2 May - 8 May

E tekau tau: ka kimi te whakapapa o te hītori o te motu nei/Year 10: The histories of Te Ika-a-Maui and Te-Waka-a-Maui/Aotearoa-New Zealand 

Āta whakaaro mō te wā katoa/The Big Idea to reflect on over the span of this course:

What are the key concepts, contexts, and ways of understanding/interpreting the world must I focus on, if I am to succeed within the new evolution of the NCEA curriculum? 

(which begins in schools from next year - across all subjects). Basically, the transition throughout this year in History class is one where we must strive to grasp for things that are outside of our grasp; because the curriculum does not care if you've been taught/learnt this stuff by next year - it will still requiree the standard it sets regardless. 

Our context is whanaungatanga - we will explore the different networks of meaning and understanding that constitutes this notion; and, begin learnig how to apply it within an analysis,

Professor Dame Anne Salmond is one of our nation's, and the world's, most respected anthropologists; her words below have relevance for us this term.