Session 1 · TRACE: Time & Place
Our place on the map
- 10 minHook: an old photo or map of the rohe next to a recent aerial photo. What has changed?
- 20 minMap the place: rivers, hills, coast, marae, early settlements, roads. Mark features that shaped where people lived.
- 15 minBuild a class timeline from before 1840 to today.
- 5 minChoose the story or place each group will investigate.
Session 2 · TRACE: Relationships
Who was here, and who came?
- 15 minMana whenua: which iwi and hapū hold mana in this rohe? (Use the school's local iwi resources.)
- 20 minWho arrived, when, and why? Add them to the timeline.
- 15 minSources lesson: people, documents, objects, places. What might each one leave out?
Getting started
Work from the class map and add three labelled features.
Stretch
Explain how one landform (a river, a harbour, a pass) shaped a decision people made.
Checkpoint
Every group can say where and when their story happens, with three possible sources.
Activities for this week