History (HIS01‑03)
Competence aims and assessment

Examples of connections

Explanation

Competence aims after vg2

  • 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

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