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1 . Social Studies Year 9 Course Outline 2015

2 Curriculum Statement Social Studies is about the nature of societies and how cultures, societies and environments have an effect on each other. In Social Studies students will develop and use essential skills when investigating societies, exploring issues, making decisions and working co-operatively with others. The aim of Social Studies is to enable students to participate in a changing society as informed, confident and responsible citizens. Topics covered in Year 9 Social Studies include: A Study Big Brother Government Control Pasifika New Zealand Palestine The

3 TERM 1 Week Feb Week Feb 9 SOCIAL STUDIES YEAR PLANNER 2015 Week Feb Week Feb Week Mar Week Mar Week Mar Week Mar Week 9 30 Mar - 3 Apr Week 10 Week 11 Content TERM 2 Th - Photos F - Wait Day Apr M - Swim F - Mass 27 Apr - 1 May W - Ash Wed M - Athletics 4-8 May May May Th Fam Fest May Topic 1 Pasifika Fest Wk W - Open Day 1-5 June 8-12 June Topic 1 Topic 1 F Good Fri June Change over dates for Y9 Soc Sci rotations: Monday 16 Mar Monday 1 June Monday 17 Aug Monday9 Nov Rotation of subjects as per plan June 29 June - 3 Jul Content Topic 1 Topic 1 Topic 1 Topic 1 Topic 1 Topic 1 M - ANZAC Hol F - Chanel F - TOD M - Q B day Big Sing this week F - Champ Stg Chal this week TERM July July 3-7 Aug Aug Aug Aug 31 Aug - 4 Sept 7-11 Sept Sept Sept Content F Marist Day Topic 3 Topic 3 Topic 3 Tourn Week Topic 3 Topic 3 Topic 3 F - Chavion TERM Oct Oct Oct 2-6 Nov 9-13 Nov Nov Nov 30 Nov - 4 Dec 7-11 Dec Content Topic 3 Topic 3 F - Colin Topic 3 M - LB Day F - Prizegiving Jun Exam Week.

4 Assessment dates An assessment project will be due sometime in the last 2 weeks of the topic An end of topic test for each topic will be in the last week of the rotation for topics 1 and 2 The topic 3 end of topic test will be during junior examination week. There will be a assessment test during the junior examination week Homework Expectations You ALWAYS have homework: 1. Go over the lesson. 2. Read your textbook(s) and hand-outs. 3. Add to class notes. 4. Do exercises textbook, worksheets, activity manuals, etc. 5. Make study notes summarise. 6. Make lists words, formulae, definitions. 7. Read extra books / internet / library, etc. 8. Test yourself close books and write. 9. Practice drawings, labels, graphs. 10. Learn / read it again. Test yourself again. 11. At weekends revise the week s work. 12. Have a continuous revision programme from the beginning. 13. Projects and assignments finish well before deadlines. Topic: Study This unit is a skills based unit that focusses on New Zealand and Auckland in particular to introduce students to them main skills they will be using over the next few years in Social Sciences. covered include: Mapping Line Graphs Pie graphs Timelines Bar graphs Climate graphs Researching

5 Topic: Big Brother Government Control Focus: This topic will look at the key Government structures from the past and present and the level of control they have on media. It will also look at the impact that this control has on those living within their societies. The Curriculum levels targeted are: Level 4 - Understand how formal and informal groups make decisions that impact on communities Level 4 - Understand how the ways in which leadership of groups is acquired and exercised have consequences for communities and societies Level 5 - Understand how the ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact on people s lives Level 5 - Understand how systems of government in New Zealand operate and affect people s lives, and how they compare with another system Content Outline: Types of Governments Rules Media and Social Media Democracy Community Cohesion Democracy and Media The role of Social Media within a Democracy Communism China and Censorship A Dictatorship Germany and Propaganda A Military Dictatorship Fiji and media control Glossary of Key Terms: Government - The political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members of a nation. Democracy - A government which is elected by the people. Communism - This type of government owns property such as businesses and farms. It provides its people's healthcare, education and welfare. Dictatorship - A country ruled by a single leader. The leader has not been elected and may use force to keep control. Propaganda - the use of the Media to aggressively promote one point of view. Media - the means of communication. Social Media Websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts. Mass Media - Forms of communication that reach large (mass) audiences. Community - group of people living in the same area or having common interests or origins. Censorship - when certain material has been officially examined and supressed (i.e. banned). Freedom of Speech - The right of people to express their opinions publicly without government interference

