Taita College Taita College

Level 1 History

HIS101
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms A. Birch.

Recommended Prior Learning

Pre-Requisite: Successful completion of Year 10 Social Studies is desirable


History explores the past and how it helps us to explain the present and make better  decisions about the future. 

History at Level 1 includes some of the following: 

1. How to interpret the traces of the past such as photographs, newspaper  accounts, diaries etc 

2. Students learning about historical injustice.

3. Exploring the significance of important places, events, and people. 

4. Taking different historical perspectives of people in controversial events.

5. Researching and understanding concepts within a historical context such as mana, whakapapa, turangawaewae, cause and consequence. 


Learning Areas:

Social Science


Pathway

Level 2 History