Year 11 Global Studies

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.

Ākonga 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 action for positive change.

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.

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