How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Led to great discussions about how everyday actions can be viewed from different perspectives. Students learned the importance of acknowledging that their view of a situation is only one view.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? Great way for the students to think about how/why things are recorded they way that they are/were. Great timing with living through the historical event of Covid-19 and how our perspective in NZ is very different to other countries around the world.

“A great way to introduce some of the interactions and miscommunications around history, especially between Māori and Pakeha. Interesting way for students to look at perspective and it's connection to history.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? The cards and the learning experiences carefully provided opportunities for the students to discuss and sequence the event, considering what each person might have seen, and use evidence to support their ideas.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? The way that the participants in the event became accessible by becoming accessible characters made the event more engaging for the students. It really provided an opportunity for the students to be able to think through an event from different perspectiv

“This kit was a thoroughly enjoyable and learning experience for the students in my class. They were challenged and engaged with having to make inferences in order to create a timeline and understand the sequence of events. This was developed further by the high interest objects associated with each of the characters. I will definitely re-use the content of this kit in the future - it was a highly engaging and motivational set of experiences that introduced different perspectives linked to a developing critical thinking in history.”

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How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It was great looking at all the different people and the roles they played in our history.

“Students enjoyed researching and finding out individual stories and background on prominent figures in our history. Loved the cards.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Being able to use the cards and mapping out the story were a key part to understanding that everyone had multiple versions of the event. Once they physically placed the characters on the map we were able to discuss why they heard or saw what they did and

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It brought history to life in the classroom in a way that really engaged the kids. I am pro NZ History and so love teaching it but the way this pack was made and the little surprise elements of it really made it special. We are such a small school and we

“All we can say is WOW!! We absoloutley loved it and we were also fortunate enough to be part of the event here in Whitianga last year. So it brought everything back out again and brought history to life in the classroom. The cards were a little hard to read and digest for year 6's and needed a bit of scaffolding. They were quite wordy. Which is understandable but perhaps you might want to consider looking into having different levels for the different years. Particularly for year 5-6. However, I can say with absoluteness that we enjoyed it! The videos that came with the kit and the suggestions around creating suspense in the way we received it was awesome. It made the kit more real for the kids and they felt like the pack was sent especially for them. Especially when they were sent to the office after watching the video. Honestly it was one of the highlights to see their faces when they went to pick it up. Such a delight. Our museum exhibition was a hit! The classes that came through enjoyed it and we were able to visit the local museum and talk with a curator about all the different aspects of putting an exhibition together. The video that came with the pack around curating and creating an exhibition was great. Really helped to inspire thought and the kids themselves thought of going to our local museum and interviewing the curators there. This included asking them for ideas on casing, lighting, information to include with the exhibition and colour. They wanted to make sure their artefacts were looked after and shown off. We also created real life characters with our cards, dressed up and created our version of events as part of the museum exhibition. They loved this and enjoyed taking on the key roles. We had so much fun, and we are really grateful for having received this kit.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? The kit was very effective in stimulating discussions. The idea that a shell, flag, potato etc could shed a different perspective was new to all of us. Awesome kit! Thank you for the opportunity to use with my class.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? In planning in the future, I will certainly be encouraging a wider lense on any topic. I realise I have been limiting the opportunities for learning by having a narrow direction.

“This was learning from a new perspective for the students. They hadn't considered how a particular event could be considered from so many different perspectives.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Having an extensive range of character cards as a tool to discuss multiple perspectives was extremely useful. Mapping out where these important people would have been during this time in history was a lot of fun and visually supported student's understand

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It's made me take a step back to spend some time brushing up on New Zealand History myself. Before this school kit, I hadn't spent much time learning about anyone beyond James Cook and his crew. Definitely feel like this is an essential learning experienc

“A fantastic school kit to broaden student's thinking around understanding the history behind tuia 250 and point of view. My Year 5/6 class enjoyed this school kit as they had never learnt beyond the story of James Cook. They loved the freedom to explore the range of characters. It was a meaningful and authentic learning experience for us all. Thank you so much for putting in the mahi and providing these school kids for us!”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It allowed students to make connections to the characters and where they were, what they were doing and identify their key parts in the story.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It has not focused on one perspective but many centered around the same event. I intend on using this kit next year with a new set of students.

“We loved the As I Saw it resource kit as it allowed students to learn about NZ history through it. The follow on we took from the As I saw it resource were the school journal stories One about Tupaia, Captain James Cook and the Google Earth Story showing Cooks Voyage. This resource provoked alot of discussions and questions why things happened the way they did. Students also wrote character perspectives.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It created great discussions and allowed the students to understand the perspectives of others.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It has given me a greater understanding and perspective on the local and national history of New Zealand.

“The writing kits are an amazing tool providing essential resources and motivational concepts for students to engage in writing.”

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