Curriculum Links

Social Studies

Time continuity and change

English

Processing information

TreasureLink for Teachers

TreasureLink features a new Taranaki story every week and provides links through a selection of learning activities to Puke Ariki's treasure trove of resources.

Among the learning activities you will find:

• A range of tools developing knowledge and skills.
• Activities to involve students in their own learning.
• Knowledge builders (starters) that precede the main learning activities.
• Activities that cater for a range of learning styles.
• Individual and cooperative activities.
• Opportunity for choice.
• Learning tools your students will get to know.
• Links to Puke Ariki web sites and others.
• Essential learning about New Zealand Society.  We link the people and stories from the past to people and issues today.
• Activities to develop English skills - reading, processing and presenting information.

TreasureLink is designed to slot into your regular weekly programme. For example it could be part of your reading programme. Here are some ideas:

• Share the feature story as a class or group.
• Work on the knowledge builder together.
• Talk about the activities so your students know what's there.
• Assign activities, allow for student choice, or try a bit of both.
• Include the story and one or two activities as part of one group's reading programme.
• Use a TreasureLink as a mini social studies unit for the whole class.  Share the story, build the knowledge, divide up and assign activities to groups, report back and finish with a group quiz.
• Try TreasureLink in the class computer room.  It will have students moving between web sites.  Minimising and maximising!
• Make use of the "people treasures" your students know well. Older people who have lived through the times of some of the stories we feature.