Grade 12 Humanities: Values and life skills

In this unit, 'Leadership and ethics', you learn to lead a team project with an ethical review. You work with exam-style questions and written reasoning. You see it, say it, then do it alone.

• Listen and talk: hear a short story, text or example linked to 'Leadership and ethics' and say what it means in your own words.
• Connect: name one place in your own day where it applies.
• Use it: lead a team project with an ethical review. Practise with care and respect, in class and at home.
• Reflect: what went well, what was hard, and one thing you will do next time.

Step by step.

1. Step 1, The project: Noura leads a team of four on an oral history project about the town's past, interviewing 12 elders. Roles: Noura coordinates, Sami interviews, Dalal transcribes, Faisal designs the booklet.
2. Step 2, Ethical rules: Get written consent, explain how the stories will be used, quote people accurately, let each person check their quote, and protect anyone who asks to stay anonymous. These five rules guide every interview.
3. Step 3, Audit consent: After the interviews, Dalal reports that 10 of the 12 gave written consent and 2 agreed only verbally. 10 divided by 12 is about 83 percent. The leader pauses publication until the other 2 are sorted out.
4. Step 4, Choices: Faisal says, 'Just use all 12, they agreed.' Noura weighs the options: use only the 10, or return and ask the other 2 to sign. Returning respects the elders and keeps all 12 stories, so she chooses it.
5. Step 5, Accuracy: One elder said, 'We lived near the old well', but the draft says 'We owned the old well.' Noura asks Dalal to fix the quote, because a small change could mislead readers about the family's history.
6. Step 6, Review the leadership: The 2 elders sign within a week, so all 12 stories are used. The team rates itself out of 5: consent 4, accuracy 5, teamwork 4. Noura notes that she should have asked for signatures at the interview.
7. Your turn: 9 of 15 survey participants gave written consent. What does the leader do before publishing? Model answer: use only those 9 responses or obtain consent from the other 6, and tell participants how the data will be used.

Activity. About 40 to 50 minutes of class work, then one short practice task for home. Keep evidence: a timed paper and an error log.

Standard to meet. Lead a team project with an ethical review: at least 70 percent on an exam-style task, with the method shown.

In this unit, 'Preparing for university and work', you learn to prepare a study plan, a CV and a statement of purpose. You work with exam-style questions and written reasoning. You see it, say it, then do it alone.

• Listen and talk: hear a short story, text or example linked to 'Preparing for university and work' and say what it means in your own words.
• Connect: name one place in your own day where it applies.
• Use it: prepare a study plan, a CV and a statement of purpose. Practise with care and respect, in class and at home.
• Reflect: what went well, what was hard, and one thing you will do next time.

Step by step.

1. Step 1, Study plan: Salma has 10 weeks before exams. She plans 16 hours per week: History 5, Political Science 4, English 4, Sociology 3. Check 5 plus 4 plus 4 plus 3 is 16. Over 10 weeks that is 160 hours.
2. Step 2, Weekly schedule: History gets two 2-hour sessions and one 1-hour recap; English gets four 1-hour sessions of reading and writing; Sundays are for a past-style question under timed conditions. Fixed times make the plan easier to follow.
3. Step 3, CV structure: Name and contact, one-line profile, education, achievements, activities and skills. Example bullet: 'Edited the school magazine, publishing 6 issues of 12 pages with a team of 5 writers.' It fits one page.
4. Step 4, Evidence not adjectives: Instead of 'good writer' she writes 'Wrote 3 articles on local history, read by about 200 students, and interviewed 2 community elders.' Each bullet shows action, size and result, and every number is true.
5. Step 5, Statement of purpose: Limit 250 words: 40 words opening with the question that drives her, 80 on why history, 80 on evidence from the magazine and oral history work, 50 on goals. 40 plus 80 plus 80 plus 50 is 250.
6. Step 6, Review: She asks two readers to check clarity and accuracy, makes sure no sentence is copied from a model, and tracks weekly hours, aiming for at least 14 of 16. Honesty and specific detail make an application convincing.
7. Your turn: Plan 18 hours a week for 4 subjects over 8 weeks. Model answer: for example 6, 4, 4, 4 hours totalling 18; 18 times 8 is 144 hours; include a weekly timed practice.

Activity. About 40 to 50 minutes of class work, then one short practice task for home. Keep evidence: a timed paper and an error log.

Standard to meet. Prepare a study plan, a CV and a statement of purpose: at least 70 percent on an exam-style task, with the method shown.

On the slide: L1 Basic · Kind and safe

Notes: Show one kind action and state one safe rule, such as telling a trusted adult when worried. Notes: role-play sharing a toy; learners name three trusted adults and practise saying clearly, stop, I do not like that.

On the slide: L2 Awareness · Feelings and honesty

Notes: Name four feelings and say why telling the truth matters. Notes: use a feelings chart for happy, sad, angry and scared; read a short story of a broken cup and let learners practise saying what happened and offering to help fix it.

On the slide: L3 Foundation · Friends and small savings

Notes: Settle a small disagreement by listening and save a small amount regularly. Notes: practise the sentence I feel ... when ...; for money, save 10 from a weekly 50, which reaches 80 after 8 weeks, and learners say what they would plan to buy.

On the slide: L4 Practitioner · Choices, budget and online safety

Notes: Weigh choices, keep a simple budget and protect personal information online. Notes: use stop, think, choose; split an income of 200 into needs 120, wants 50 and savings 30, which adds back to 200. Learners list four things never to share online.

On the slide: L5 Specialist · Wellbeing and responsibility

Notes: Plan study, rest and sleep, and give a respectful no under peer pressure. Notes: teenagers usually need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep, so waking at 6:30 means bed by 21:30 for 9 hours. Learners plan one week and rehearse a calm refusal in pairs.

This course: Grade 12 Humanities Values and life skills is at this level. Its units include Leadership and ethics; Preparing for university and work.

On the slide: L6 Advanced · Ethics and behaviour evidence

Notes: Evaluate ethical frameworks and psychology evidence on habits, stress and decision making. Notes: compare consequence, duty and character approaches on one dilemma. Practice: 1,000 saved at 5 per cent a year for 10 years compounds to about 1,628.89; learners say why early habits matter.

On the slide: L7 Super expert · Design a wellbeing programme

Notes: Design and critique an evidence-based wellbeing or ethics programme with safeguarding and evaluation. Notes: survey 120 pupils before and after; 78 positive (65 per cent) rising to 96 (80 per cent) is a 15-point rise. Learners state limits, such as no comparison group, and how consent is protected.