NZ History Project
Technology
Term 4 2021
History of the weapons Maori used
Purpose
Statement
To explore and communicate an understanding of important aspects of the NZ land wars and the weapons Maori used before the early settlers came into NZ
Technological Knowledge - Technological modelling
Students will:
Understand how different forms of functional modelling are used to explore possibilities and to justify decision making and how prototyping can be used to justify refinement of technological outcomes.
Technological products
Understand that materials can be formed, manipulated, and/or
transformed to enhance the fitness for purpose of a technological product.
Nature of Technology - Characteristics of technology
Understand how technological development expands human possibilities and
how technology draws on knowledge from a wide range of disciplines.
Achievement Objectives
1) Describe how the Maori people made implements and used them as weapons, prior to the arrival of the Europeans.
2) Describe how the Europeans sold their more modern weapons (guns) to the NZ Maori people in exchange for their precious land.
3) Understand how and why the land wars happened in NZ.
We Are Learning To
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Long-handled weapons that Maori used
Resources
https://www.armymuseum.co.nz/maori-weapons/
https://teara.govt.nz/en/riri-traditional-maori-warfare/page-3
Describe how the Maori people made their tools / weapons in the early 1800?
What materials did they use and why?
What weapons did the Maori people make and use? State the reason why those shapes and materials were chosen to make the weapons.
Tasks 1
Task 2
Why were there Land wars between the Maori people and the Early settler Europeans? Describe the land wars.
Were these wars justified? Give reasons.
How many Maori men died in the Musket wars?
Could these wars have been avoided? how?
Learn,Create and
Share your presentation with your peers.
Please blog your work
Success Criteria
A simple presentation has been created with some information. The presentation has information on Maori weapons and the Land wars. The presentation created answered
some of the questions.
Achieved
A comprehensive presentation has been created with relevant information. The presentation included all of the topics that were in the assigned task. The presentation created answered all the questions.
Excellence
Merit
A presentation has been created with most of the relevant about Maori weapons and land wars in NZ. The presentation included most of the topics that were in the assigned task. The presentation created answered most of the questions.
Self check
Used slidesgo for the template. Thank you
Hope you enjoyed learning about the NZ land wars and the weapons the Maori people used in the 1800.