Humanities
Welcome to the Humanities Faculty
A study of the Humanities aims to better prepare students for the economic, political, social and environmental challenges of our world. The Humanities Faculty at Sunshine Coast Grammar School prides itself on its innovative and dynamic curriculum which is delivered by passionate and informed educators. As a Faculty, Humanities embraces the use of information technologies.
In doing so students are exposed to the diverse range of spatial technologies that are shaping the way we interact with our environment. They are also given the opportunity to further empower themselves as independent learners through our online learning initiatives. Students can feel confident that a study in Humanities enables them to assert their place as active citizens and informed leaders in tomorrow’s world.
What do we Teach?
Our programmes aim to provide a challenging and stimulating learning environment for our students. They are deliberately structured to provide students with directed learning pathways that prepare them for their Senior studies. For further information please follow the links to the relevant course outlines.
Year 7
- Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)
Years 8
- Geography
- History
Year 9:
- Geography
- History
- The World Around Us’ (Dynamic Humanities elective)
Year 10
Year 10 serves as a foundation year for students. Whilst these subjects are not a pre-requisite for senior Humanities subjects, they do introduce students to the assessment instruments and skills that they will encounter in Year 11.
This is in order to provide a more connected move into the expectations, standards and intensity of learning at Senior level.
- Ancient History
- Geography
- Modern History
Years 11 -12
- Ancient History
- Geography
- Modern History
What do we want our students to know?
The Humanities Faculty seeks to engender in students a passion for lifeline learning. Our programmes aim to produce students that:
- Have the capacity to deal critically with information
- Are able to develop independent theories in response to questions
- Can formulate and justify arguments in response to a diverse range of issues
- Can better explore, understand and evaluate the social, political, economic and environmental dimensions of the world
