Year 09 5SOC2 – Social Studies (compulsory)

Available for study in: Compulsory for Year 9 students.

Main areas of study:    

Students will explore government and organisation through the context of wars, laws and policies. Aspects of this course will include, but are not limited to:

• Government decisions and New Zealand's changing roles in the Pacific.
• Cause and effects of past and present volcanic eruptions

In this course you will learn:    

• to inquire into and respond to social issues
• identify differing perspectives on significant events 
• make ethical judgements about peoples actions in the past and how they reflect our own attitudes and values in a modern Aotearoa. 

This course provides explicit teaching of literacy - reading for meaning, research, source analysis, academic writing, identifying and exploring different perspectives and critical thinking.

Methods of assessment:    

Multiple choice knowledge assessment and two key skills/processes

• Academic Writing
• Perspective

This course leads to: 
5ASOC1 – Social Studies  (Compulsory Year 10 - one semester)

Optional:

• 5SOC3 Social Studies: Exploring Geography and History (Optional Year 9 and 10)
• 5ACOM Commerce (Optional Year 10)
• 5ACTH Critical Thinking in the Humanities  (Optional Year 10)