Theme-based approach
Choose a theme such as gender for level 6 and select one or more contexts that illustrate the concept such as:
- gender in employment
- changing roles in the family
- same sex issues in society.
You could choose contexts from New Zealand and beyond.
Teachers develop programmes around one or more chosen themes, such as:
- multiculturalism
- human rights and social justice
- teenage issues
- the Treaty of Waitangi
- religion
- sustainability
- local community issues
- identity
- globalisation.
Such a programme could look like:
- Level 6:
- Gender, for example, employment, gay rights, and changes in the New Zealand family.
- Treaty of Waitangi, for example, the Waitangi tribunal; process for hearing claims; interpretations of the treaty by different groups and interpretations over time; impact of decisions.
- Level 7:
- Community issues such as council plans for zoning, transport, housing refuse disposal.
- Globalisation such as The United Nations and global action against poverty, climate change, influence of technology.
- Level 8:
- Gender such as Civil Union Bill and cultural practices towards women such as the treatment of women in different cultures and societies.
Teachers may choose to have a theme or two for each unit of learning or a theme running through the year. When 'big picture' planning, teachers can make links to themes from one year to the next.
Last updated August 28, 2012
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