Year 9 Social Studies

• Formal Writing - Students will learn to write formally in paragraphs. 

• Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga / Culture and Identity - Students will explore the challenges of increased interaction and diversity, how people respond to these challenges and the resulting changes to culture, identity and community.

• Research - Focus on planning, collecting and evaluating quality sources of information. 

• Tūrangawaewae me te kaitiakitanga / Place and Environment - Students will explore the reasons for migration, how it impacts on the physical and cultural landscape and the unsustainable use of environments and the impacts this has on people.

• Decision Making - Identifying  and exploring social issues, evaluating and justifying decisions on these issues.

• Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga / Government and Organisation - Students will explore how systems are created to organise people, how these systems can support or oppress different groups and how people can assert their rights.

• Social Studies Skills  - Interpreting various forms of information, developing geographical knowledge  and applying a range of practical skills across multiple contexts.

• Kōwhiringa ohaoha me te whai oranga / Economic Activity - Students will explore how people innovate and create new opportunities, the opportunities and challenges with economic interdependence and the impact changes have had on people in different times and places.

• Aotearoa New Zealand Histories - Students will explore the link between Māori history and the contemporary world, colonisation, how our history has been shaped by the use of power and how connections between people and across boundaries have helped to shape our history. 

Possible contexts could include:

• Te Ao Māori - Early Māori

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi

• My Cultural Identity

• My Local Area

• Systems of Government

• Resource use and management

• International conflict