How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It was a great conversation starter it many ways.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It has reaffirmed for me the need to teach New Zealand History explicitly and accurately.

“This resource was fantastic, the students really loved the artefacts and the way they were presented.”

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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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How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? I loved the resources and it made it easy to teach in a hands on interactive way. We used the resources in a number of different ways to get the children playing the characters and arguing their points of view and perspective. Also very easy to integrate

“An excellent resource which really got my Year 5 students thinking about and understanding different perspective through a really local and relevant focus.”

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“I found this product very good. And the students found lots of things to discuss about. They loved the props and the historical element to it. I would love to see more like this in the future especially on different aspects of kiwi history. It has also taught me more about nz history as I am not a New Zealander.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? It was great to see perspectives from both sides for all who were involved in our classroom. It definately made them think what life was like for those people in that era.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? We need to teach our NZ History in schools more often. We would love to do another kit to do with our history.

“Our tamariki loved the experience they got from this kit. It also gave them more of a appreciate for our History.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? The conversations out year 5/6 had with one and other about multiple perspectives were very valuable. They asked many thoughtful questions and some managed to view our rich history from a range of viewpoints.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? This school kit had a big impact on our year 5/6 students knowledge of New Zealand history. It made it into a fun topic that they were excited to learn throughout the day. I really enjoyed teaching NZ history with the support of this resource.

“This kit was a huge success in our learning space. Our tamariki loved making connections and exploring our rich history. We loved all of the goodies that came in this school kit, the student made connections to figures of New Zealand’s past. It was very interesting to see a range of perspectives and become more educated about how our past has shaped the world we know today.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? By looking at the timeline and the different stories. It lead to great discussions around perspective in the classroom when we were dealing with 'arguments' or anything. It was great to at the start when a teacher stole from my lunchbox to stimulate discu

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It was great to a) see how many resources are actually available to us out there. The links to Maritime Museum were awesome. I also liked seeing it from different sides and it obviously.bringing to light the different perspectives on things.

“It was really engaging, we loved the little objects to stimulate some awesome writing too.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? By giving them different information and them having to discuss and come up with the idea that different people may view the same event differently.

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? This kit didn't change my perspective on teaching history as this is an area I am passionate about - it is just great that resources are being produced that support NZ History.

“Excellent resource with very important messages. With NZ History becoming part of the curriculum in 2022 this will continue to be a resource that should be taught in every classroom.”

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