Year 9 Social Sciences (9SSC)

Social Science investigates how people in different cultures, times and places think, feel and act; how they organise their way of life and deal with other people. In the Year 9 Social Sciences course, students will study communities both within New Zealand and overseas. Current events are an important part of this course and throughout the year the students will need to keep in touch with what is happening in the news, both in New Zealand and around the world.

Learning Content:

The themes studied during Year 9 are as follows:

• Making it Fair explores human rights;

• Keeping it Alive looks at different cultures;

• Finding it There investigates either Antarctica or the Pacific Islands;

• Giving it a Go studies consumer rights.

Each theme will allow students to learn content knowledge, Social Science skills and inquiry-based learning.