New Zealand Schools OER Portal/Curriculum/Gne/Linux in the Social Science Curriculum Levels 1-4

Why people use Gnu/Linux?
Level 1 Social Studies Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to: Level 2 Social Studies Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to:
 * Understand how people have different roles and responsibilities as part of their participation in groups.
 * That a Gnu/Linux user is part of a group that shares their ideas freely with others.
 * Understand how people make choices to meet their needs and wants.
 * In NZ we can afford to pay for software but in Africa software is provided by Freedom Toasters
 * Understand how time and change affect peoples’ lives.
 * In the past we used pen and paper, now we can use computers than run Gnu/Linux software
 * Understand how people make significant contributions to New Zealand’s society.
 * Gnu/Linux developers are people who share their ideas with others.

Level 3 Social Studies Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to:
 * Understand how groups make and implement rules and laws.
 * The freedom to release ideas for the common good of society with Creative Commons, GPL and Copyleft licenses.
 * Understand how people make decisions about access to and use of resources.
 * Access to computer software should not be available all – including disabled and poor.

Level 4 Social Studies Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to:
 * Understand how the ways in which leadership of groups is acquired and exercised have consequences for communities and societies.
 * Studies of notary Gnu/Linux players - Richard Stallman, Linus Torvald, Mark Shuttleworth
 * Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places, and environments.
 * Collaborative approaches, Open Licenses lead to world wide distributions of free software
 * Understand how producers and consumers exercise their rights and meet their responsibilities.
 * Government passes laws that protect consumer. Consumers have a greater choice when there is competition in the market place.
 * Understand how formal and informal groups make decisions that impact on communities.
 * Gnu/Linux user groups are used to promote free software with consumers and government agencies.