“My year 7 students were really challenged by this kit. They liked that there was so much they could gleam from Tuia 250 events around the nation, reported on the news and in their own research. It really engaged them in the tasks and many visited, in their own time, the travelling exhibition truck with their families. Creating a poem from their street names, and seeing the similarity and differences with where they have lived in Aotearoa, tied in well with our literacy focus.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Great opportunities for looking at perspective. Children really saw the challenges which come from multiple viewpoints and it helped them to understand the conflict that can arise from seeing things from only one side. We were able to make links back to t

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? Wonderful resources to help bring history alive. The museum artefacts provided great opportunities to look at the importance of objects as stores of knowledge. The children really bought into the learning and were engaged throughout as a result.

“A wonderful resource with lots of great opportunities for looking at point of view and perspective. Excellent historical links and relevance to current events.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? The kit exposed students to a variety of sources that they may not have been exposed to before. This allowed for discussions related to the anniversary media viewed regularly on TV about the 250 years landmark. We even had discussions on what racism might

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? This kit provided some very good secondary, hands-on resources to compliment students' learning. Having resources compliments the now heavy reliance on video sources to teach a variety of lessons. I'd be happy if I was able to readily access resources lik

“I'm thankful that organisations such as your own have produced and provide to schools such cool resources. We enjoyed mapping out the different perspectives of the characters and explored the complexities possibly experienced by the characters. We liked the fact that it wasn't a one way version of history, but rather encouraged students to think critically about the evidence in front of them. Thanks for choosing our school to receive this resource.”

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How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? Sometimes teaching history can be a bit scary, I never want to offend anyone and finding engaging resources is difficult, this has helped give me confidence that I could do something like this again with a different topic or event.

“Thank you once again for such an awesome resource. I really appreciated the effort you went to to challenge our tamariki (and us as teachers!) to think about and listen to or appreciate the perspectives of others. As always you were able to do this in a fun and engaging way. Thank you again!”

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“This was a great teacher resource and it helped me facilitate many interesting discussions in my classroom. It helped my students see that there are many sides of a single story and the importance of keeping an open mind. Also the Maori students in my class were excited to have Maori resources which got them to buy-in to the topic.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? The activities were very perspective based which promoted group discussion. It was great for them to hear the perspectives of others and to learn from them.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? I feel more comfortable with teaching NZ history in the coming years. The interest level was high and the students clearly want to know more.

“A great resource that provided the students with an insight into NZ history. Showing an understanding and appreciation of different perspectives was a powerful outcome of this unit. It certainly opened the eyes of many of my culturally diverse students.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Looking at one event from a variety of different perspectives has been really powerful. It has led to a lot of really interesting discussions around media information about the Tuia 250 events, the arrival of Europeans in Aotearoa, and even how misunderst

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? This kit gave me the tools to confidently facilitate some really meaningful learning with my class. There has been some amazing feedback from Whānau as their children have shared their learning at home. We need more resources like this.

“The Tuia 250 - As I saw It kit has been a fabulous resource in my Year 5 and 6 class. The children have been totally engaged. We started with the kit the first day of Term 3 and our learning journey has taken many twists and turns through most curriculum areas. In Week 8 of Term 4 they are still totally motivated and are currently working furiously to complete their exhibition boards, which they will share with the rest of the school before displaying them at our final assembly. For our class this kit became a starting point to explore not only this part of our history, but what came before and the effects that it has had since.”

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“Thanks for this kit team. Was pretty good. The hands-on stuff is what the kids love. More of this please!”

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