Westlake Girls High School Year 9 Social Studies Revision Guide 2024 PDF

WESTLAKE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL Year 9 Social Studies Revision Guide 2024 Name:________________________ Teacher Code:______________ EXAM STRUCTURE: 2 Hours You need 3-4 blue/black pens, coloured pencils (5 different colours), a ruler, a pencil for the graphs, an...

WESTLAKE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL Year 9 Social Studies Revision Guide 2024 Name:________________________ Teacher Code:______________ EXAM STRUCTURE: 2 Hours You need 3-4 blue/black pens, coloured pencils (5 different colours), a ruler, a pencil for the graphs, and an eraser. There are 4 sections worth 100 marks in total. You will also be given an N, A, M or E grade depending on your mark. This will be on your end of year report The four sections are: Short Answer questions on the Democracy unit, Skills, Essay writing and Current Events. We have covered a lot of ideas, content and skills this year and the exam will only pick a selection of this, as it is only a 2-hour assessment. 1  The following revision booklet will help but doing extra reading and research will also be required. Use this booklet as a starting point. Section One: Democracy Unit Revision We have covered a lot of material in this unit that is related to the democracy we have here in New Zealand. In particular, we have looked at the history of this system of democracy and it worked, and the impact it had for the people living under this system. What follows is a series of concepts, events, individuals, roles, and other pieces of knowledge that you will need to ensure you have a working understanding of, prior to the exam taking place: New Zealand and Democracy Voting Systems What is MMP and FPTP (FPP)? How do they differ? When did New Zealand switch? What was the reason for this switch? What impact did this switch have on New Zealand? Parliament What is a Member of Parliament (MP)? What and who is the Prime Minister (PM)? What and who is the Governor General? What and who is the Head of the Opposition? What and who is the Speaker of the House? Where do the following people sit in Parliament - Prime Minister, Speaker, Leader of the Opposition Government Buildings What are 5 Government buildings? What are the roles of these buildings? When were they built? Why were they built? Where in New Zealand is our Government buildings? 2  Voting How often does New Zealand have an election? How many votes do you have at an election? What is the difference between the ‘General’ and ‘Māori’ electorate? Who can vote in these electorates? Political Parties What are the names of the political parties currently in Parliament? Who are their leaders? What are their colours? How many seats do they have? How many seats are in the House of Representatives? What is the minimum number needed for a majority? What is it called when two or more political parties have to work together to form a majority? Democracy in general Which city-state invented democracy? What is the difference between ‘representative’ and ‘direct’ democracy? What is an example of both ‘representative’ and ‘direct’ democracy in New Zealand? What is an electorate? What is 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages of a democracy To further help you understand the similarities and differences of MMP and FPTP systems of Democracy in New Zealand, please fill out this Venn Diagram: 3 Section Two: Skills As part of your exam, you will be asked to demonstrate your Social Studies skills ability. This could take the form of: mapping, graphing and graph interpretation, and primary/secondary source analysis. Your teacher will have taught you these skills, and you will be provided separate materials to practise these skills. Here are some general rules to keep in mind for the above stated skills: Graphing Make sure that if you are creating a graph: use a ruler, use colour, give it a title, label your axis, and make use of a consistent scale (1,2,3 etc). Make sure that if you are interpreting a graph: read the title so you know what the graph is about, see if you can find a date on the graph to give you a clue, look at the scale of the graph, try and see if you can identify any ‘trends’ of the graph (increase or decrease over time? Rapid change, slow change, or no change?) Timelines Make sure that you follow the rules of timeline construction: give your timeline a title, use an even and indicated scale, make sure your events are properly labelled and placed in chronologically correct order. Mapping Make sure that if you are mapping to remember to use your FACKTS (Frame, Arrow, Colour, Key, Title, Scale). Source Interpretation We utilise various sources in Social Studies, these can be speeches, cartoons, articles, posters, images, diagrams, graphs, etc. Here are some general guidelines for source analysis: Circle, highlight, or underline anything on a source that appears to be a clue to what the source is about. Consider what personal prior knowledge you have, and how that might relate to the source. 4  Look at when this source was published, and who published it. This often provides a clue as to what the source is attempting to say. Section Three: Essay Writing An important part of your exam will be to write an essay that relates to the ‘Democracy in NZ’ unit that we have studied. Your teacher CAN NOT and WILL NOT tell you what the question is, but provided you have paid attention in class and completed all set tasks including this revision guide, you will be more than informed to answer the question. Here are some helpful hints for approaching essay writing: Consider the practice essay feedback that your teacher gave you last term as this is vital advice for how to improve. When you are planning your essay, make sure that you have fully read and understood the question (highlighting and underlining key parts of the question can be useful here). Try your best to make your spelling and grammar as correct as possible as this is an area where you will be marked. Make sure that you are writing in a formal style, this means: NO rhetorical questions, avoid ‘I’ statements as much as possible, avoid slang terms, etc. See below the exact marking schedule that will be used in this section: Not Achieved Achieved Criteria Merit Criteria Excellence Criteria Criteria Plan Planning section has Planning section has not been completed been completed Structure Paragraphs have not Paragraphs are Well-structured been attempted, and attempted and a paragraphs that are a basic essay basic essay logically sequenced structure is not structure is followed and a clear essay followed structure is followed Evidence No relevant evidence Presents relevant Presents in-depth Presents perceptive has been presented evidence to support evidence to support and detailed evidence main points main points to support main points Ideas Essay does not Presents ideas that Presents ideas that Presents ideas that answer the question answer the essay demonstrate an demonstrate a question in-depth perceptive understanding of the understanding of the essay question essay question 5 Writing Spelling and Errors with spelling Spelling and Spelling and grammar Accuracy grammar is mostly and grammar but grammar is mostly is accurate (minor incorrect essay can be accurate errors admissible) understood Formal Writing Essay is entirely Essay is written in a Essay is written in a Essay is in a formal informal mostly informal mostly formal writing writing style writing style style Section Four: Current Events Your Current Events knowledge will be vital to your upcoming examination. Please make sure you complete the separate ‘Current Events Revision’ that your teacher will also issue to you. 6