Term 2 Week 3
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

Activities:- DO NOW - Complete 15mins SSR - Maori Oral History Stories
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Polynesian migration - Where? When? How? Watch the short clip The Aotearoa History Show - Episode 2 | Tangata Whenua
Map hand out
Read PDF - Where did the Polynesian's come from
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
- 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 - Polynesians - The Master Navigators | How did Maori make their way to New Zealand
- Summary notes
- Where did Maori Ancestors come from? Questions in Google classroom
- Why did the ancestors of the Maori leave and settle new islands? - bullet points in exercise book
- Polynesian Navigation Techniques - summary notes in exercise book
Further Learning....
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=hpoIfnFbhIwA diagram to help you
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/633-waka-hourua