Year 10 Social Studies

Students will build on the skills and knowledge developed in Year 9 Social Studies by continuing to work towards progress outcomes expected by the end of Year 10 under the newly refreshed Te Ao Tangata/Social Sciences curriculum as well as Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories curriculum.  Global Citizenship continues to be a central to our study of Social Studies with each theme having clear links to: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Global Goals, the UN Rights of the the Child and the New Zealand Human Rights Act.

The course is taught across three broad themes which encompass past and present case studies and encourage students to think about the their future world.    Aspects of the new Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories curriculum have been integrated across these three themes.

Themes:
Fighting for Rights - Understanding what human rights are and how and why people and groups have sought them throughout history, including cases studies of the Stolen Generation in Australian, New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific, and social actions taken in response to climate change.
The Movement of Many - Understanding why people and groups have moved form place to place and the impact this has on people and places, including looking at the settlement of Aoteoaroa/NZ and settlement in and around Te Awakairangi/the Hutt Valley.
Conflict- Understanding how and why NZ's participation in and commemoration of international wars have changed over time, as well as looking at wars within New Zealand such as the Musket Wars, and the New Zealand Wars.

Skills developed include: mapping, current events, problem solving and critical thinking, research, essay and paragraph writing, precis sketching.  These skills help to prepare students to continue with any Social Science course at Level 1 such as: Social Justice Studies, Geography, History, and Commerce.