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This study is aimed to introduce portfolio performance assessment that discussed recently in the geographic section of elementary social studies, to investigate theoretically and to find performance assessment method. Portfolio performance assessment evaluates inner-change and development process through individuals products that are collected themselves, and it's objectives are related to social studies objectives. Social studies objectives is compose to the understanding and application of concept, ability, attitude and conviction. For the direction of portfolio performance assessment, Social studies objectives is investigated. With them, the meaning and value of portfolio performance assessment is built in the geographic section, Portfolio assessment become interdependence studying through self- assessment, peer-assessment and teacher support-assessment. The method of portfolio performance assessment is suggested. And portfolio performance assessment instrument is developed into five section in according to geographic studying situation.

After World War II, human-rights education was emphasized in not only all grades of school education but also every social education. but in Korea, human-rights education was deemphasized in secondary social studies, at most treated as sub-content in social studies, what is worse, human-rights education was not treated in elementary social studies at all. Fortunately, human-rights education will be introduced in 7th curriculum of elementary social studies for the first time, from now on, if human-rights education in elementary social studies be fruitful, special regard should be paid to cognitive developmental context of learners and social-cultural context and context of learning content.