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SOCIAL SCIENCES

 

     HISTORY

 

NCEA Level 1

 

J    Who can enrol?

Open to all students.

 

J    Costs:

There will be some field trip costs and some optional study books that the students will have to pay for.

 

J    Course outline:

International Relations:

y        Origins of World War I

y        New Zealand's Search for Security 1945-1985.

 

Revolutionary Leadership:

y        Russia

y        China.

 

Social Change:

y        Black Civil Rights in America

y        Women and Health in New Zealand

 

Conflict:

y        Israel

y        Ireland.

 

J    Assessment:

NCEA Achievement Standards

 

J    This course leads to:

Year 12 History

 

J    For further information see:

Mr McConnell

GEOGRAPHY

 

NCEA Level 1

 

J    Who can enrol?

Open to all students.

 

J    Costs:

Field trip expenses.

 

J    Course outline:

Externally Assessed Topics:

G        Examine extreme natural events (3 credits).

G        Examine population patterns, processes and issues (3 credits).

G        Examine resource use in a farming and mining context (3 credits).

G        Applying skills and ideas with direction in a geographic context (4 credits).

 

Internally Assessed Special Studies:

G        Carry out directed geographic research (5 credits).

G        Examine a contemporary geographic issue (3 credits).

G        Examine a global study (3 credits).

      

J    Assessment:

NCEA Achievement Standards

 

J    This course leads to:

Year 12 Geography or Tourism.

 

J    For further information see:

Mrs Roney

 

 


SOCIAL STUDIES

 

NCEA Level 1

 

J    Who can enrol?

Open to all students.

 

J    Costs:

A field trip expense & Internet Computer Access.

 

J    Course outline:

P      Biotechnology and Society - Examining Ethical Issues (4 credits).

P      Disappearing Forests - Examining Different Value Positions (4 credits).

P      West Coast History - Conduct a Social Studies Inquiry (6 credits).

 

J    Assessment:

All units will be internally assessed.

 

J    This course leads to:

Year 12 Tourism.

 

J    For further information see:

Mrs Roney

 

 

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