Curriculum

Overview

What does it mean to be a good citizen?  How about a “good global citizen?”  And what about when it all seems to come crashing down?  Sort of like if the temperature of the world started rising, the economy shot down the gurgler or “Baddies” on all over the globe started stealing their country’s wealth, shooting innocent people or wasting precious resources…  Hang on… Some of that seems to be going around.
Year 9 students in the core subjects of English, geography, history, maths and science all study subjects that involve the above issues.  Rather than only learning about what happened in the past, in novels or far away places, integration of the topics into current events and an enriched ICT environment can support students as they decide what it means to be a good global citizen during challenging financial, ethical and environmental times – a time that is not only “right now”, but also likely to exist during our students’ adulthoods.  The purpose of the learning experience is to engage students in that foundation of civics and citizenship: participation and enacted values.

Successful grant proposal question: “What does it mean to be a good global citizen during challenging times?”

Scope & Sequences / Curriculum Maps

• English S & S - Which Way is Up?
• Geography S & S – Geographical Issues
• History S & S – Fascism and the Holocaust
• Maths S & S (B) – Earning and Spending (A, B & C)
• PDH S & S – Nutrition through Life
• Science S & S – Earth & its Resources and Body Systems