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In Social Sciences, ākonga learn about people, places, cultures, histories and the economic world within and beyond New Zealand. Social Sciences helps ākonga understand people by exploring different points of view and beliefs. Ākonga are given opportunities to develop communication, critical thinking and decision-making skills. These attributes help ākonga become responsible and informed individuals with the ability to analyse the world that surrounds them. The course for each ākonga is developed in consultation with the kaiako to meet their particular needs and interests.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories sits within the Social Sciences learning area in the New Zealand Curriculum.
Social sciences create curiosity about respect, places, people, cultures, and systems.
Learning in the social sciences aims to help students thrive in the diverse communities and environments of Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories supports this aim through its focus on stories of interactions across time that connect people to each other and to places. Ākonga will build understandings about how Māori, and all people for whom New Zealand has been and is their home, have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand’s past. This will help them make sense of the present and inform future decisions and actions.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories provides an opportunity for ākonga to explore and strengthen understandings within four big ideas:
No prior learning needed.