Social studies

Principles and practice for Social studies

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Through social studies, children and young people develop their understanding of the world by learning about other people and their values.

The principles and practice document is essential reading for teachers as they start working with the experiences and outcomes for social studies.

Experiences and outcomes

All curriculum areas contribute to the totality of the experiences that make up the new curriculum. You can download the experiences and outcomes for social studies.

    National Qualifications

    An introduction to the social studies section of National Qualifications with links to information on how NQs are changing.

      Support materials

      Responsibility of all

      All staff have a responsibility to develop, reinforce and extend learning in the following areas.

      Broad features of assessment

      This information about assessment is extracted from the principles and practice documents for each curriculum area.

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      Social Studies National Glow Group
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