Section outline

  • Kia ora!  This week we continue to explore Ponmau and other taonga that were traded throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.  Iwi and hapū experimented with new economic opportunities to enhance their mana. In doing so, they built extensive trading networks.

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING people’s values, viewpoints, and perspectives, including my own
    • We are EXPLORING how language and messaging can be used to inform, to misinform, and to position people alongside particular values and perspectives.
    • We are EXPLORING relationships between events and identify continuity or changes in relationships.
    • We are EXPLORING people’s actions in the past based on historical evidence and taking account of the attitudes and values of the times, the challenges people faced, and the information available to them.

    Authentic Outcomes:  Science Fair and ‘Taonga of Aotearoa’ weaving/print-making exhibition.
    Theme: The importance of land/sustainability 
    Whakatauki: "Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua."
    Metaphorical: As people disappear from sight, the land remains. 
    Literal: This whakatauki speaks to the importance and permanence of land. While people come and go, the land remains. As humans we rely on the land. We must think long-term and see the big picture to ensure the sustainability of the land.


    Paearu Angitu (Success Criteria): I can...

    • Locate information in a text
    • Define key terms
    • Examine values, viewpoints, and perspectives

    Hei Mahi (Activities):
    1. Complete Week 2's 'Current Events' quiz activity. 
    2. Read and view the graphic resource, 'Kohatu Stone'.  
    3. In your exercise book, respond thoughtfully to answer the questions, using full answers. 
    4. Next, complete the mapping task to show the     new economic opportunities grown through extensive stone trading networks.  
    Remember, every map requires FACKTS!  Frame, Axis, Colour, Key, Title and Scale.  
    5. Fast finishers: In pairs read and view the Powerpoint 'Discovering Early New Zealand'.   Answer the questions in the green boxes using full answers then construct a Glossary by copying the pink terms into your exercise book .