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- Study of Society and Environment (S.O.S.E.)
- Key Learning Area (KLA)
- Compulsory to Year 10
- Includes History, Geography, Civics, Law, Environmental Studies
- Year 8 Excursion to Carnarvon Gorge (4 days)
- Local visits e.g. to Court House.
The final outcome of studying Social Science is for students to take their place as competent, worthwhile, active and informed citizens in contemporary society.
Social Science provides students with opportunities to explore environmental, cultural, economic and political systems across a range of settings and periods of time.
The Social Science area promotes the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and thinking processes that enable students to participate as active and informed citizens in a democratic society and within a global context.
The Social Science Department supports the school motto, “Education for Life”, in that we prepare students not only for work, but to become informed, thinking adults.
It is essential that our students understand the society in which they live, the changes in society and, their place and their country’s place in the global context.
GEOGRAPHY
- OP eligible subject
- Involves analysis, evaluation, decision-making, practical skills
- Focuses on sustainable environments
- Units : Managing the Natural Environment, People and Development, Social Environments, Resources and Environment.
- Excursions to North West Island (7 days), local excursions to Boyne River and Awoonga Dam.
ANCIENT HISTORY
- OP eligible subject
- Personally challenges students for thinking, arguing ideas, inquisitiveness.
- Focuses on understanding the past to understand the future
- Units: Ancient Egypt , Greek World, Roman World, Comparative Study of Ancient Civilizations.
LEGAL STUDIES
- OP eligible subject
- Focuses on how society works in terms of the law.
- Units: Australian Legal System, Crime and Society Civil Wrongs, Agreements, Family Law, Renting or Buying, Jobs and the Law, Law in our Society.
- Periodic visits to Court House.
TOURISM
- School-based subject (non-OP)
- Focuses on tourism as a source of employment opportunities and for leisure
- Content includes : Tourism in the local area, travel on a budget, special events, careers, current events and issues, regional destinations, and customer relations
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