Social Sciences · Years 7–8 · NZ Curriculum
Financial and economic activity
What Social Sciences intermediate students in Aotearoa New Zealand learn under financial and economic activity, and where it shows up across Kōkiri Learn's inquiry worlds.
Social Sciences · 4 inquiry worlds cover this strand
New Zealand Curriculum, Phase 3
The teaching sequence
Year 7 sequence
- Currencies and the NZ dollar; what a business is
- Groups that make financial decisions and their shared values
- Group budgets, trade-offs and financial planning
- Pooling and sharing resources, including papakāinga; financial sustainability
Year 8 sequence
- Consumer rights and responsibilities
- Advertising, influencers and manipulative design
- Payment methods, interest, credit and debt
- Investing, KiwiSaver, and protecting yourself from scams
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 weeksMoney Moves: Budgets, Percentages and InterestYear 8 sequence · How people make choices about scarce resources: needs and wants, saving, borrowing and the role of consumer protection
5 weeksSilk Roads and Sea Routes: When Worlds TradeYear 7 sequence · Currencies and what a business is: how merchants priced goods, why prices rose along the route, and what New Zealand trades today
5 weeksOur Money, Our CommunityYear 7 sequence · Currencies and the NZ dollar, group budgets and trade-offs, and pooling and sharing resources, including papakāinga, for financial sustainability
- 5 weeksOur Money, Our Community
Year 8 sequence · Consumer rights and responsibilities, advertising and manipulative design, cash, debit and credit, interest and debt, KiwiSaver and protecting yourself from scams
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Free trial for NZ schools. One combined Years 7–8 class, any term.