Social Sciences · Years 7–8 · NZ Curriculum
Civics and society
What Social Sciences intermediate students in Aotearoa New Zealand learn under civics and society, and where it shows up across Kōkiri Learn's inquiry worlds.
Social Sciences · 12 inquiry worlds cover this strand
New Zealand Curriculum, Phase 3
The teaching sequence
Year 7 sequence
- Active participation and civic responsibility
- What councils do, and how rates and taxes pay for it
- Councils' relationships with iwi and business
- Informed citizenship: fact, opinion and ethical sharing of information
Year 8 sequence
- Enlightenment thinking and government by consent
- Core democratic values
- Influencing decisions: MPs, submissions, petitions, campaigns and protest
- Peaceful resolution: elections, courts, tribunals, the Waitangi Tribunal, the Ombudsman, citizens' assemblies
Where this shows up
Kōkiri Learn inquiry worlds that cover this strand
The whole class works on one world at a time — these are where this strand's focus actually comes up.
5 weeksTransforming Ideas into FormYear 8 sequence · How art in public spaces reflects and shapes community identity
5 weeksStage It: Drama and Devised TheatreYear 8 sequence · How people and groups raise issues and take action to influence decisions in their community
4 weeksVoices That Move UsYear 7 sequence · How people participate in decisions in their school and community, and how petitions and submissions have changed New Zealand
5 weeksFact or Fake? Media and Digital LiteracyYear 7 sequence · Media and trustworthy news
5 weeksCrafting the ArgumentYear 8 sequence · How councils and Parliament consult the public, and how citizens (including young people) take part through submissions
5 weeksTe Awa Tupua: Rivers, Floods and PeopleYear 7 sequence · What councils do: flood protection and river management paid for by rates, and councils' relationships with iwi through the Te Awa Tupua framework
5 weeksWhy We Move: Migration and BelongingYear 7 sequence · Informed citizenship: separating fact from opinion in debates about migration, and sharing people's stories ethically
5 weeksShaky Isles: Hazards and Getting ReadyYear 7 sequence · What councils do: civil defence, flood protection and hazard maps paid for by rates, and how communities take civic responsibility for each other
5 weeksOur Money, Our CommunityYear 7 sequence · What councils do and how rates and taxes pay for it, councils' relationships with iwi and business, and informed citizenship: fact, opinion and ethical sharing of information
5 weeksMana Motuhake: Power, Decisions and PeopleYear 8 sequence · Influencing decisions through petitions, campaigns and peaceful protest, and resolving disputes through the Waitangi Tribunal and Parliament
5 weeksStanding Up: Civil Rights and Youth VoiceYear 8 sequence · Influencing decisions through petitions, campaigns and respectful protest, with the Polynesian Panthers and the 1972 Māori language petition as Aotearoa examples
- 5 weeksOur Money, Our Community
Year 8 sequence · Core democratic values; influencing decisions through submissions, petitions and campaigns; peaceful resolution through tribunals, the Ombudsman and citizens' assemblies
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