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 provides a great launching point for conversations and objectives for the curriculum

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We can definitely use this model in our local area. We can collectively think of a meaningful place and find stories connected to 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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It gives the content more depth and allows for students to consider the mana held within communities

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

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“This resource pack is an amazing combination of unique stories, engaging physical objects and photos, and tasks that can be delivered as independent or completed as whole class exploration. My neighbour teacher is using this resource for her reading comprehension tasks. Next term I will be doing the same. I'm looking forward to unpacking a story with my class, allowing them to independently research using the website, and utilising more computer skills such as Google maps to make more connections.”

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Posted 2 years 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? Yes

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 impactful

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

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“This was just what we needed as we explored NZ over time. It was interesting and engaging for the students. Thank you.”

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Posted 2 years 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? The detail in the stories was helpful as was the ease of finding primary sources for reference. Easy to use and prepared me well.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The primary sources were great. It was easy to choose those historical stories that related to our place. We have integrated the local histories curriculum across all of our class programmes (Yr 2-11 currently).

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 gives true authenticity to the content. Awesome that people were given the opportunity to tell their stories. Students were engaged with “real life” accounts.

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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“I used this resource with a Year 11 class and found the many resources (around a multitude of topics) immensely useful. We were able to choose histories that are local to us and had played a part in the environment and people around our area.”

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Posted 2 years 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? Yes

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 to know

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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“I have a Year 4/5/6 class. I found it helpful to work with students in small groups to encourage deeper conversations. They loved some of the stories and materials which made it come to life.”

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Posted 2 years 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 was great to have all of the resources together.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It was very comprehensive and had meaning for my class as the event was from our part of the country and had great significance.

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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 impact, more meaningful.

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 resource was great for my year 7 and 8 students, we had a look through all the cards together and settled on Protest. At first it was a bit confusing to know how much to read and how it linked to the objects so I read it aloud to the class and we started to discuss various parts of the text and look into the links. The supporting maps and old petition examples were really helpful to get a feel for the scale of the protest and the determination of Whina Cooper. I added a task to writers' toolbox for my students to write a summary with keywords from the event, they enjoyed this process and retained more information.”

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Posted 2 years 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? A fantastic support.... really like the stories of real people's experience. It made the history seem more real and had more impact when we can imagine a real person's journey

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Would love this kit to cover Hawkes Bay.... we would really appreciate the Hawkes Bay stories to be available on the website

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.... especially the Maori histories. More genuine when you know the communities were consulted. You can trust the stories more

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

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“A fantastic resource for my more able readers. They are easily frustrated and not used to researching/ learning from such a large range of materials so this was great learning for them. It was very challenging so we worked together. The kids were often interested and surprised by the history of our country. Our most recent postcard was about the springbok tour, this led to some great conversations!!”

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Posted 2 years 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 fun and relevant.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We have used it to discover our areas 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? Great impact!

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

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“The class loves the online componet. They enjoyed choosing the picture to click on and then we read it in a small group. It promoted great disucssions.”

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Posted 2 years 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 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

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Because it's shown us there are stories everywhere.

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? Incredibly authentic

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 kit is absolutely amazing. ALL of my children fell in love with the stories. At first we did two as a whole class and then they branched out to choose their own stories. The results were fantastic and they all loved making their own slides and presenting back to all of us, who sat spellbound finding out more NZ stories.”

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Posted 2 years ago