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 a bigger picture of events that have shaped our history is a much broader sense.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I would like to talk to whanau and local people to get deeper stories from our community.

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? Huge - it is important to get a historically correct picture of events that have happened and its great to hear about personal stories that you wouldn't normally hear.

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 enjoyed using this resource with my class. School Kit has provided an amazing top-quality resource that I would be able to use again and again. The hard copy resource, along with the interactive online side of it is clear and easy to understand. I started as a whole class and then broke the students into small groups, using the same card and the differentiated tasks. I enjoyed learning about these stories of New Zealand, opening my eyes to new places and events that I didn't know about myself.”

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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 a good starting point as my own knowledge on the subject was limited.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I liked using this model. I would like to try and include making the photos as part of the process for students and getting them to think about what history they might like to learn more 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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It gave students an wider understanding of New Zealand, a lot of them have not looked past their own bubble so it was interesting to hear their thoughts.

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

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“I enjoyed, for the most part using this kit to help guide my teaching. I found the use of physical photos alongside the website was good to engage some of my lower learners. It gave me some good ideas to start unpacking the new Aotearoa history unit coming in.”

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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? Having gained more knowledge of our history as well as learning new stories, I now feel much more confident teaching NZ History. I will use this box lots in the future to support my teaching around the NZ histories curriculum.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I have not used this kit to explore the history of my local area, however I would love to!

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? That is awesome, I feel proud to be using authentic resources.

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

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“This box was great, student engagement was high and everyone loved learning new stories about real-life people. They thought it was great that they didn't have to learn about the same stories year after year anymore. The materials provided were good quality and will last me through the next few years of teaching. I found the website hard to navigate at first but found the teacher portal a great help when trying to figure it out.”

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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 is too early to tell at this point and time.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes it has. We plan on creating our own postcards and stories related to our local area as an action towards the end of the term.

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? Tried and tested and relevant!

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

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“We have only started using the Aotearoa NZ Histories kit this term and are focussing on the Protest story with our Year 7 & 8s. So far it has been great as the children have been able to make links to to some pictures books they have read and to some podcasts that we are listening to.”

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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? Yes - I will reuse this kit again and again!

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes I love the model- I can see how I could create new materials for 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? I thought the stories were authentic and it was great having a local lens on history.

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, National Library

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“The student website was really easy to use. The teacher instructions were also step by step and helped to simplify the process. I would love to see how other classes have celebrated their learning. We are currently compiling tasks on google slides so we can share with the class. The actual learning has been fascinating- so many interesting stories. Very engaging and we all enjoyed becoming 'google dectectives'. I haven't used the artifacts with my class yet but hope to use them next week to match up to the stories and tasks.”

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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? having physical photos and objects to help make a start and direct the students in their learning.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I researched more about Parihaka as I didn't know a lot about what happened there.

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? Life changing especially watching the tainui wars on RNZ...very powerful for the tamariki and myself.

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

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“The Aotearoa NZ Histories kit for 2023 is filled with countless images, artefacts, task cards that begin insightful discussions and research about various events during our countries history. Several that stood out to my class were the Patea Maori club poi e album. This was a fantastic way to introduce Parihaka to the class. We also used a sophisticated picture book 'Remember that November'. When then went into depth about Parihaka and the meaning behind he son 'Poi e'. Claim was one of the cards that another group in my class used and focused on the Gold Rush for their history project. The little artefact in the kit was really neat and encouraged so much enthusiasm from the tamariki. The protest cards and 1975 land march and Nga Tamatoa created so much discussions, wonderings and participation from the students. Thank you so much for this amazing resource, it was such a time saver, and included brilliant images, cards and artefacts to motivate instrinsic thinking and learning from my tamariki.”

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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? The resources allowed me to explore topics/events I haven't before and meant I could support my students to think more critically about NZ history.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This kit has sparked great discussions for future learning/experiences and I will definitely use it again in the classroom.

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 powerful, more detailed.

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

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“I really liked the bag of souvenirs, items, and photos as this helped the kids to make connections to how things have changed over time. This kit started great discussions and prompted good questioning. I liked the reading photos section on the kids website.”

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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's been nice getting hands on practical stories that are not just based in the main centres.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I wouldn't use this model as I don't have the time to create it. The opportunity would be great though.

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? Somewhat

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, National Library

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“Something Happened Here has been a challenge for some of my students (they are capable). It is wordy and the tasks are not always straightforward. Having said that my class is enjoying the challenge. It's taking longer than I had anticipated. Some of the links are not quite clear and require a bit of assumption.”

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Posted 1 year ago