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? We began our journey with the postcard for our local area. We walked around the area and identified examples from the tasks and activities. The kit provided multiple entry points for learning and incorporated new activities with each level.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? The website, teacher conversations, and readings along with links to other NZ resources help to assure me that I understood the events and the impact they had on the people/community and country. The presentation and manner in which activities were linked

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? The knowledge that the kit had been developed in collaboration with the community & iwi meant that we could be confident that all voices were heard and that the resources offered a 360 view of historical events. Many students found that they had a connect

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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“An excellent resource. Students were engaged from the first postcard, exploring and creating their own pathways through the amazing resource library. This kit encourages robust discussions about the past and our future.”

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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? Students were strongly motivated to find out more about localised stories

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 am definitely more confident after using the kit

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? This was important to our students

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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“Engaging resource! Students were hooked.”

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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? Looking deeper into the people of ngai tahu has really intrigued the students

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It was a great resource to support the teaching of nz history it looked at a different element and stories

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? The students loved knowing they were true and about people in NZ

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 resource to teach NZ history”

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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, potentially. Would work better with older students, probably, y7+

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Good inspiration to get into more!

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? Very important.

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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“My Year 5-6 students loved this kit - choosing their piece of history and fossicking through to find the clues. Differentiated readings were wonderful. Very inspiring for me as a teacher to get a kick start into NZ histories.”

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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? As a school it has raised questions about how we can strengthen our knowledge of local history.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It made me go beyond what I already knew and I learnt so much personally about the history of our country. Prior to using the kit, I would not have been able to deliver lessons in such depth, it has allowed me to explore aspects of our history that previo

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 gave life to the stories as you knew they had come from the people who had in some cases experienced them first hand, or had them passed down through their whanau.

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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“This kit includes a vast range of activities that support the new Aotearoa NZ Histories Curriculum. There is a lot of higher order thinking required, so with young students it works best to work together as a class, with teacher support. The kit allows you to investigate at your own pace and level, and interact with events in history that many students would not have come across before.”

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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? An example of us doing this was when we looked at the memorial at the school for the soliders in Dunedin. We then found a memorial stone at our own kura and it lead us to explore the stories for the people on that memorial. This made it really meaningful

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It gave me a really good model of how to spark curiosity in students to explore history. Seeing an example of how to take a place and a story or picture and get the students to find out more about it was really helpful. Although there has been so much wor

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? The fact that the stories came from the people of that place was great because it was an insight into other peoples' experience which is what history is all about.

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 loved this kit. The visuals of different places in Aotearoa were awesome. I loved the concept that everything has a history/whakapapa and the pepeha were great. We know our school pepeha and our area but it's cool for the students to realise the pepeha were a clues leading you to the place where that thing happened and also linking to the people of that land.”

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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? Definitely could and will use this model. We are fortunate to already have positive dialogic relationships with mana whenua. This kit has helped to explor and expand how we can share stories and learn togehter.

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? See above, Gave me a framework that was inquiry focused, not prescriptive, c-constructing our responses to the material / stories. Helped me to be more confident to explain and explore Primary and Secondary sources with students. Also opened my eye to 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? I felt privileged to be gifted the stories to share with my aakonga. I felt that I was not the expert in the space but was able to support learning through others experience and expertise. It helped me be confident that the stories were respectful and res

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 BEST! Love the primary sources, the open ended investigative process, engaging with critical history, voices and power.”

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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 I know what to delve into it more and find out more. Which I will with my class.

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? Gave me more confidence to teach.

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 helped with my teaching.

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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“Unfortunately I changed levels but used some of the kit to teach my chn which they really enjoyed. Especially the pictures for the timeline.”

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Posted 2 years ago