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- This performance task will motivate you to identify an societal issue that is of concern and to develop a response with explanation and solutions to it. A societal issue concerns various people in our society and multiple perspectives exist in relation to the issue.

- This task will include 5 parts and you will be assessed along each part of the way.

- The various stages listed in the right side of this page will allow you to do the following- engage with the issue via various channels to spark your curiosity, gather and analyse primary and secondary data, explain the findings of the data and provides responses and solutions to the societal issue.

-This task will allow you to participate, be informed and concerned citizens- a key learning outcome of the Social Studies Education.

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Outline of Timeline and Task Information

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Outline of Timeline and Task Information

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Duration:
Month of May (Week 5-9)
4 weeks
Submission of Project: End of Week 9

Groups: 4-5 members/group
Roles: A leader, 2 editors, a primary data researcher and secondary data researcher

Stage 1: Sparking curiosity- students will watch some videos/view information (according to their preferred mode of learning of the issue). They will then submit a mind map of the inquiry question and their current knowledge of the issue.

Stage 2: Students will gather data through primary (google form) and secondary methods (survey (google form provided but students have to craft questions) and articles (several provided). This is to be submitted via google docs. (10 marks)

Stage 3: Students will make reasoned and substantiated conclusions based on their findings and data. This will be submitted via google sheet. Students can choose to gather data based on their interested mode of research (15 marks)

Stage 4: Students will present their findings and explanation of the issue in line with the inquiry questions via a speech that they can submit via a video/in person during class. This video is to be uploaded in the google classroom (5 marks)

Stage 5: Students should reflect on the processes, content and issues investigated and how it helped them use their own learning abilities to achieve it. This will be done via a google form. (10 marks)

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By the end of this stage, you should be able to: 

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By the end of this stage, you should be able to: 

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1. Identify the societal issue they are particularly interested in.

2. Examine and describe the societal issue of their interest/choice.

3. What does rising cost in living mean?

4. Who are affected and how are they affected by the rising cost in living?

Mindmap Questions:

1. Who are the most affected by the rise of living cost in Singapore

2. How are they affected?

3. Why is this an issue affects Singaporeans?

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By the end of this stage, you should be able to:

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By the end of this stage, you should be able to:

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1.     Provide one example of how a particular group (allocated) is impacted by the rising of living in our society. (differentiation by process)

2.     Provide two methods/policies to counter the challenges faced by the group.

3.     Provide two clear explanation as to how these policies will help the allocated group tackle the rising cost of living in Singapore.

·  Part 1/2: Students will be tasked to do up a survey to get primary data according to their social group. For example, if the group is working on the elderly, they should get members of the elderly community to participate in their survey (eg: grandparents/elder relatives etc). The questions should ask a total of 6 questions with 3 MCQ and 3 open ended.

Google Form Survey Questions examples:

1. Do you think this programme is effective in tackling the rising cost of living?

2. Explain why you think these medisave top ups are helpful?

Your teacher will facilitate this class of drafting the questions and you should seek clarifications with your teacher.

·       Part 2/2 Students should focus on gathering data from both government and community groups and their efforts to mitigate the rising cost in Singapore (secondary data).

Students should use articles websites that are credible eg: gov.sg websites/ legitimiate organisation based websites.

Your teacher will facilitate finding of secondary data during class and you should seek clarifications with your teacher.

Students should attach their findings via screenshots (survey) and links of resources with summary of what the resources is about in a google sheet provided in the google classroom.

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By the end of this segment, students should be able to answer the questions (250 words each)

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By the end of this segment, students should be able to answer the questions (250 words each)

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Students will use the research attained in the previous steps to answer a set of questions that should help them in the presentation (speech).

Questions:

What are two ways the societal group has been affected by the raising cost of living?

What does the primary and secondary data tell us about the amount of support in place to help the societal group chosen?

What are three main new information you have learnt from the societal issue?

If you were a minister, how would you convince the societal group that the two policies/solutions chosen will benefit them?

What needs to be improved in this policy to better help the societal group?

Using the IEE method, write out how the policies/solutions researched in stage 2 will benefit the societal group.

This should be presented in the form of a google doc.

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By the end of this stage, you should be able to explain how the societal group is affected by the rising cost of living and how they will benefit from the support provided. This should be presented in the form of a speech. 

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By the end of this stage, you should be able to explain how the societal group is affected by the rising cost of living and how they will benefit from the support provided. This should be presented in the form of a speech. 

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https://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Informative-Speech

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Students should reflect on these guiding questions and submit them via Padlet: 

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Students should reflect on these guiding questions and submit them via Padlet: 

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1. How have you assisted in the investigation of this project?
2. What was your role and responsibilities in this project?
3. What were some new information you learnt in this project?
4. How will knowing this new information help you in better understanding society?
5. What were two main challenges you faced in this project and how did you overcome it?
6. What did you use to think of the societal group and what do you think of them now in relation to the rising cost of living?

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Topic: Chapter 4- How can the citizens and government work for the good of society?

Groups within the community to choose from (after completion of stage 1):

·       Elderly

·       Persons with disabilities

·       Business Owners

·       HDB households

Inquiry Question:

How is the rising cost in Singapore affected Singaporeans and how is it being managed?

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Is rising cost of living making Singapore unlivable for the young? | Youths ask DPM Lawrence Wong

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Singapore rolls out new cost-of-living support measures

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The Truth About Rising Living Costs in Singapore: Residents Speak Out

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Rising living costs: How does a family of three manage its budget?

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More help with cost of living for all Singaporeans