Social studies
The curriculum will be based on important ideas underpinning social studies. These include identity, change and continuity, diversity, economic, social and environmental issues, needs and resources, decision making and participation as active citizens.
The framework will describe outcomes which will contribute to the development of secure values and beliefs.
Experiences and outcomes will be grouped in the following way:
People in the past: including
- people in societies
- people and events in the past
People in place: including
- people and landscapes
- people and communities
People and society: including
- society and the economy
- decision-making in a democracy
Pre-school centres and schools will be able to select contexts for learning and combine the experiences and outcomes to meet the needs of their own communities in the best way.
An important focus in developing understanding across the social studies will be on key periods and turning points in Scotland’s past and present, and on key elements of Scotland’s geography, although Scotland’s place in the United Kingdom, Europe and the world will be fully reflected.
Taken together, the experiences and outcomes should form a basis for progression in a wider range of specialised study in school and college including, in addition to history, geography and modern studies, economics, classical studies, finance and business management.