NCEA Level 1 History
Course Description
Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mr B. Silk.
History fires students’ curiosity and imagination
It invites students to ask, and helps them answer, today’s questions by engaging with the past and imagining and speculating on possible futures.
History presents students with the dilemmas, choices, and beliefs of people in the past.
It connects students with the wider world as they develop their own identities and sense of place. Students engage with history at personal, local, and international levels. They investigate the histories of their communities, New Zealand, and the wider world.
History is a research-led discipline
Through this study students will develop skills in research, interpretation, evaluation, historical empathy and analysis. You will also be encouraged to examine each event/time period we study to evaluate its significance to New Zealand society today.
An awareness of history inspires students to become confident, questioning, and empathetic individuals.
History is dynamic and exciting
This level one course is designed to give students a small insight into the world around them through the study of historical events, developments, themes and movements. They will specifically look at events that have shaped New Zealand’s future - these will include events that have occurred both in New Zealand and Globally. Events will be drawn from the 20th century and have in the past included Apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand Protest Movements, Black Civil Rights Movement in the USA, WW2 and the war in the Pacific.
Recommended Prior Learning
Completion of Y10 Social Studies
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
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Pathway Tags
Animator/Digital Artist, Archivist, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Historian, Artist, Artistic Director, Barrister, Minister of Religion, Graphic Designer, Interior Designer, Conservator, Legal Executive, Solicitor, Judge, Curator, Workplace Relations Adviser, Geologist, Game Developer, Photographer, Policy Analyst, Secondary School Teacher, Valuer, Intelligence Officer, Court Registry Officer, Career Consultant,