10 Social Studies

Year 10 Social Studies

Social Studies enables students to participate in a changing society as confident, informed and responsible citizens. Students will investigate and explore important social issues, make decisions, work co-operatively and build their knowledge of their history, their land and their society.

At Year 10 the teaching programme covers five Social Studies achievement objectives, and is aimed at providing students an introduction to some of the learning areas offered by the Social Sciences Department in the senior school.

1.         Understand how the ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact on people’s lives.
            A significant event in New Zealand history and New Zealand’s involvement in WW1.

2          Understand how people’s management of resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.
            HAZARDS & DISASTERS

3.         Understand how cultures adapt and change and that this has consequences for society.
            Financial Literacy – Sorted in Schools

4.        Understand how the Treaty of Waitangi is responded to differently by people in different times and places.
           TE TIRITI O WAITANGI CHANGING PERSPECTIVES

5.        Understand how people define and seek human rights.
           HUMAN RIGHTS