Social Sciences
Year 10 Social Studies - 10SST
A compulsory core subject that encourages students to examine their place as a citizen of New Zealand and a global citizen.
Year 10 New Zealand Studies - 10NZS
This half-year course gives students a snap shot of different aspects of our country, mixing some geography and history with many opportunities to get outside the school gate to reinforce our learning. The short course allows us the chance to catch glimpses of the Land, People and Events.
The course will cover five themes:
1. The Natural Landscape and the People Living There
2. Whanganui and South Taranaki - land wars and development of towns
3. 19th Century Life - a regional case study
4. Facing Up To Disasters
5. Seeing our Past Through NZ film.
The course will involve three one day journeys to each of Napier, South
Taranaki and Wellington, with shorter days out around the Manawatu. For a look at the 2021 programme, log into Stratus - Departments -
Year 10 Social Studies - New Zealand Studies - Course Outline 2021.
Level One Geography - 11GEO
Course
Content: Topics covered include: Landforms and Climate;
Population studies -New Zealand and South East Asia; Global Topic, Introduction to commercial
computer mapping application - Geographic Information Systems; Current Geographic Issues; Geographic
Research (Manawatu weather study),
Application of Geographic skills (eg mapping, graphing, perspectives,
application of Geographic Concepts).
Level One Recommended Prior Achievement Level: Open entry.
Internal Assessment
91011 (1.5) Conduct geographic research, with direction
External Assessment
91010 (1.4) Apply concepts and basic geographic skills to demonstrate
understanding of a given environment.
Total credits: 8
Subject Costs: $15
Level One History - 11HIST
People
in Protest
The learning in this course is
driven by the question: what is social justice and what actions have people
taking in the past to protect their rights? Students will have the
opportunity to think deeply about, and debate, ideas and issues about why and
how people have protested in the past. Contexts for possible study include
the Black Civil Rights Movement in America, South African Apartheid, Parihaka and Gandhi's Independence Movement
in India. Students will gain knowledge, skills and experience to understand
how people's perspectives of events
differ and how this can lead to conflict and protest.
Credits:8
Cost: $15
Level Two Geography - 12GEO
Level
Two: Course Content: Topics covered include: Natural Environment - Manawatu,
Disparities in Development - Tanzania, Current Geographic Issues, Global
Studies - tropical rainforests, Geographic Research, and Geographic Skills
(eg mapping, graphing, perspectives, application of geographic concepts).
Geographic Information Systems.
Level Two Prerequisites: An interest in the environment and how people live
in it, and reasonable ability in English OR 4 credits in Level 1 Geography.
OR Open access for students who are currently in the Year 10 accelerate
classes.
Internal Assessments
91244 (2.5) Conduct geographic research with guidance.
91245 (2.6) Explain aspects of a contemporary New Zealand geographic issue.
External Assessments
91240 (2.1) Demonstrate geographic understanding of a large natural
environment.
91242 (2.3) Demonstrate geographic understanding of differences in
development.
91243 (2.4) Apply geography concepts and skills to demonstrate
understanding of a given environment.
Total credits: 20
Subject Costs: $15
Level Two History - 12HIST
Cold War
Conflicts
In this course, learners will develop an understanding of global politics.
This course examines some significant historical events in the 20th century
including; the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of John F Kennedy and the
Vietnam War. Although these events will be studied in an international
context, emphasis will also be placed on New Zealand's role in these conflicts.
Credits: 19
Cost: $15
Level Three Geography - 13GEO
Course
Content: Topics covered include: Natural Processes - Tongariro National
Park, Cultural Process - Tourism - global, Rotorua, Current Geographic
Issues, Global Studies, Geographic Research and Geographic Skills (eg
mapping, graphing, perspectives, application of geographic concepts).
Level Three Prerequisites: An interest in the environment and how people
live in it, and reasonable ability in English.
Internal Assessments
-
91430 (3.5) Conduct geographic research with consultation.
- 91431 (3.6) Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue.
- 91432 (3.7) Analyse aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale.
External Assessments
- 91426 (3.1) Demonstrate understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment
- 91427 (3.2) Demonstrate understanding of how a cultural process shapes geographic environments.
- 91429 (3.4) Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through the selection and application of geographic concepts and skills.
Total credits: 23
Subject Costs: $15
Level Three History - 13HIST
This
course examines some significant historical events in the 19th and 20th
Centuries. Students will have the opportunity to think deeply about how the
causes, consequences, and explanations of historical events that are of
significance to New Zealanders are complex, and how and why they are
contested. Students will also gain knowledge, skills and experience to
understand how trends over time reflect social, economic, and political
forces.
Credits: 20
Cost: $15