Junior SOCIAL STUDIES

NOTE: LUK not teaching Year 10 Social Studies in 2023

In Year 9 & 10 SOCIAL STUDIES you will be learning about our changing societies and how they work, as well as how people participate in them as active, informed and responsible citizens. Skills and concepts learned in this course are a means of providing a foundation to Social Science subjects at Senior level... i.e. Social Studies, History, Geography and Travel & Tourism.

Year 9 Social Studies Topics:

TERM 1: "Culture & Identity"

Who am I? What is my Whakapapa?

TERM 2: "Our Environment"

Climate Change!

TERM 3: "The Journey"

Te Haerenga/Le Malaga/Koe Fononga

TERM 4: "Social Control"

The Government / Social Action

Year 10 Social Studies Topics:

TERM 1: "War & Conflict"

World War II & The Pacific Theatre

TERM 2: "Social Action / Human Rights"

"You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world, and you have to do it all the time" - Angela Davis

TERM 3: "Business, Enterprise, Innovation & Careers"

"He rangi tā Matawhāiti, he rangi tā Matawhānui"

The person with a narrow vision sees a narrow vision, the person with a wide vision sees a wide horizon."

TERM 4: "Natural Disasters"

The sky is falling!

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