Term 2 Week 1
Section outline
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... New Zealand’s Voyaging/Sailing Heritage by interpreting maps of early Polynesian/Maori voyaging
- We are EXPLORING... New Zealand’s Voyaging/Sailing Heritage by discovering oral traditions that pass on the knowledge of early Polynesian/Maori voyaging

Do Now:
Maori Oral Histories - Library books - SSR: 15-20mins
Activities:
- KWL chart - google document
Polynesian and Maori Voyaging and Navigation Expertise
- What do you already know? Complete the K column. -
Watch the introduction video
Kaupapa On The Couch Get on the waka!
- What do you want to find out? Complete W column -
Kupe - Maori Oral History
Use the resources of the oral history that best suits you.
Use a minimum of two resources, (1x written/audio and 1x visual) - more if necessary.
Resource 1 - https://www.tourism.net.nz/new-zealand/about-new-zealand/kupe-and-te-wheke.html
Resource 2 - https://eng.mataurangamaori.tki.org.nz/Support-materials/Te-Reo-Maori/Maori-Myths-Legends-and-Contemporary-Stories/Kupe-and-the-Giant-Wheke
Resource 3 - http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dennisk/voyaging_chiefs/kupe.html
Resource 4 - https://marlboroughnz.com/guides/heritage/kupe-the-octopus
Resource 5 -
Resource 6 - https://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/Instructional-Series/School-Journal/School-Journal-Level-2-May-2020/Kupe-and-the-Giant-Wheke
Resource 7 -
THEN - complete the Learning Guide (handout) to recall the Story of Kupe -
Mapping activity
- create your own Google Map
- use the resource link below
- use pins on your Google Map to show and label where Kupe voyaging took him in NZ
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=be9ec5ec3dc24405bc0d2a769fae81ee
https://teara.govt.nz/en/first-peoples-in-maori-tradition/page-6#:~:text=According%20to%20some%20tribal%20narratives,fishing%20in%20Hawaiki%2C%20his%20homeland.&text=Kupe%20set%20out%20in%20his,brought%20him%20to%20New%20Zealand.