Darfield School Curriculum 2011 Contents



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SOCIAL SCIENCES



What is Social Science About?


The social sciences learning area is about how societies work and how people can participate as critical, active, informed, and responsible citizens.


How is Social Sciences Structured in the New Zealand Curriculum?


Social Sciences is made up of four conceptual strands

  • Identity, culture and organisation

  • Place and Environment

  • Continuity and Change

  • Economic World

Understandings are developed through the social inquiry approach.

How is Social Science taught in our School?

Concepts

Strands

Enduring Understandings

Possible Contexts

Culture and Heritage


Identity, Culture and Organisation

People’s customs, traditions and values are expressed in and influence their daily lives.
Cultural practices vary but reflect similar purposes.
The role of Maori as Tangata Whenua is significant in New Zealand.
Society is made up of a ‘melting pot’ of different cultures and is constantly changing.

  • Celebrations

  • Public Holidays

  • Rights of Passage

  • Tangata Whenua

  • Workers coming in to work on dairy farms, food market.

  • Ethnic food

Place and Environment

People view and use places differently, depending on their beliefs, needs and experiences.
The role of Maori as Tangata Whenua is significant in New Zealand.
New Zealand’s history has been shaped by people from many different countries and their interactions with other people and their environment

  • Farming

  • Orchards

  • Vineyards

  • fishing

  • Markets

  • Market gardens




Continuity and Change







Economic World







Concepts

Strands

Enduring Understandings

Possible Contexts

Communities

Identity, Culture and Organisation

We may not look, think, feel, or act the same but we all belong to a community.
As members of a community we all have roles, rights and responsibilities.
People will express their identity through cultural practices.
Societies have systems and structures in place to meet the needs of communities and individuals.


  • Our Families

  • People’s Roles in the School, Community and Society

  • Behaviour and Responsibility in the School, Community and Society

  • Government

  • People’s Roles in Voluntary Groups

  • Comparing Cultures

  • Migrations

  • Rules

  • Roles & Responsibilities

  • World aid organizations

  • People who help us

  • Local and national govt.

  • Migration

  • Law and order

Place and Environment

Where a community lives shapes their way of life.
We all have a responsibility for the future of our place and environment (sustainability

  • Harsh environments

  • Food supplies

  • Climates

  • Reduce, Resuse, Recycle




Continuity and Change

The past shapes who and what we are.
The past affects the present and the future.
Events that have happened in the past influence the way we act.

  • Great grandparents

  • ANZAC day

  • Treaty of Waitangi

  • Disasters

  • Labour Day

Economic World

The needs and values of the community impact on the distribution of resources
People have a role in the economic world.
We use a variety of systems to buy and sell goods and services.
There are systems in place to protect consumers.


  • Voluntary workers

  • Roads and transport

  • Communication

  • Local issues/Arts Centre

  • Volunteer Organisations

  • Careers

  • Our Families

  • People’s Roles in the School, Community and Society

  • Behaviour and Responsibility in the School, Community and Society

  • Government

  • People’s Roles in Voluntary Groups

  • Comparing Cultures

  • Migrations

  • Working for your money/occupations

  • Technological advancements

  • Financial Management/budgeting


Concepts

Strands

Enduring Understandings

Possible Contexts

Change

Identity, Culture and Organisation

Cultural practices vary and express people’s customs traditions and values

  • Darfield – our place

  • Canterbury –our place

  • Cultural Celebration

  • Immigration

  • Refugees

Place and Environment

Interaction between people and the environment may result in change

  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  • Community projects

Continuity and Change

Understand that time and change affect people’s lives

Time and change affect people’s past and that people pass on culture and heritage in different ways.

Events have causes and effects


  • War

  • Grandparents

  • Families

  • Ferrymead

  • Early settlers

  • Colonialism

Economic World

As human demands change, the economy changes in order to meet these demands

  • Supermarket

  • Immigration

  • Housing

  • Banking

  • Fishing

  • Occupations

  • Farmers Market


Concepts

Strands

Enduring Understandings

Possible Contexts

Challenge

Place and Environment

People seek to overcome the limitations of places and environments.

Exploration and innovation creates opportunities and challenges for people, places and environments.

  • Explorers

  • Ancient cultures

  • Depression/recession

  • War

  • Inventors




Economic World

People are challenged to be able to access and use resources in an innovative way.

  • Markets

  • Money

  • Environmental issues

  • Personal wealth

  • Depression/recession

  • Trade Me





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