By doing this they are available to view as topic starters for anyone.
I must be careful however that the topics of yesteryear do not always apply, and I don't want to be another educator repeating and regurgitating the past. Social studies is all about being applicable and relevant and developing in students the capabilities to tackle the future confidently and respectfully:
1. | Quizzes, current event quizzes, marathons (i.e like spellathons, but social science styled) | ||
2. | Treaty of Waitangi, ANZAC day, environment | ||
3. | antarcitca the zoo where does our food come from | ||
4. | Countries | ||
5. | Bullying, drugs & alcohol Healthy eating Rocky shore | ||
6. | Current Events | ||
7. | how was new zealand made? as in politically formed | ||
8. | Don't really remember any | ||
9. | History and general knowledge Knowledge of New Zealand | ||
10. | volcanoes studies, sea voyages, topics that had practical activities involved | ||
11. | I learned a lot about Australia because I was in an Australian school, was very interesting. | ||
12. | Human behaviour patterns | ||
13. | Country research projects.... hard to remember. | ||
14. | WWI and WWII Earthquakes Geography (tectonics) NZ political system | ||
15. | none | ||
16. | WWII, Diary of Anne Frank | ||
17. | war, racial differences | ||
18. | Flags, countries (eg Find 5 facts about Egypt and draw its flag...), what is the longest river in the world... fun facts. | ||
19. | I can't really remember. | ||
20. | Can't remember. |: | ||
21. | natural disasters | ||
22. | studying particular places or countries | ||
23. | I can't remember | ||
24. | cannot remember any sorry | ||
25. | history of places | ||
26. | the only thing i remember doing was going to the howick historical village | ||
27. | Studying the rainforest - not the plants as such, but the communities who live in those areas. New Zealand history and Maori mythology | ||
28. | International food weeks. Learning about other cultures through food and interaction | ||
29. | Who am I? New Zealand | ||
30. | Famous people: Florence Nightingale, Marie Curie . . . Early NZ history The Middle Ages: loved learning about this period! | ||
31. | Natural disasters is the only one I can distinctly remember. | ||
32. | geography | ||
33. | We didn't study social studies as such, but rather did disciplines like geography, history, etc. | ||
34. | Possibly Ancient Egypt? Cannot remember others to be honest | ||
35. | Does Democracy always lead to good Government? (A Government can only be as good as the people who vote for it. In other words, if the people vote with only themselves in mind (selfishly), or they vote without any understanding of the importance of moral absolutes, then the government they get into power with reflect these attitudes. Is their any absolute rights and wrongs that need to guide society? Does believing in God make a difference to a Government? | ||
36. | None. | ||
37. | obesity epidemic aborginal studies | ||
38. | Learning about different things people value ie bluejeans used to be valuable in the soviet republic | ||
39. | WW2 | ||
40. | Ancient China | ||
41. | Sorry, i'm horrible with examples, can't think of anything in particular. | ||
42. | Nz history mainly comes to mind | ||
43. | Disparities in wealth and the overall distribution of it throughout the world. | ||
44. | I grew up in Canada mostly - so learnt a lot about the nationality and history there. When I came to New Zealand we learnt a little of our history but it was not made as interesting. I always thought history was kind of boring at primary and this affected my choice in college. I really like science experiments when they involved geography- especially astronomy and tectonics. | ||
45. | maori and early nz | ||
46. | Environment within our Community, Past, Present Future History of the Pacfica People Language - Hieroglyhics, etc Natural Disasters within New Zealand World wide problems - overfishing, deforestation etc | ||
47. | 911 attack, Sir Edmund Hillary, History, Olympics | ||
48. | None. Social studies was a pointless subject at best. I learnt more from our 10 minute weekly current events discussion in class. | ||
49. | Other cultures, ancient civilisations, environmental issues | ||
50. | New Zealand History Gender Relations Cultural History War | ||
51. | >high country sheep farming - was my favourite >native peoples, ie maori, aborigines, american indians etc >early new zealand settlers | ||
52. | Major Sporting events (eg. Olympic games) | ||
53. | History and weather. | ||
54. | Greek history, Chinese history, World war two especially nazi germany. | ||
55. | They had us try to solve the Israeli - Palestinian conflict in year 6.... | ||
56. | Kalahari Bushpeople | ||
57. | I don't really remember much, i remember doing the treaty of waitangi then which i found memorable because it was so boring-now i find it interesting and very relevant. Nothing much else though | ||
58. | history | ||
59. | government, human rights | ||
60. | None | ||
61. | Geography was awesome :D | ||
62. | war | ||
63. | World War 1 & 2 Volcanoes | ||
64. | climate change | ||
65. | Olympics World War One | ||
66. | NZ Maori-European relations (Treaty of Waitange ect), Child Poverty around the world | ||
67. | can not remember a thing | ||
68. | Waitangi Day and the Treaty. | ||
69. | Learning about other cultures | ||
70. | Global Tourism Maori Land Wars Volcanoes | ||
71. | Under the sea The Olympics The Treaty of Waitangi Natural disasters New Zealand history The Americas Cup Actually to be honest college had better ones but these were still interesting at least :) | ||
72. | Ancient civilisations. | ||
73. | treaty of Waitangi, Ancient athens, olympics, disasters | ||
74. | Maori cultural studies. | ||
75. | ANZAC Rain Cycle Weather World Wars 1 and 2 Geography Waitangi day NZ Politics Space Jean Batten | ||
76. | My experience of SoS was very different to what the children here in NZ do - more European history and stuff for me which I enjoyed. | ||
77. | World War 1 & 2 |
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