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Social Studies curriculum in many countries has traditionally been highly focused on the history and society of that particular country. New Zealand as a small country highly impacted by developments in larger foreign countries has to give more emphasis to world hitoryand econmics tha larger countries. At first New Zeland largely followed a British curriculum, but this has changed, especially since World War II. New Zealand schools has made major changes in the social studies curriculum in recent years. The New Zealand social science curriculum involves a multi-disciplinarian approach organized into five stands: 1) Social Organisation; 2) Culture and Heritage; 3) Place and Environment; 4) Time, Continuity, and Change; and 5) Resources and Economic Activities. The Ministry of Education explains, "Each of the strands has two aims. All achievement objectives are derived from these achievement aims. There are two achievement objectives for each strand at each level. The achievement objectives are expressed at eight progressive levels, in accordance with The New Zealand Curriculum Framework. The objectives at each level are appropriate to students' development and maturity as they move from junior primary to senior secondary school. Students learn at different rates, and therefore, at any time, individual students or groups of students of the same age could be working towards achieving objectives at different levels within and across the strands."
Four men walked into a room
with guns.
The American man went and stood in a corner;
The German man went and stood in a corner;
The Japanese man went and stood in a corner;
The Englisghman went and stood in a corner;
They stared at each other.
They scowled at each other.
They glared at each other.
A pin dropped.
The American yelled "I'm gonna bust yer ass Kraut!"
The German shriked "Achtung Tommi
Schwein-Hund!"
The Englishman roared "Tally ho, you
Japanes rotter!"
The Japanese man shouted 'Sayonara, domei-
koku no buta!"
They all shot each other,
and died.
And nobody was any happier.
Except the media.
Michael Moore, Lymphad (Cashmere High School), 1993
