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Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 Reviews

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Leanne S
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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 effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?
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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 They have provided historical reference points.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 2 years ago
Charlotte M
Verified Reviewer
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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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 2 years ago
Anne T
Verified Reviewer
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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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 2 years ago
Jo M
Verified Reviewer
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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Definitely a lot of knowledge in these kits! Teacher doesn’t need to know it all, we are all life long learners.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? So much we don’t know about our area,
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? Definitely added value/weight to the stories. Not just one perception.
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, Cenotaph, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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“Children really enjoyed not knowing what they were going to find out!”
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Posted 2 years ago
Emma R
Verified Reviewer
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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I felt confident with the backing of an in-depth resource that was created with the voices of the tangata the resource is detailing the history of.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I am very interested in the history of our local area, we could extend the inquiry for students to create their own 'postcard' of our area.
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? This made it feel like it was a culturally responsive resource and I felt like my responsibility to Te Tiriti was not in jeopardy from using the resource.
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, NZ On Screen, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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“Teacher PD - this resource is amazing just to go through as a kaiako and read all of the information. It has taught me a lot about Aotearoa's history and I feel as though it is a considered resource that covers all factors of the events at the time. It includes multiple perspectives and has created some interesting conversation within my teaching team about our history. Even as a PD resource I recommend it! Student use - we have just started using this resource with our students (we will continue it in term 4). We decided to start as a team with Promises and work through this post card together. We have a team of years 5-6 with mixed ability working at all levels of the curriculum from 1-4. We have scaffolded the resource and used kahoot quizzes to make it fun an engaging. It is great to have a range of resources the students can engage with to explore the story of Promises (e.g. videos, audio, reading, images etc). It falls into the UDL framework having multiple ways to receieve information. We are also creating our own way of students displaying their learning using a map in our class. We plan to let the students do a self-guided inquiry based on one of the postcards of their choosing next.”
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Posted 2 years ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It helped me become more confident in having a go at this area of the curriculum.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We are now using a similar model to learn more about our own area.
How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?
Not Significant At All
Neutral
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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
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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 me feel confident in the content that was being delivered.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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“We found this kit very interesting and helped me get my head around a part of the curriculum that I am not super confident in. It helped us build the skills we needed to get started with some research projects.”
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Posted 2 years ago
Isaac H
Verified Reviewer
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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Greatly - there is more resources out there to help me.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes absolutely - we have discussed as a department how we could do this.
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 - didn't really discuss with my class though
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, Papers Past, NZ On Screen, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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“I used this school kit with my Year 10 Social Studies class. I chose the Mana Rangatiratanga card because this was relevant to the NZ Land Wars topic we are doing at the moment. I felt even within that one card there was so much to unpack: which is good but also hard for my students to get their heads around.”
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Posted 2 years ago
Terry M
Verified Reviewer
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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Very supportive
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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Neutral
Very Significant
How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
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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 the lessons more authentic
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, Ngā Taonga, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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“Excellent resources, especially the "artefacts" provided. These provoked wonderful discussions amongst the students.”
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Posted 2 years ago
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