Term 2 Week 3

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

Activities:

1. DO NOW - Complete 15mins SSR - Maori Oral History Stories

2. Polynesian migration - Where? When? How?
   Map hand out
   Read PDF - Where did the Polynesian's come from
   Watch the short clipThe Aotearoa History Show - Episode 2 | Tangata Whenua
   
   Draw on your handout the route you think the Polynesians took
   Check your route using the map PDF below
   FACKTS - Frame, Arrow compass, Colour, Key, Title, Scale
   
   
   

3. Complete the readings, video and Waka building activity
   - model Waka building activity - Homework challenge
   Chapter I - An Ocean Voyaging Culture
   https://www.tupapa.nz/stories/ocean-voyaging-culture
   Chapter II - Journey from Polynesia
   https://www.tupapa.nz/stories/journey-from-polynesia
   
   
4. Polynesians - The Master Navigators | How did Maori make their way to New Zealand
   
   
   

Come to Wednesday S4 either with you model made or the materials to make your model
Waka Making Challenge - You have made a virtual waka - can you make a mini model?

A video to help you with ideas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpoIfnFbhIw 

A diagram to help you
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/633-waka-hourua