Unit Overview
Suitability
Years 4-10
Achievement levels 2-5
Length of unit
2–3 weeks
Focus Essential Learning Area
Social Studies
Focus Strands
- Place and Environment:
- people’s interaction with places and the environment
- the ways in which people represent and interpret place and environment.
- Time, Continuity, and Change:
- relationships between people and events through time
- interpretations of these relationships.
Integrating Essential Learning Areas
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Social Studies |
The Arts |
English |
Technology |
Science |
Health and Physical Education |
Amazing voyages |
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Extreme conditions |
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Survival on the ice |
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Explorers of Antarctica |
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Voyages – When things go wrong |
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Health on the ice |
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Heroes |
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Animals on the ice |
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Processes - The Social Studies processes used in this unit are:
- inquiry
- values exploration
- social decision making.
Setting
Global
Perspectives
Current
Essential Learning about NewZealand Society (ELANZ)
- New Zealand’s participation in significant international events and institutions and its possible roles in world affairs in the future
- People in New Zealand’s history
Essential skills
This unit develops:
- Communication skills
- Information skills
- Problem-solving skills.
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