1. Why is literacy and numeracy important?

Welcome to year 9 History!! 

"The making of the modern world"

Let us take a look at how literacy and numeracy is important, not only to this subject, but to everyday life.

Here are some questions we will consider;


Why is literacy and numeracy important?


What is literacy and numeracy?


Why is literacy and numeracy important when studying history?


Why is understanding literacy and numeracy in history important to "real life"?


Hmmmm... Lots to consider.

These are important questions to ponder that will help you to understand why literacy and numeracy are relevant to everyday life. 

We cannot live in our world and not use some form of literacy and numeracy. To have a conversation with someone face-to-face or online is using literacy. To buy something at the store is using numeracy and literacy. To understand a friend's age when going to a birthday party is using numeracy. And of course, you have to use literacy and numeracy when you leave school in the work place or for further studies. It is part of our everyday lives and will continue to be so in the future.

First, lets take a look at literacy.

"Isn't literacy just reading sir?" some of you might say. This is a good question and one that needs an answer. Literacy is not just about reading. Reading is part of literacy but we will discover there are many aspects to literacy. 

As you grade 9s are considered to be 'digital natives', you should be able to work your way around this blog. But, I know at not everyone is at the same level of 'digital literacy' (we will look at digital literacy later) and so I have included instructions and links throughout the blog to guide your learning if you run into trouble.

'BTW' - Digital natives means that you grew up with technology and can usually understand computer technology better than us 'old people'.  

Here is a definition:

Digital Natives 

noun

• a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age:the digital tools that are reshaping our economy make more sense to young digital natives than to members of older generations

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  quote from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/digital-native

Let's see how we use literacy in our history class.

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