Overview
Our Government is a Social Studies book designed to help young New Zealanders to develop knowledge and understandings about people’s organisation in groups, and the rights, roles and responsibilities of people as they operate within those groups. It relates to:
• the acquisition and exercise of leadership of groups
• groups making decisions that affect people
• different systems of government
• the impact of government on individuals, communities and societies
Introduction
1 What is Government?
2 Where did our ideas on Government come from?
3 Was there a system of Government before Europeans came?
4 What important events helped develop our system of
Government?
5 How to form a Coalition Government.
6 What is the difference between national and local
Government?
7 Where is New Zealand’s Parliament located?
8 How do you go about voting?
9 How would I go about becoming an MP?
10 How are ideas made into laws?
11 From where does Government get money and how does
Government spending impact on me?
12 How does our type of Government affect our lives?
13 How do Government decisions affect our lives?
14 What other systems of Government exist?
15 How did the Nazi Party rise to power in Germany?
16 How did the Nazi Party control German society?
17 What happened if you opposed Nazi ideas?
18 Could there be a dictatorship in New Zealand?
Glossary of Political Terms
The origins, development, and functions of systems of government, of
Our Government addresses Identity, Culture and Organisation. It is about
Our Government links into the Processes of Inquiry, Values exploration