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? I think it provides a great model of how to use an image/artifact/pepeha to introduce a story. It can be useful to get students questioning before they learn.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has taught me stories I wasn't aware of. Also, for some historic events I already have in my programme, I can add the artifact/digital archives to my unit to enhance it.

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? High impact. It lends it authenticity and mana.

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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“Saved this kit til the end of the year (this year only) as a culmination of learning we've done over the year. Next year I want to use it at the start of the year to introduce how we 'do' history. As with the WWI SchoolKit, I will use this again and again each year. The students were engaged and wanted to see what many stories were about before they settled with one and did a 'deep dive' on it. The artifacts peaked a lot of interest.”

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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? I like the idea of using objects and images/ newspapers from the past as clues for the students to find out more. Storytelling is such a powerful way to be engaged in the past. It makes it more interesting and relevant so I will endeavour to find individu

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I feel more confident teaching some of the new Curriculum from the kit and I really hope to use the website more as a tool for finding out about different stories from around Aotearoa. It has been useful to know where to access information and to teach th

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? It definitely gave me more confidence to tell the stories knowing that local iwi and whanau had been involved. my confidence to tell local stories was quite low but I feel much more competent now. I loved the fact that my students and I were also learning

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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“This kit has been a phenomenal resource and will continue to be!! We loved learning about the different places around Aotearoa and the stories behind them. As a teacher, it took a little time to get my head around how I would use this and at what level, however, once I understood the different ways students could use it, I have been hooked! There is so much detail and rich information to access. Thank you for the huge amount of work that went into this kit!”

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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? A great way of telling a story.

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? As a historian historical content isn't a problem.

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? Authentic is great. But as long as there are great sources, I'm happy to explore them.

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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“Have managed one week on this kit as junior exams were on when it arrived. Students are engaged, and most find the stories interesting, not all are into history. I've used this kit in different ways: with one Y9 (one story) and two Y10 classes (one an accelerated class). They will all be presenting at the end of November. As a historian, I love the varied resources. We'll use some of the stories in our L1 History next year.”

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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? It helped us to look into our local area and impacts of war/ NZ

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? Having tangible material is a great starting point to teach this and get students on board.

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? Made it feel authentic

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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“A great kit with lots of beautifully curated resources. Lots of opportunities to use this kit in different ways.”

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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? We are already actively working on developing our local area histories working with the local Museum. This is proving to be very successful and there is a lot of staff engagement.

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, Nga Taonga, Papers Past, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I felt fine as I am a History teacher who teaches NZ history but it has been huge for my other staff in the LA

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? We did not have any collaboration with iwi/whanau/community

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 whole cohort of Year 10 spent time working in groups to work on the photos, artefacts and then the Something Happened Here sections. The engagement was immediate, the talking, the research and the questions that were asked was fabulous and this is at the end of the year when engagement is often waning. We were so impressed with the quality and the range of material and all of these materials will be merged into our Year 9 and 10 units next year. Can not recommend enough.”

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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? It has encouraged us to have conversations with others in our local area which I think is a great starting point

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I am still learning but it has certainly had a positive impact on my confidence

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? Our students engaged in discussions in the classroom and at home

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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“We really enjoyed this kit, it opened up a lot of great discussions and had a positive impact on students.”

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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? We are currently in the process of doing this, it motivated teachers to explore further.

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, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has given me lots of ideas that can be practically implemented into the classroom.

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? It makes them more authentic.

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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“I used several activities as a staff meeting to prompt some thinking by teachers and how they could incorporate artifacts and viewing historical photos in their classrooms. It was well received.”

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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? Very keen to explore more through our school's local curriculum. The NZ Histories curriculum is now a lot less daunting.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I'm keen to go out and find more - using new sources of inquiry that I hadn't thought of using before.

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? It gives authenticity to the learning. Local knowledge is being preserved and passed on. Love it!

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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“We spent our time just focused on one of the cards - one from our local area, but I can't wait to delve deeper into the other cards too. The class were fascinated and were really hooked. We loved the online videos, photographs and maps that gave the kids a real insight to what life used to be like when their grandparents were kids/teenagers.”

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Posted 2 years ago