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? The resources provided has increased my confidence.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? As a class we have discussed other landmarks in our area and their significance.

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? Felt more realistic and relatable.

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

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“This was a great resource for my class. They enjoyed the quality hands-on resources as well as the web-based resources. There was some great learning for the students and myself on stories from our local area.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Definitely helped with Understand, Know and Do.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Absolutely supported knowing more about our local 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? Lots of new learning.

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

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“This kit has been great to support our senior school teachers with using and teaching from the new Aotearoa NZ History Curriculum. The students have really enjoyed looking into the history of our own local area. The website is easy to use and has some excellent information. Comments from students - fun to learn history about places we know, it is fun solving the mystery, love discovering what happened, interesting to find out about what happened to Maori and their land, gave me a new perspective.”

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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? A very helpful resource

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We could use is as a basis to create our own content

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? Sparked a little interest for some students

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

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“A well though out kit that aids engagement with this important topic. I found it especially useful for teachers that do not have a background in teaching history. We will be trying to use some of the ideas within the kit to create our own content to support it as well.”

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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? This is the most helpful resource I have ever encountered.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We already 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? Really important because it added authenticity

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

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“The content was amazing and will be revisited many times. The activities were great and engaging for students. It was a bit difficult to navigate the teachers' page but I eventually worked it out. The breadth and depth of the reading material was incredible. The use of videos was also excellent. I highly recommend this unit of work to other educators. Thank you for your incredible work!”

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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 been very helpful.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The whole process from pepeha through to local stories is definitely a model that could be followed in our local rohe.

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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 certainly gives it credibility, authenticity and makes it more genuine and heartfelt.

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

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“We have spent a lot of time as a school focused on Tamsin Hanley's Aotearoa Histories books and this unit complemented what we have been looking at. We found it a very effective way to share a variety of stories around Aoetaroa. We started off by working through one together as a class, then worked collaboratively in pairs with their own postcard for each pair.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? no

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? Lots of interesting stories. We'd love more to do with our specific region. The initial ideas and stories were awesome. The connecting tasks and links were at times a little difficult to access and understand for Year 7/8 students independently. ty.

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 helpful. We are trying to connect with our local hapu currently for more of their perspectives.

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

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“This is an incredible compilation of interesting stories to help schools access the new curriculum.”

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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 had a huge impact. I was not confident at all prior to getting the kit to teach NZ History. I no longer need to spend hours searching for material as it is all right there in the one place.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I have just moved to another region of NZ and the kit has helped me to springboard myself and my students into learning more about our local area. We were able to visit the local museum and it was wonderful for the students to be able to share their knowledge from the kit with the museum staff.

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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 we got a broad and varied view of the historical events - not just the NZ Euro view. This meant the learning for our Maori and Pasifika students was authentic and they kept wanting to learn more.

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

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“This is such an amazing kit. Myself and my Year 7 students have been so engaged with the very rich learning that comes from this kit. We initially used the kit materials and the extensive website to investigate historical events. However, we have carried the learning over from the kit to other areas of the curriculum. It is super simple to incorporate the learning into almost all areas of the school curriculum. The students have been choosing to use the website to help their self-directed learning. I will keep using this year after year and have recommended it to many other teachers.”

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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? Improved it.

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? Great.

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

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“This kit is absolutely wonderful. I love the resources that came with it and the activities are interesting. Thank you! The down side is that there are way too many digital resources to download and the way it is set up is not user-friendly or easy to use again in following years. I much preferred the old School Kit layout of one PDF with all of the tasks and resources on the one document.”

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Posted 1 year ago