Integrated Studies - Year 8

Mandatory: Yes

Duration: Full year

Description

Integrated Studies or I.S. is an eight lesson per week subject in Year 8 which incorporates the curriculum areas of English, Humanities and Social Sciences, Cultural Studies and Literacy development. Students are taught in their Home Group Classes, with a focus on intervention and individualised support. Courses are designed to build upon current knowledge and to develop new skills and understandings. This subject is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and implemented by a core subject teacher.

Topics covered in I.S. include:

• Text study – novel and short stories
• Spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary
• Text Types – exposition, narrative, recount and report writing
• Reading strategies
• Film and media studies
• Landforms and landscapes
• Middle Ages, Vikings & Asia
• Inquiry based history projects and problem based learning
• Changing Nations
• Google Suite and Google Classroom skills
• Internet based learning and research
• Environmental sustainability