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Welcome to Social Sciences Online
Social Sciences Online is the website for teachers of social sciences in New Zealand.
'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)
Curriculum
The national curriculum includes:
Find out more about the social sciences in the curriculum here.
Social studies
Years 1–10
Social studies is the foundation, integrating subject for this learning area at levels 1–5.
In this section:
Senior secondary
Years 11–13
At levels 6–8, social sciences includes (but is not limited to):
