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The key strand of the social studies curriculum that this resource supports is: |
Social Organisation - Achievement Objective Level 5 |
"Students
will demonstrate knowledge and understandings of how and why people
seek to gain and maintain social justice and human rights."
Perspectives: Gender, The future
Settings: New Zealand |
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Essential Learning about New Zealand Society |
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• Major events in New Zealand’s history
• People in New Zealand's history
• The origins, development, and operation of systems of government and
law, of the franchise, and of local and national democratic
institutions.
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Social Studies Concepts
Leadership, authority, processes, roles, society, status, political
systems, beliefs, community, democracy, franchise, human rights, social
justice, law, and organisation |
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The Processes at Levels 5-6 |
When participating in the processes the essential skills are covered. |
The Inquiry processes* |
Indicators |
Located in resource activities |
Establish a framework for inquiry. |
1, 2 |
Collect and record information from a range of primary and secondary sources. |
1, 2, 3, 6, 7 |
Process information, using appropriate conventions and establishing the relevance of information. |
1, 4, 6, 7 |
Make a range of valid generalisations supported by evidence. |
4, 6, 7 |
Communicate findings clearly and concisely, using conventions appropriate to the mode of communication. |
4,6, 7 |
Establish and use criteria to evaluate the steps they have taken and their findings. |
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The Values Exploration processes* |
Indicators |
Located in resource activities |
Explain how values positions develop and change over time. |
5 |
Establish criteria to evaluate values positions. |
5 |
Demonstrate how groups may share some values and agree to differ about others. |
5 |
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The Social Decision Making processes* |
Indicators |
Located in resource activities |
Identify a range of problems associated with an issue and identify underlying problems. |
3, 5 |
Generate a range of possible solutions. |
3, 5 |
Plan possible actions in relation to identified problems or issues and identify the likely consequences of these actions. |
3, 5 |
Make a choice about preferred action and justify that choice. |
3, 5 |
*The
social studies processes do not follow a linear progression but are
visited and revisited throughout a unit of work or a course of study.
The three processes interrelate and complement each other.
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