How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It really helped them understand and relate to other people's viewpoints and how everyone has their own opinion which may not tell the whole story. It was great to see this understanding transfer into the everyday classroom interactions.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It will be an area I will teach again and look for further aspects in NZ history to teach.

“This was a fantastic inquiry unit. Both myself and the students learnt a great deal about a part of history we had no prior knowledge of.”

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“I found this product very good. And the students found lots of things to discuss about. They loved the props and the historical element to it. I would love to see more like this in the future especially on different aspects of kiwi history. It has also taught me more about nz history as I am not a New Zealander.”

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Posted 4 years ago

How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? By looking at the timeline and the different stories. It lead to great discussions around perspective in the classroom when we were dealing with 'arguments' or anything. It was great to at the start when a teacher stole from my lunchbox to stimulate discu

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It was great to a) see how many resources are actually available to us out there. The links to Maritime Museum were awesome. I also liked seeing it from different sides and it obviously.bringing to light the different perspectives on things.

“It was really engaging, we loved the little objects to stimulate some awesome writing too.”

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Posted 4 years ago

How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Great resource with clear pics and information

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? Made it so much easier. Variety of resources and not having to source it all myself

“A great resource for teachers who do not have much prior knowledge in this area.”

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Posted 4 years ago

How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Students really enjoyed relating what they already knew to the new perspectives - great dialogue and discussions

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It has made me realise how important offering lots of different readings and digital information is to offer students multiple perspectives

“Wonderful chance to look at history from many perspectives and get students thinking about different perspectives”

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Posted 4 years ago

How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? The conversations out year 5/6 had with one and other about multiple perspectives were very valuable. They asked many thoughtful questions and some managed to view our rich history from a range of viewpoints.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? This school kit had a big impact on our year 5/6 students knowledge of New Zealand history. It made it into a fun topic that they were excited to learn throughout the day. I really enjoyed teaching NZ history with the support of this resource.

“This kit was a huge success in our learning space. Our tamariki loved making connections and exploring our rich history. We loved all of the goodies that came in this school kit, the student made connections to figures of New Zealand’s past. It was very interesting to see a range of perspectives and become more educated about how our past has shaped the world we know today.”

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Posted 4 years ago

How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It was great to see perspectives from both sides for all who were involved in our classroom. It definately made them think what life was like for those people in that era.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? We need to teach our NZ History in schools more often. We would love to do another kit to do with our history.

“Our tamariki loved the experience they got from this kit. It also gave them more of a appreciate for our History.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“As I saw it was an interesting and engaging learning experience for my students. They enjoyed the hands on nature and being able to assess and imagine perspectives that are relevant to the context.”

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