Term 1- Week 4
Section outline
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For this week we will be looking at the Polynesian culture and how this amazing culture were fantastic sailors that help them to survive in the world thanks to this skill.
Achievement Objectives:
Level 4:
Understand how formal and informal groups make decisions that impact 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
Activities:
1. Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxeCWyC-E6M (10 minutes)
2. Polinesian navigation techniques- Dictation picture
3. First Arrivals-Crossword
4. Pacific Exploration -Education Perfect
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- 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