Motueka High School
Year 12 Global Studies
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms L. Bruce-Miller.
Year 12 Global Studies allows students to explore contemporary issues and social action that people have taken to effect change. This will include an in-depth look at human rights, conflict, war and equality, the work of organisations who fight for equality, and different modern protest movements. One standard requires students to actively organise and participate in some form of social action.
The Global Studies programme is planned so that students gain knowledge and understanding about events, places, and people of significance to New Zealand and beyond, in the past and the present. Global Studies helps students to understand their world and explore how societies work and how they themselves can participate and act as critical, informed, and responsible citizens.
Students develop inquiry skills to select and process information about environmental, social, economic, and political issues. They develop understanding about how societies are organised and function and how the ways in which people and communities respond are shaped by different perspectives, values, and viewpoints.
It will be contemporary; it will be conceptually aligned to our learner’s world and many of the challenges and opportunities they have. Students will have the chance to report on how events of today impact our local and global society. Students will be given the option to personally involve themselves in a social or environmental action(s) for positive change.
Topics include:
- Contemporary issues: Local, National, and International
- Human rights: Perspectives, viewpoints, and responses
- Social actions: Challenging systems for positive change
- Ako pakirehua: Inquiry Learning
The 5 achievement standards offered will be from Senior Social Studies curriculum, with the possibility of cross curricular learning content and unit standards if applicable.
Due to the nature of the standards offered, students will be able to choose their inquiry topics, as well as have input into the program of learning through the academic year.
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Communicate in a team or group which has an objective
NZQA Info
Social Studies 2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of conflict(s) arising from different cultural beliefs and ideas
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Social Studies 2.2 - Conduct a reflective social inquiry
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Social Studies 2.4 - Describe personal involvement in a social action related to rights and responsibilities
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Social Studies 2.5 - Describe a social action that enables communities and/or nations to meet responsibilities and exercise rights
Disclaimer
Courses offered will be subject to sufficient students taking them up and are not necessarily guaranteed to run.
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