Aotearoa NZ Histories 22 Reviews

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How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Absolutely, although it has been difficult covid

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? National Library, Papers Past, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? IT been useful to have a guided way to teach the curriculum, I look forward to using it again next year

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It was beneficial because it enhanced the mana of the stories we discovered

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The Toolkit has been beyond useful to use in my class, we have enjoyed using it and enjoyed exploring the stories Aotearoa.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? With the help of the histories curriculum plan and some ideas from the kit , we will be exploring more about our local area, next yeear. Maybe we would gather some photos from the local area, or ask an elderly person to come and share their views on histo

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, National Library, Nga Taonga

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? we have received the curriculum plan from our kahui. Along with the history kit I am beginning to be confident in teaching histories curriculum.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? some students could relate to some of the stories because they were told by their grandparents. The others listened with interest and had lots of questions to ask

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“I love the Histories Kit . It had awesome pictures that helped me understand and know my own history knowledge”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This is how we used this kit

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, National Library, Nga Taonga

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Starting small having good ole display tables with artefacts of the past. Understanding, knowing and doing. Understanding ourselves at level 1-3 was my starting point even though they are year 4//5

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? We discussed only one story and used the photos from the rest of the kit. It had a different type of impact on my class as we keep junk journals and they collect all sorts of paraphernalia to put in them. Organising and writing more purposeful statements

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“hi everyone at the beginning of this term my class did an Inquiry Learning Project on the History of Porirua. I set the kit up to spark curiosity and just as well because it leads us to thinking about all the different cultures that make our town. memorabilia and objects and souvenirs from our past contributed to the makeup of our town. We created our own kit from whanau photos of the royal family, the opening of the first Mcdonald's , Whittakers lolly paper wrappers. the hardest part was deciding what part of the history of Porirua did they want to research. It's quite amazing really we are a 50 year plus young city. but what an amazing journey . Even the building of our school. Recently we had a Flag ceremony for our local community and all seven places of education were represented. Another taonga for our school. so my class chose different things that made up a bigger picture of who they are. The kit was the best part of our Inquiry leading us into different possibilities as opposed to us focusing on particular part. The School kits are my favourite part”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, we are by Bastion Point so it definitely hit close to home!

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, Nga Taonga

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I was already pretty confident but its nice to be learning with the kids sometimes too

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Makes the entire experience far more real

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“SO awesome”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Didn’t get time to complete

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Improved with the resources

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Didn’t get time to complete

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“Didn’t get a chance to do”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes. There are very limited stories for our local area at the moment. We are starting to gather local stories through Ngati Tuwharetoa Cultural Knowledge booklets. This format is a good teacher source

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Cenotaph, Digital NZ, NZ On Screen, National Library, Papers Past, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Added to my toolkit because there were some stories that I wasn't aware of.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Very valuable to have personal stories.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“Thanks for this wonderful resource.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, but we're still getting through this part of the kit - looks good though.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, NZ On Screen, National Library, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has improved my knowledge and motivated me to learn and teach more - to integrate it more into my programme.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Brilliant - as we're working on creating a better link with our local iwi, the stories told will help our teachers and students understand.

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“This is an amazing resource! The links to each area of the ANZH curriculum is obvious, and thinks about viewpoints from many different sources. I think the pictures have been amazing - they have been an excellent introduction to the topic, talking about what might have happened here. Unfortunately I haven't been able to dive as deep as I have wanted to with it, but I look forward to continuing with it next year, and in the years to come!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Gave me ideas and approaches I could use with local stories, archives and places.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? National Library

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Given me lots of ideas, information and understanding of ways to approach teaching and learning. Also improved my own knowledge.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Good that they represented whole community. All POVs covered.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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“This was very useful as it provided great teaching and learning ideas that could be adapted for use with other resources. Lots of discussion around different viewpoints and evaluating the source of stories and information made it a very valuable resource. Almost too much to cover!”

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Posted 2 years ago