Marlborough Boys’ College Marlborough Boys’ College

Year 10 Social Studies

SoS010
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr M. Clark.

The social sciences learning area is about how societies work and how people can participate as critical, active, informed and responsible citizens) The New Zealand Curriculum, 2007).

Our junior curriculum is based on the study of the four key strands of the Social Sciences. Identity, Culture, and Organisation, Continuity and Change, Economic World, Place, and Environment.

These strands are examined through a series of study topics based on the key subject areas of the Social Sciences, Geography, History, Economics, Accounting, and Classical Studies. Our Year 10 topics include:

• Government

• Human Impact on the Environment

• Nation Creation

• Human Rights

• Business Enterprise

• Our World Views

Anzacs



Course Overview

Term 1
Nation Creation
Anzacs

Term 2
Our World Views
Enterprise Studies

Term 3
Market Day
Human Impact on the Environment
Governments

Term 4
Governments
Human Rights

Learning Areas:

Year 10, Year 10 Reo and SoS, Social Sciences - Tikanga ā Iwi


Pathway

NCEA L1 Classical Studies, NCEA L1 Geography, NCEA L1 History - tāhuhu kōrero