Summary of Requirements

Social Studies Strands

Schools will be able to show the progress of individual students, within any two-year period, in relation to achievement objectives from all five strands.

Social Studies Processes

Schools will be able to show the progress of individual students, within any two-year period, in relation to achievement objectives from all three processes.

Settings

New Zealand settings will be incorporated into class programmes each year. A New Zealand setting may stand alone or feature in the programme as part of a comparative study.

Schools will be able to show that students have had learning experiences in all of the settings beyond New Zealand within any two-year period. Social studies programmes will reflect the diversity of societies within the settings.

Perspectives

Schools will be able to show that students' learning experiences reflect a balance of the perspectives within any two-year period.

Essential Learning About New Zealand Society

This learning, or aspects of it, will be used as a context or focus for study related to specific achievement objectives where appropriate. Each school will develop a balanced programme that includes essential learning about New Zealand.