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3Plus-U: Rights at Work
This high tech digital site looks covers 2 areas for social studies teachers - human rights and work. It is a unique examination at a global level of the rights people have in the workplace. It uses stories, quizzes, challenges and animation to look at how the world of work affects everyone. Very appealing to students.
Levels 5 to 8
Consumer Jungle
An interactive site to develop consumer awareness. The topics have
been chosen with students' interests in mind and include the use and abuse
of credit, choosing a card wisely, dangers and downfalls
of credit, rights, and resources; how to buy finance and maintain a
car; how to buy, sell, navigate, and communicate online safely and
efficiently; cost-of-living reality check, budgeting, apartment rental
agreements, landlord-tenant rights, utilities; and how to choose the
best telephone or Internet plan, consumer rights, and resources.
Levels 1 to 8
Digital Divide Project
A list of resources that is very useful for older students conducting a Social Studies Inquiry into globalisation and access to resources - such as the Internet.
Levels 5 to 8
Problems Seen for Teenagers Who Hold Jobs
An overview of research on the impact of part-time work on school work. Most teachers will probably say "I could have told you that!"
Whale Watch Kaikoura
Whaling has a long history in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Whales were (and still are) an important resource for Maori, and for early Pakeha settlers.
Levels 1 to 8
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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