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Achievement Objectives

Social Studies Level 4

Understand how the ways in which leadership of groups is acquired and exercised and have consequences for communities and societies.
Understand how people pass on and sustain culture and heritage for different reasons and that this has consequences for people.
Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places, and environments

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Activity 1A

A.O 1 - Understand how the ways in which leadership of groups is acquired and exercised and have consequences for communities and societies.

Task: When Pakeha arrived in Aotearoa, Maori had been living in Aotearoa for many years. The Maori people had their own ways of life, their culture was well established too.

Find out what the Pakeha found challenging about the way Maori lived

when Pakeha arrived.

Who did the Pakeha use to negotiate between them and the Maori?

Why were some Maori chiefs eager to trade with Pakeha?

What role did the missionaries play in bringing in Pakeha into Aotearoa?

Create a screencast where you discuss what you found from researching these questions.

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Activity 1B

A.O 1 - Understand how the ways in which leadership of groups is acquired and exercised and have consequences for communities and societies.

Task: Find some videos, youtube clips, interviews, movies which shows what life was like in Aotearoa when Pakeha first arrived in Aotearoa.

Include at least 4 videos and write a short summary for each video explaining what the main ideas are in each video.

Use google slides and embed the slides here

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Activity 2

A.O 2 - Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places, and environments

Introduced Food

The arrival of Pakeha to NZ

Early encounters

Create a presentation to discuss your understanding of what changes the Pakeha brought to life in Aotearoa for Maori when they arrived. Use images and refer to information from the resources provided on this slide.

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Activity 3

A.O 3 - Understand how people pass on and sustain culture and heritage for different reasons and that this has consequences for people.

Task: For this task, find out where the Pakeha came from.

What countries did they come from?

What were some reasons why Pakeha wanted to come to Aotearoa?

What did they find when they arrived in Aotearoa?

How are Pakeha represented in Aotearoa today?

The arrival of Europeans

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— Author of the quote

Insert a quote here about the history of Aotearoa.

What does the quote mean?

Task 4

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