6 Topic: Pasifika New Zealand Focus: This topic looks at the immigration of Pacific Island people into New Zealand and New Zealanders of Pacific Island descent. The Curriculum levels targeted are: Level 3 - Understand how cultural practises vary but reflect similar purposes. Level 3 - Understand how the movement of peoples affects cultural diversity and interaction in NZ. Level 4 - Understand how people pass on and sustain culture and heritage for different reasons and that this has consequences for people. Level 5 - Understand how cultural interaction impacts on cultures and societies. Level 5 - Understand that people move between places and how this has consequences for the people and the places. Level 5 - Understand how the ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact on people s lives. Content Outline: A model of migration Overview of where New Zealanders have come from Reasons for Pacific Island immigration into New Zealand Problems and issues Pasifika immigrants have faced including discrimination, employment, health, education, language The changing face of Pasifika New Zealand including trends in population, religion, language spoken etc Contributions of Pasifika New Zealanders including in the arts, politics, sports etc Glossary of Key Terms: Push Pull Model - a model of migration that explains the causes and process of movement between countries Push Factors - negative things about a place that cause you to move away from it Pull Factors - positive things about a place that cause you to move to it Intervening Obstacles - problems which may prevent you moving from one country to another Migration - the movement of people from one place to another Migrant - a person who is moving from one country to another Emigration - when people leave a country Immigration - when people move to a country Culture - the understanding, ways of behaving, language/s, perspectives and values shared by a group of peoples

7 Topic: Human Rights Focus: This topic will look Slavery and Black Civil Rights in USA, Mao Zedong in China and Apartheid in South Africa The Curriculum levels targeted are: Level 4 - Understand that events have causes and effects Level 5 - Understand how systems of government affect people s lives Level 5 - Understand how people define and seek human rights Content Outline: Human rights and social justice The creation of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Human rights milestones throughout history Systems of government and rights deniers Child labour The slave trade Resistance and abolition Jim Crow and the position of African Americans in S.S. society Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Inquiry o Nelson Mandala and apartheid in South Africa o Tiananmen Square o Contemporary case study women s rights Glossary of Key Terms: Slavery system where a person is the property of another Abolition campaign to end slavery Human rights equality of opportunity that lets people have free, fair and peaceful lives Social justice ensuring that people get a fair share of resources Emancipation freeing the slaves Jim Crow Apartheid Nonviolent protest Censorship a system of racial segregation practiced in the southern states of the U.S.A. a system of racial segregation and discrimination that was implemented in South Africa using peaceful means to effect social change controlling the flow of information and ideas

8 Topic: Focus: The is a career education unit designed to introduce students to the world of work and help them to develop an understanding of the options and opportunities available to them and the implications and importance of their choices. Content Outline Topics covered will be chosen from: Starting out The Dream What s my role Who am I? Who are you? After work ity check Getting away Fair play The redundancy notice Moving on Career day Glossary of Key Terms Job - is the role that a person has in a particular workplace. Career - your path through your working life, which is influenced by your education, all your different jobs, your family life, friendships, community activities and leisure choices. Occupation - the name for a group of very similar jobs, sharing similar task that may be done in different ways in many different workplaces. Budget - is balancing your income and your expenditure Income - money that comes into your bank Expenditure - the cost of living, holidaying and leisure activities