Social Sciences Sampler Yr 7-10

What are we learning? Taking collective action for the care of other people in our school and wider community. Understanding how people participate collectively in response to community challenges. Undertaking planning that includes stakeholder feedback to develop an outcome.

What are we learning? Evaluating statements made by others about the findings of statistical investigations; Understanding how the ways in which the leadership of groups is exercised has consequences for communities; The ongoing breadth of impact of new Zealand’s involvement in the First World War.

What are we learning? Evaluating statements made by others about the findings of statistical investigations; Understanding how the ways in which the leadership of groups is exercised has consequences for communities; The ongoing breadth of impact of new Zealand’s involvement in the First World War.

What are we learning? Conducting investigations using the statistical enquiry cycle; Understanding how people remember and record the past; Creating an artwork that uses context and tone to convey key ideas about the First World War.

What are we learning? Understand that natural environments have particular characteristics. Understand the impact that humans have on an environment. Using an established industry environmental assessment matrix.

What are we learning? Explains how different processes operate and how they impact on environments. Conduct good quality student-led geographic research. Investigate a real world dairy farm and assess farmer progress against industry standards.

What are we learning? Plan and conduct an experiment using the statistical enquiry cycle. Evaluate statistical investigations undertaken by others including choice of measures. Using First World War statistics to investigate the impact of war on New Zealanders.

What are we learning? Understand how people interact with natural and cultural environments. Understand that this interaction has consequences. Investigate the social, environmental and economic impacts of the dairy industry on New Zealand

What are we learning? Understand how people’s management of resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability. Investigate and analyse the relationship between the production of artworks and the context in which they are made and viewed. Contextualising the place of the Clyde Dam in the history and future of the Clutha Basin.

What are we learning? To research and analyse the influence of contexts in portraiture. To use critical analysis to interpret and respond to art-works. Understanding the importance of manaakitanga/respect in portraiture