This programme covers the New Zealand Social Studies objectives in bold in
the following table, and contributes to the other objectives listed.
Level
|
Strand
|
Achievement Objectives
|
Process
|
|
1
Years
1 & 2
|
Time, Continuity and Change
|
Ways in which time and change affect people
|
Inquiry
|
|
Culture and Heritage
|
Features of the culture and heritage of their own and other groups
|
|
Resources & Economic Activities
|
Different resources that people use
|
|
Different types of work that people do
|
|
2
Years
3 & 4
|
Time, Continuity and Change
|
How past events changed aspects of the lives of communities
|
Inquiry
|
|
Culture and Heritage
|
|
|
Resources & Economic Activities
|
How and why people work together to obtain resources
|
|
How people participate in the production process
|
|
3
Years
5 & 6
|
Time, Continuity and Change
|
How the ideas and actions of people in the past changed the lives
of others
|
Inquiry
|
|
Culture and Heritage
|
How practices of cultural groups vary but reflect similar purposes
|
|
Resources & Economic Activities
|
How and why people manage resources
|
|
4
Years
7 & 8
|
Time, Continuity and Change
|
Causes and effects of events that have shaped the lives of a group
of people
|
Inquiry,
Social decision making
|
|
How and why people experience events in different ways
|
|
Social Organisation
|
How people organise themselves in response to challenge and crisis
|
|
5
Years
9 & 10
|
Time, Continuity and Change
|
How past events have influenced relationships within and between
groups of people and continue to influence them
|
Inquiry,
Social decision making
|
|
How the ideas and actions of individuals and groups that have shaped
the lives and experiences of people are viewed through time
|
|
Resources & Economic Activities
|
Factors that influence people’s access to resources, goods and services
|
|
6
Year 11
|
Time, Continuity and Change
|
Beliefs and ideas that have changed society and continue to change
it
|
Inquiry,
Social decision making
|
|
How people find out about the past and how records of the past reflect
particular experiences and points of view
|
|
7
Year 12
|
Time, Continuity and Change
|
How events have short-term and long-term causes and consequences
|
Inquiry,
Social decision making
|
|
How and why people’s views of time and of past events differ
|
