Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 Reviews

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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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has shown me how broad it is but also how we can question, and wonder and want to know more. Engaging images and items help to gain attention and make learning authentic

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We already explore our local community. However, it made me realise that we have awesome stories to share with others too.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It meant that someone had taken the time to offer their stories and that is really important to us.

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

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“We live in a predominantly māori community and it wasn't until we started looking at the images and working through some of the stories that I realised just how sheltered our tamariki are and their awareness of other cultures was minimal. It opened our eyes and gave us an appreciation for things we knew noting about.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Given my guidance and a structure

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We live in an area rich with gold rush history, so can see how it would work.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Reinforced the importance of this relationship and knowledge.

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

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“It took me a while to work out how the various pieces of the box worked together. However, once I found the time to explore the website, I understood then intentions. My year 7 and 8 class enjoyed the tasks - and being able to physically explore artefacts of the time. My more able students got more from the task - quite a few of my students found it challenging and needed to be quite teacher lead. But I was able to do this as I had the confidence in the unit provided.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has given me confidence to do me research and create units that our school could share.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Very important

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

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“It was really good and the students enjoyed learning and researching New Zealand's history. We enjoyed learning about ne information.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? guided the teaching and learning and made it 'real' for the kids.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yep we will adapt but great foundation

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? vital to our vision

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The resources are amazing and reusable. The children were very engaged and astonished by some, which was quite entertaining.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Made it easier

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Kind of but our local histories has been well explored.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Good

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Really enjoyed this kit- it opened my students eyes to the different histories that surround them and taught them all something new.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I feel like it has given history more depth and breadth and allowed me to be more creative in my teaching

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The two ideas we covered in our first postcard have stretched into our local area inquiry which is a school wide inquiry. They have provided historical reference points.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Knowing that they are authentic and cover more than 1 viewpoint makes me value them more.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This is a kit where you can shape your teaching and learning around student interest, current events and local curriculum. It is the kit that keeps on giving... We started with one postcard that stretched well beyond our initial inquiry and intertwined itself with out local history project. For next term, there is a postcard that fits perfectly with where we are heading next. It's easy to follow and can be easily differentiated.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has certainly helped to open my eyes to the many stories but I still feel unprepared.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? There is so much history around us and with time I would love to focus more on our local stories to explore the history.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It is great to know that these kits were developed authentically.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“My class have enjoyed working both as a group and individually on this kit although we have all found it a little overwhelming with the sheer amount of work involved. We have been using it for a whole term already and I feel like it could go for a whole year. It took us a little to get started and figure out how exactly to tackle it as we did one card together as a class. After this, the students were given an individual card to research and report back on in order to be more efficient. Some found this much easier than others depending on the ease of information but all in all they gained a better understanding of a story within our history. As a teacher I would love a few more ideas and instructions to know where to begin with this but if/when I tackle it again in the future I feel better prepared.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Absolutely. I think this kit will become part of our teaching every year as there are so many different ways for it to be used.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We could use the model but none of the cards were about our local area. However the latest journal is so we copied some of the activites and used that as a springboard

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Really cool- my jobshare teacher was not as confident as me at NZ histories and she personally got so much out of the unit. Will the unit stay online to be able to be used next year?

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This was hands down the best resource I have ever used in the teaching of history/social studies. Everything about it was beautifully crafted, from the cards to the photos. Our children were so engaged in topics that they for the most part had no knowledge about. There was something for everyone as the topics were engaging and interesting to Year 7/8 children”

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Posted 1 year ago