on how the past is remembered locally and nationally
- explain important changes in how people have obtained food and used natural resources and assess the significance of this for people and a sustainable society
- present important demographic changes and assess the causes of these changes and their impact on people and society
- explain how trade and economic systems have affected power relationships and peoples’ lives
- compare how democracy in antiquity and democracy today have given people different opportunities for democratic participation
- explore how communication and cultural encounters have influenced people in Norway and the rest of the world
- assess changes in the division and legitimacy of power from the Middle Ages to early modern times
- describe the significance of religion for society and power structures from the Middle Ages to the present and assess its role in peoples’ self-perception and how they view others
Formative assessment
Formative assessment shall help to promote learning and develop competence in the subject. The pupils demonstrate and develop their competence in the History subject in vg2 when they use history-studies methods combined with knowledge about the past, and when they ask questions, conduct research and find answers. The pupils also develop and demonstrate competence in the History subject when they identify connections in the past and between the past and present and when they reflect on how the context in which people lived influenced their way of thinking and choice of actions.
The teacher shall facilitate for pupil participation and stimulate their desire to learn through oral, written and practical methods for acquiring and demonstrating competence in the subject and by allowing the pupils to be curious and active knowledge seekers. The teacher and pupils shall engage in dialogue about their development in the History subject. The pupils shall be encouraged to experiment on their own in the subject. With the competence the pupils have demonstrated as the starting point, they shall be given the opportunity to express what they believe they have achieved and reflect on their own development in the subject. The teacher shall provide guidance on further learning and adapt the teaching to enable the pupils to use the guidance provided to develop their competence in the History subject.