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NCEA Social Studies Free download
Note: Students can gain NCEA credits while taking social action through the 40 Hour Famine. Level 1 is for students participating in the World Vision 40 Hour Famine; and Level 2 is for students organising their school’s World Vision 40 Hour Famine campaign.
Crossing Borders - Level 1
Achievement Standard 91042 (1.4)
Students will gain a deeper understanding of the issues faced by people who cross borders as refugees, with a focus on refugees from Syria. This unit includes student sheets and a teaching sequence with ready-to-use assessment materials that include a task and assessment schedule.
Who's Hungry? and Hungry 4 Change -Level 1 and 2
Achievement Standard 91042 (1.4) Achievement Standard 91282 (2.4)
World Vision’s iconic hunger units have been updated and redesigned for 2020 with a focus on the rights of people affected by climate change in Malawi.
Rights and Conflict - Level 1 and 2
Achievement Standard 91042 (1.4) Achievement Standard 91282 (2.4)
This unit focuses on the rights of people affected by conflict in South Sudan. The units can be used in senior Social Studies or with student leaders outside of class to enhance their leadership experience.
Thirst 4 Rights - Level 1 and 2
Achievement Standard 91042 (1.4) Achievement Standard 91282 (2.4)
Help students understand the challenges people face when they don’t have access to water, and how social action changes everything.
Rights 4 Refugees - Level 2
Achievement Standard 91282 (2.4)
This unit can be used in senior Social Studies or with student leaders outside of class and guides them through organising the World Vision 40 Hour Famine. The student sheets develop understanding of the human rights issues faced by people living as refugees, with a focus on refugees from Syria. The unit also includes a teaching sequence, student tasks and assessment materials.
Influencing Change - Level 3
Achievement Standard 91599 v2 (3.4)
This extensive resource supports students taking effective social action, with a focus on seeking to protect children and prevent child abuse, violence and exploitation. The resource includes teacher support, digital and print resources, comprehensive assessment and student sheets guiding the social action process.
NCEA Geography Free download
Water Matters More - Level 1
Achievement Standard 91013 v2 (1.7)
Access to water is a vital and engaging global geographic topic. This unit contains: lesson plans; student worksheets to print; an interactive PowerPoint presentation with teacher script; a Flash animation Water is Life; assessment with student resource booklet and schedule that meet version 1 of the standard.
Extreme Tsunami - Level 1
Achievement Standard 91007 (1.1)
This relaunched popular textbook gives a long-term view of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami from the development of the extreme natural event through to snap shots of the ongoing lives of communities who experienced it. The colourful pages include real-life stories, photographs, diagrams, maps, and student-friendly activities. Demonstrating geographic understanding of environments that have been shaped by extreme natural event(s).
Strategies for Development - Level 2
Achievement Standard 91242 (2.3)
How does World Vision work with communities around the world to implement strategies for development? These student-friendly case studies tell the stories of communities leading their own development journeys. Suitable for Years 9-13, these case studies focus on strategies for reducing differences in development.
Facing the Global Challenge: HIV and AIDS - Level 2
Achievement Standard 91242 v3 (2.7) Achievement Standard 91242 (2.3)
This teaches students to thoroughly explain the significance of HIV and Aids to people’s lives, to fully describe the patterns of people affected, and to explain the causes that contribute to these patterns. This is a comprehensive unit of learning to teach and assess Geography 2.7 v3 – Explain aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale (AS91246 v3) and 2.3 Demonstrate geographic understanding of differences in development (A S91242).
Integrated Unit NZ Curriculum Free download
Feast or Famine - Level 4 (years 7-8)
In a world of plenty, why do so many people go hungry? Investigate the answer to this and other questions about food and global hunger. This resource helps students explore the importance of food in their own lives and the lives of others. Each unit includes a suggested lesson sequence, an assessment rubric, student worksheets to print and additional resources such as TV ads, photos, static images, and PowerPoint presentations. User-friendly and classroom-ready with more than 100 pages of resources.
Water Works - Level 4 (years 7-8)
Finding enough, safe water is a challenge for one in every six people in the world. Through this integrated study students will explore themes relating to water in a range of environments and contexts including New Zealand, Asia and Africa. Each unit includes a suggested lesson sequence, additional teacher resources, an assessment task with rubric and student worksheets to print. User-friendly and classroom-ready with more than 150 pages of resources.
World of Water - Level 5 (Years 9-10)
Water covers 70 per cent of our planet yet for many people it is scarce or unsafe. Through this integrated study students will explore the reasons for this and what can be done about it. They’ll develop a deep understanding of the importance of water through learning activities linked to a range of contexts including New Zealand, Niger and the world. Each unit includes a suggested lesson sequence, additional teacher resources, an assessment task with rubric and student worksheets to print. User-friendly and classroom-ready with more than 150 pages of resources.
Feed the World - Level 5 (Years 9-10)
The food crisis highlights issues about feeding the world both now and in the future. Is the global food supply sustainable and what will it take to make it so? Each unit includes a suggested lesson sequence, an assessment rubric, student worksheets to print and additional resources such as TV ads, photos, static images, and PowerPoint presentations. User-friendly and classroom-ready with more than 100 pages of resources.
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