Social Sciences · Years 7–8 · NZ Curriculum
History (Aotearoa)
What Social Sciences intermediate students in Aotearoa New Zealand learn under history (aotearoa), and where it shows up across Kōkiri Learn's inquiry worlds.
Social Sciences · 9 inquiry worlds cover this strand
New Zealand Curriculum, Phase 3
The teaching sequence
Year 7 sequence
- Early contact 1790–1830: Māori society, mana, whakapapa, tikanga, utu and whenua as taonga
- Traditional economies and inter-iwi trade
- Sealers, whalers, traders and missionaries; exchange of goods, tools and schooling
- Te reo Māori written down, the printing press, and Māori travelling abroad
- The Musket Wars, disease and displacement, including Moriori and Nunuku's Covenant
Year 8 sequence
- Settler growth, lawlessness and foreign influence from 1830
- He Whakaputanga 1835 and what it affirmed
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840: two texts, kāwanatanga, tino rangatiratanga and taonga; the signings and why some rangatira did not sign
- Broken promises and contested sovereignty: the flagstaff, the Northern War and Ruapekapeka
- Responses to land and language loss: Kīngitanga, Parihaka, the 1975 Land March and Treaty settlements
- Ngā Tamatoa and the 1972 Māori language petition; kōhanga reo
Where this shows up
Kōkiri Learn inquiry worlds that cover this strand
The whole class works on one world at a time — these are where this strand's focus actually comes up.
5 weeksStories That Shape UsYear 7 sequence · How historical fiction (Dawn Raid, My Brother's War) represents real events in Aotearoa, compared with historical sources
5 weeksExplain It: Non-fiction and Feature WritingYear 7 sequence · Using primary sources to explain local history
4 weeksTō Mātou Rohe: Stories of Our PlaceYear 7 sequence · Māori society before contact: mana, whakapapa, tikanga and utu, whenua as taonga cared for collectively, and traditional economies and inter-iwi trade
- 4 weeksTō Mātou Rohe: Stories of Our Place
Year 7 sequence · Sealers, whalers, traders and missionaries from the 1790s; the exchange of goods, tools, crops, healthcare and schooling; Māori travelling abroad and adapting while holding to their identity
- 4 weeksTō Mātou Rohe: Stories of Our Place
Year 7 sequence · Te reo Māori written down and the printing press; the Musket Wars, disease, loss of rangatira and displacement, including Moriori and Nunuku's Covenant
5 weeksSilk Roads and Sea Routes: When Worlds TradeYear 7 sequence · Traders and the exchange of goods, tools and technologies, linked through Abel Tasman's 1642 voyage for the Dutch East India Company and the later arrival of traders in Aotearoa
5 weeksMana Motuhake: Power, Decisions and PeopleYear 8 sequence · Settler growth, lawlessness and foreign influence from 1830; He Whakaputanga 1835 and what it affirmed; te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840, its two texts, and kāwanatanga, tino rangatiratanga, sovereignty and taonga
- 5 weeksMana Motuhake: Power, Decisions and People
Year 8 sequence · Broken promises and contested sovereignty (the flagstaff, the Northern War and Ruapekapeka), and responses to land and language loss: Kīngitanga, Parihaka, the 1972 language petition, the 1975 Land March and Treaty settlements
5 weeksStanding Up: Civil Rights and Youth VoiceYear 8 sequence · Responses to language loss: Ngā Tamatoa, the Māori language petition and the road to te reo Māori as an official language in 1987
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