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 kit was amazing. I feel really happy to have this resource and our plan is to continue to use it next term and further build on our knowledge developed so far.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes I think the histories will enable me to bring more professional knowledge to my teaching and searching for more relevant information in the 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? I feel secure knowing that the information being shared takes the iwi point of view. The stories were very powerful. The students really understood the unfairness and the inequity experienced. We were able to take the teaching materials and make engaging activities for our students based on the materials. We loved using the mahinga kai videos we found in the "Promises" kit and I was able to launch student inquiries following the teaching of the unit.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We used the "Promises" card to launch our teaching across a team of 5 teachers. We focussed on Kaitiakitanga following some learning about kumara in our local area. The resources found in the kit were very empowering because we were not spending our time searching for scarce information, we were able to spend our time developing quality teaching activities from the resources which we knew would be engaging for our learners.”

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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 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 did lots of reading so this can onlhy be a good thing for the future topics

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I was able to visit local amenities and local historians - nz culture and heritage

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 much more realistic and meaningful.

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

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“This kit was helpful to get students tuned in to the topic with lots of pictures. We honed in on the one around the different foods. Chinese, Greek, Italian, English, Maori...”

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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 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? Its given me more confidence and I am able to continue to refer back to it

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

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? Thats what the kids enjoyed as they knew there was that connection and they were 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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“The NZ Histories kit was fantastic. My year 7/8 class were very engaged. I gave them a postcard each and they then completed Task 1. As with everything, some found it quite tricky as there was lots of reading involved. The photos were amazing. They loved just sitting and looking through them.”

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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 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? Enhanced it a lot.

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

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 me confience in the authenticity and relevance of the stories.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We worked through one story together so that the students knew how it worked. Then, they could select a story to research in pairs. I found that it offered a great range of tasks/difficulties and therefore worked well with our goal to having UDL Lessons.”

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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 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 helped having all the stories and resources available for the students

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes it was great support for our Maniapoto unit

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 was a great added resource to our units

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Lots of good stuff in this histories box but it needed to be sorted according to stories and it was a bit hard to follow on the teacher site”

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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 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? Different way to explore different materials

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

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? Stories and different questions where asked which lead to student inquiries.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Awesome kit. Great learning experiences for my students. Linked in very well to our inquiry topic. Very useful.”

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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 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 now have a better understanding of how to successfully engage students

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes - this is the focus for next term. Students are looking at creating a site of their own

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 inspired students to share their own

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I absolutely loved this kit. We used this as a part of our whole school Inquiry topic. Students loved all of the artefacts and they were able to navigate the something that happened here site independently. Students were able to make connections and share about their experiences and past.”

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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 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? No real change.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? A little. Not that much.

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's felt good.

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, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I liked it a lot. I think it's a good resource to put together some lesson plans about NZ histories. Loved the physical artifacts and some of the links to wider online resources.”

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Posted 1 year ago