Year 9 and 10 Humanities

Humanities is a combination of English and Social Sciences. Every Humanities course at Year 9 and 10 will include core English skills to develop a strong literacy base of reading and writing skills, along with viewing, analysing, speaking, and presenting written, visual, and oral texts, and will help prepare students for the NCEA Literacy Corequisite assessments. In addition, all courses will include core Social Sciences skills and knowledge including  history, current events, geography, and research skills. We combine English and Social Sciences because the skills used in both subjects are similar and the subject matter is the same: people - telling the story of humanity, our interactions with each other and with the environment over place and time. 

Humanities are the stories, the thoughts, and the language that help us make sense of our reality and our world. Humanities introduce us to people we have never known, places we have never seen, and ideas that may have never crossed our minds. By showing how others have lived, Humanities help us decide what is important and how to improve life.  Humanities help us address the challenges we face as individuals, together in our whānau, our communities, and as a nation.