Venue: VIS THAR – Centre for Social Change & Eco-Sanctuary, Bengaluru
Programme Type: Full-Day Civic & Ethical Field Investigation
Age Group: 14–15 years
Duration: Full Academic Day
Core Lens: Identity • Rights & Responsibilities • Justice • Sustainability • Ethical Decision-Making
This Stage 9 field investigation explores how identity, beliefs and values shape ethical behaviour, civic responsibility and environmental stewardship.
Students examine:
How identity influences decision-making
How rights are connected to responsibilities
How justice operates in community systems
How humans interact with and impact ecological systems
How informed action can address social and environmental challenges
Inquiry progression:
Self-Reflection → Ethical Framing → Field Evidence Collection → Perspective Analysis → Action Design
The programme emphasises structured ethical reasoning, systems awareness and evidence-supported judgement aligned to Stage 9 rigour.
Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives (Stage 9)
• Analyse social and environmental issues
• Evaluate stakeholder perspectives
• Assess impact of human actions
• Develop feasible, justified action responses
Cambridge Lower Secondary English (Stage 9)
• Construct structured evaluative responses
• Justify arguments with evidence
• Communicate reflective insights clearly
Cambridge Lower Secondary Citizenship (Stage 9 equivalent strand alignment)
• Understand rights and civic responsibility
• Analyse fairness, justice and community participation
• Evaluate ethical choices in social contexts
Students will:
• Analyse how identity and belief systems influence ethical decisions
• Examine the relationship between rights and responsibilities
• Evaluate justice and inclusion within community contexts
• Assess environmental interdependence using field evidence
• Design realistic, responsible action initiatives
Students will:
• Articulate at least three identity influences on behaviour
• Match rights with corresponding ethical responsibilities using real examples
• Evaluate one observed social or environmental issue using explicit criteria
• Present a structured ethical argument including counter-perspective
• Design a feasible action plan supported by reasoning and evidence
AO1 – Research & Enquiry
Systematic observation and collection of social and environmental evidence
AO2 – Analysis
Interpretation of identity, values and systemic relationships
AO3 – Evaluation
Judgement of fairness, responsibility and sustainability using criteria
AO4 – Communication
Structured articulation of ethical reasoning and action proposals
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