How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? I observed a lot of personal reflection and tamariki relating to their own life experiences in terms of racism and cultural oppression. As tamariki, they were able to relate to unfairness and unjustified actions from personal encounters. Being able to ide

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? Has opened up my idea of New Zealand history and the different moments in history that we should and shouldn't be so proud of. As a teacher, my own learning is as important as the tamariki's, and wish to continue adding to my knowledge of our history.

“A Fantastic Kit My tamariki really loved this kit and its resources - they enjoyed the hands-on aspects of the cards and the objects included. The year 3-4 students from our class had a rich sense of pride sharing their knowledge with our other HUB classes. Being able to share the exhibitions they had created to inform their peers but also demonstrate on a deeper level how there isn't always a straight forward story and that other people's actions are not always rightfully justified.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It was great to use the learning from this kit - when real life events would occur.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? We need to look at all sides of the story.

“Favourite kit! Loved the discussions it provoked.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? We had previously looked at our own stories pre covid as a prequel to this so the students were able to fall back on those and consider the different view points of their own background.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? I enjoyed the more ";hands-on"; and interactive approach to teaching the subject with a class who has a significant number of students with learning difficulties. I would love to be able to adapt many other NZ History resources to follow a similar format.

“This has been a fantastic kit to use in our classroom, it was very thought provoking and connected well to the BLM discussions which were happening at the time we finally got started. Apologies for the lateness of this review.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? With the interactive activities

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It has expanded my knowledge and built on my questions.

“The tamariki loved this piece of learning, as for many of our students this was unknown knowledge and learning. With so many migrant students they loved this because they had no idea about this. They loved it and extended their own learning.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? In previous years, I have been a part of research projects through Otago Uni which were about critical multiliteracies but I have often found it hard to put that work into practice. This kit enabled me to do exactly that - to cause and enable rich discuss

“My class loved this kit. The mystery items were wonderful and we had great discussions about how they all fitted together into one story and about how that story has more versions than most of us realise. Even small details like the potato/kumara (they weren't sure what it was initially!) led to wonderings about the journey and role in history of both those vegetables. The discussions about individual versus collective responsibility for historic (and current) events were excellent. Overall, kits like this are just great for causing thinking and some pretty deep, rich discussions.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It was quite helpful as our kids already have perspectives that have been developed over time so it was good to add these other ones to the mix.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? We already have a very comprehensive Aotearoa History package that we teach over a 6 year period at our school, so it was nice to see another perspective and approach.

“We weren't able to use the kit quite the way we wanted or needed too due to the COVID and lockdowns in Auckland, however enjoyed the artifacts and the perspective. Our children are in a Rumaki Reo maori class and they enjoyed having discussions about the different perspectives and experiences.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? Really well, and they liked the intro too. Lots wrote about it in their reflection for inquiry, and that it was a fav topic. A lot of them when talking about it later, talked about the various perspectives, they liked that aspect of it.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? Added to it, and made me think about teaching it from values/perspectives which is a shift for me, so thank you for that!!!!!!!!! Also, it was fun to look at one incident rather than try to cover a big topic eg The NZ Wars!! So again, a further good idea

“We LOVED this kit. We set it up by giving students a role related to a covid escapee. Some were Jacinda Adern, A. Bloomfield, the escapees sick mum, a supermarket worker etc, etc. The students got into 'same role' groups and discussed how they felt, then got into mixed groups and discussed the sutuation and shared the various perspectives of all affected by a person isolating from a facility. They quickly recognised the different perspectives and attitudes of the different characters. The kit its self - we got the kids into pairs and they wrote and acted a quick role play of meeting and discussing the event - and we got them to introduce themselves as their character to the class. They loved all the opportunities to act a character. We extended some aspects to make it a good challenge for yr 7/8. We'd done quite a bit on Te Tiriti and Aotearoa history beforehand so this was a natural progression (back in time). We'll definitely do it again, especially as we now know what to do!! Just need a different introduction next time (we sincerely hope!).”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? First person point of view really helped the children to engage in discussions about the perspectives of the participants in this historical event. It led to similar learning about our local history.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? The problem-solving aspect and reimagining made the process of history come to life. The cards were especially popular as we pieced the story together.

“This was an excellent kit. It demonstrated the importance of understanding each other's points of view. The children deepened their awareness of the dimensions involved in seeing history and events from multi-faceted viewpoints. This unit tied in so well with our class focus on ";Our Place in the Past";.”

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