AT Interdisciplinary Studies (2025-26): Crafting a Synthesized Response Task Sheet
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AT Interdisciplinary Studies (2025-26): Crafting a Synthesized Response Task Sheet
Unit 4: Engaging Complexity
Overview
In this culminating summative task, students will draw upon the skills developed throughout this unit to engage and abstract with a topic or relevant construct of their choosing in a manner that reflects depth and sophistication.
Students are expected to produce an inquiry-based response that meaningfully explores complexity while demonstrating an awareness of ambiguity, layered perspectives, and nuance. Students should aim to interrogate, synthesize, and reflect on their ideas and assumptions, not necessarily in that order.
Task
You will craft a response that thoughtfully engages with your chosen topic.
Your work should:
Reflect an awareness of nuance and limitations
Show a development of thinking over time
Weave in a grounded understanding of the SAS Learning Aspirations
Be in a format appropriate for your chosen purpose and audience
You may choose a format that best suits your message, including:
Analytical or explanatory essay
Multimedia presentation (ex. slide deck, video)
Creative response with critical reflection
Other formats (to be discussed with your teacher)
Guiding Considerations
As you develop your work, consider the following:
What makes this topic or idea significant?
In what ways does your thinking develop or shift as you explore this topic?
To what extent did you demonstrate an analysis of arguments from multiple perspectives?
How might you communicate your ideas using a clear line of reasoning while still acknowledging nuance?
Inquiry Process Expectations
You are expected to engage in and document a deliberate process of recursive development, which may include:
Generating and refining ideas
Exploring varied perspectives and approaches
Drafting and revising your piece of work with a growth mindset
Seeking out, reflecting on, and responding to feedback from peers
Exemplars
None! After an in-depth curriculum review, AT Interdisciplinary Studies has reformatted the Unit 4 summative task. We are excited to announce that creativity and peer-based inquiry will entirely drive this task!
Submission Guidelines
Length: Appropriate to the scope and ambition of the task
Format: Appropriate to the selected mode of expression
Sources: Where relevant, sources should be meaningfully incorporated in a discipline-specific format
Your final submission should be cohesive and purposeful, even if individual components remain open-ended or exploratory.
Rubric