How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It allowed students to make connections to the characters and where they were, what they were doing and identify their key parts in the story.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It has not focused on one perspective but many centered around the same event. I intend on using this kit next year with a new set of students.

“We loved the As I Saw it resource kit as it allowed students to learn about NZ history through it. The follow on we took from the As I saw it resource were the school journal stories One about Tupaia, Captain James Cook and the Google Earth Story showing Cooks Voyage. This resource provoked alot of discussions and questions why things happened the way they did. Students also wrote character perspectives.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Having an extensive range of character cards as a tool to discuss multiple perspectives was extremely useful. Mapping out where these important people would have been during this time in history was a lot of fun and visually supported student's understand

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It's made me take a step back to spend some time brushing up on New Zealand History myself. Before this school kit, I hadn't spent much time learning about anyone beyond James Cook and his crew. Definitely feel like this is an essential learning experienc

“A fantastic school kit to broaden student's thinking around understanding the history behind tuia 250 and point of view. My Year 5/6 class enjoyed this school kit as they had never learnt beyond the story of James Cook. They loved the freedom to explore the range of characters. It was a meaningful and authentic learning experience for us all. Thank you so much for putting in the mahi and providing these school kids for us!”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? we did not do it

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? i found the kit very hard to use. not enough detail for me to teach to it and above the children i teach to get them to do full on research.

“i am afraid the school kit this year did not go to plan. too many interruptions, and i ciuldnt give the time to it that it needed.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? They loved this part of it and couldn't believe the multiple perspectives. A real winner.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? By using this kit has meant we could get engagement up and think about different peoples perspectives on the scenario.

“Another amazing kit which we used alongside our Tuia kit from last year.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? We did a very cool activity to get them to thing about multiple perspectives. We placed teddy bear in the center of the room and they had to draw it from where they were sitting, including shoulders in front of them. Then we made them move to a different

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It made it more interactive and acting out the different parts helped us reflect more on how different cultures see the world. As a multicultural school this lead to some very interesting conversations with the students. We did this in conjunction with Ex

“Our class really enjoyed this kit, it was very relevant to what we were studying and the students really began to understand the way different people might look at a situation completely differently depending on their world view. They also enjoyed creating a museum display in the room and writing up the information on the cards. One of the best kits I have done so far.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It made them aware of the fact that we don't always see things as they happen and our memory can be a bit fuzzy in terms of recalling facts and what we think we saw, or what we want to have seen.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? There is a lot to learn and research but the different perspectives are important to teach to give a wider range of experiences to our students. I enjoyed the links. I often worry about verifying the information so as not to mis-represent our history.

“The hook for the kit was a lot of fun for the kids and gave them a bit of real world perspective. There was a lot of information to take in with the cards but it was very relevant to the students being able to engage with our early Maori history.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Cultural perspective was something we discussed in depth, as noted above. Having discussions about what was undertaken in one culture and not understood by another culture were valuable in having students develop their own understanding. We also looked at

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It hasn’t so much changed it as it gave me artefacts to assist in teaching that there is more than one side when considering an historical event. I have always taught history encouraging both sides of an event to be looked at but using the character cards

“I loved the resource as a whole even though we did not get a chance to use it completely. I am hoping to get back to it next Term and set up the museum exhibits. It was great for having the kids consider story telling from a range of perspectives and the bias that history can have placed on it. Understanding early interaction between Māori and European was also a definite plus for the students. Some exceptionally rich, deep conversations were the result. Showing the students career opportunities within anthropology and archaeology was also great - an area our daughter studied that students often do not consider as an option. The how do they know questions that eventuated were great. It is a resource that I will be using again as it was such an eye opener for the students. Thank you so much for such a rich resource - always a pleasure to see and use these kits. Ngā mihi nui.”

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“Hi team, the kit was one of the most exciting things we have done in the classroom to date! As a BT it was slightly confusing to follow the planning initially but once I began to unpack the learning and adapt it to my class the students loved it! It was the highlight of the term! Ill attach some photos below. This took most of the term and we even turned our classroom into a museum for other classes to pop in and see. We then reflected on it and our students all couldn't get enough of it so much that the learning trickled home and parents even mentioned it! Definitely recommend!! Lots more photos where those came from.”

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