Westlake Boys High School
Year 9 Social Studies
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss M. Learmonth.
Year 9 Social Studies
Social Studies explores how societies work and how people can participate as critical, active, informed, and responsible citizens. We do this through inquiry into migration, past and current conflicts, the origin of resources and consumer goods, global issues, and sustainability. Students will be taught to develop the skills and competencies needed to make them global citizens who are aware of the impact of their own and collective actions, and of the value of understanding different perspectives.
Assessment
Social Studies is assessed through skills and knowledge based assessments that include regular, formative in-class and summative in-class assessment .
These marks contribute to the Mid-Year Examinations (counting 33% of the marks for the year) and End of Year Examinations (counting 67% of the marks for the year).
These marks count towards the students overall ranking in the year group.
Course Overview
Term 1
Students will inquire into culture and identity as well as migration to New Zealand - both historic and recent.
Term 2
Students will identify the main causes of World War One and explore New Zealand's role in conflict.
Term 3
Students will analyse environmental and social issues at a local, national and global scale and create a social action to target these.
Term 4
Students will evaluate the impact ancient civilizations had on modern life.
Entry Criteria
All students in Year 9 will complete a course in Social Studies.
Equipment/Stationery and Course Costs
As this course makes extensive use of digital learning material. It is expected that you will have a laptop or other suitable learning device available for each class when required.
Disclaimer
Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.
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