Teachers and Schools
Social Sciences Week for Schools
Debating
Debating is an activity that provides individuals with transferable life skills, as they become more informed and engaged citizens. For SSW2025, explore the Seriously Social downloadable Debate Kits to support you and your class to host your own debate.
Webinar: Social Science is Everywhere
The social sciences impact how we live our daily lives, as well as how our society functions. Watch this webinar on-demand to gain an understanding of how the social sciences help us to study, analyse and solve society’s most compelling challenges.
Designed specifically for Australian secondary students in years 9-12, the webinar is hosted by the President of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Professor Richard Holden.
Check out our infographic and video below for inspiration on how your school can get involved in Social Sciences Week every September.
An A-Z of Social Science Careers
Discover the endless possibilities of a social science degree with ‘An A-Z of Social Science Careers’. Designed for students and teachers, this handy poster is packed with a variety of career examples, one for each letter of the alphabet, and showcases the wide range of potential paths a social science degree can lead to.
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Featured Events
The Great Student Debate
Celebrate the social sciences and join in the fun of Social Sciences Week 2025. This year, Seriously Social and the National Library of Australia, supported by the University of Canberra, have joined forces to bring learning to life with an exciting new event just for schools.
On Tuesday 6 September, two teams of student debaters will battle it out on the topic “that Australia’s history unites us.”
Arguing in the affirmative will be Carmel Adventist College from Western Australia.
Arguing in the negative will be Calliope State High School from central Queensland.
The debate will be judged by Professor Barney Delgarno, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Canberra, Dr Linda Botterill, political scientist and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and Dr Bernard Brown, an accomplished academic and educator at the University of Canberra.
Don’t miss their performance at the National Library of Australia on 9 September at 4pm – tickets are available now!
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