Section outline


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    In Global Studies we will be exploring the survival skills of Maori when they arrived in NZ and the impact of the contact between the ancestors of New Zealand with the arrival of the first Europeans and how two opposite cultures survived.

    Achievement Objectives:
    Level 4:

    Understand how formal and informal groups make decisions that impact on communities.
    Understand how people participate individually and collectively in response to community challenges.

    • We are EXPLORING survival skills... by  investigating how the first people arriving in NZ survived

    • We are EXPLORING the importance of the natural environment for Maori by describing how the environment helps Maori to survive.

    • We are EXPLORING Aotearoa's natural environment... by displaying what we know about the environment using maps


    • Success Criteria: I can/have...


    Success Criteria:

    Identify the main key aspects of the early life of Maori 


    Identified key aspects of Auckland on a map


    Describe key ideas of the arrival of the first Europeans


    Describe features of Auckland


    Explain the importance of the environment on the survival of Maori 


    Compare other civilizations survival skills

    Evaluate the consequences of this survival method in the environment


    Reflect the changes in the environment that have occurred because of human migration and its effects