Literacy
Literacy skills in reading, writing, talking, listening viewing are essential to the acquiristion of the knowledge, skills, understandings and values and attitudes in Human Society and Its Environment. They provide explicit links to the development of literacy skills. Acquiring and processing information requires reading, listening to and viewing a range of information sources. Communication requires students to present information using a variety of oral, written and non-verbal text types.
HSIE provides a meaningful context for learning and practising specific literacy skills.
The support documents BST Literacy Teaching Strategies and Linking Basic Skills Tests to the Curriculum are produced annually with teaching strategies to support the development of literacy skills in a range of key learning areas. The support document aligns with the Basic Skills Test for Years 3 and 5 with specific reference to HSIE outcomes and syllabus subject matter.
This link lists the following documents where HSIE literacy lesson plans and ideas related to reading and writing can be found.
BST Literacy Teaching Strategies 2007
BST Literacy Teaching Strategies 2006
BST Literacy Teaching Strategies 2005
Linking BST to The Curriculum 2004
Linking BST to The Curriculum 2003
Linking BST to The Curriculum 2002
Within each of these documents there are detailed teaching and learning activities that provide specific support for teachers to enhance literacy learning in the context of HSIE.
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