Social Studies in the New Zealand Curriculum
The resources in this area relate to the old curriculum document for social studies - Social Studies in the New Zealand Curriculum (1997).
This has now been replaced by the national curriculum, consisting of The New Zealand Curriculum (2007) and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.
Resources and information relating to the previous curriculum document may continue to be used as supporting documents when planning teaching and learning programmes.
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http://www.tki.org.nz/r/socialscience/curriculum/index_e.php
This is the online version of Social Studies in the New Zealand Curriculum published by Learning Media, 1997.
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http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/socialstudies/index_e.php
The social studies exemplars are authentic pieces of student work, annotated to illustrate learning, achievement, and quality in relation to the levels in the previous national curriculum statement. In particular they annotate what the work shows, the learning process that underpinned the learning product (which is similar to how the mechanisms from the best evidence synthesis operate), and where the learning process can be taken next.
Teachers have found the “key aspects of learning” framework and the focus on conceptual learning useful. The exemplars provide a model for a process that teachers and learners can use to improve learning outcomes, in particular the use of learning conversations between students and teachers. They also demonstrate the iterative nature of social inquiry, providing an indication of how skills common to the social sciences support conceptual learning.
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Using the social studies exemplars
Planning approaches and unit ideas that show ways of working with the social studies exemplars.
These resources are not aligned with The New Zealand Curriculum (2007). Please use only as a stimulus to develop units of work to meet the needs of students in your own classroom.