These downloadable worksheets are designed to help teachers get the most from Puke Ariki's resources.
Worksheets are based on the Taranaki Stories available on the site. The stories and worksheets contain ideas for further research and discussion, extension investigations and possible assessment activities. Each worksheet is closely integrated with the New Zealand School Curriculum and has specifically identified learning outcomes.
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Chew Chong
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Social Studies:
Time, continuity and change, culture and heritage, resources and economic activities.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
- Inquiry: Find out about the life and times of Chew Chong
- Values Exploration: Explain how Chew Chong's trading activities had an impact on the development of farming in Taranaki and how changing technology has impacted and is
continuing to impact on the patterns of settlement in Taranaki.
The Highwayman
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
English
Expressive writing; poetic writing; exploring language; thinking critically; speaking using texts.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
- The students are to use the story of Robert Wallath as a basis for writing/shaping/editing/reworking poems using a ballad-type structure.
- Students should recite or perform their poems by using appropriate speech and delivery.
Taranaki Geology
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Science
Making Sense of Planet Earth and Beyond
Students can gather and present information about the origins and history of major natural features in the landscape.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
- Students will construct a photographic collage of local landforms as a means of familiarising themselves with features in the local landscape.
- Students will investigate and offer explanations for some of the features in the local landscape.
Taranaki Industry
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Social Studies
Time, continuity and change. Culture and heritage.
Resources and economic activities.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
- Inquiry: Find out about some successful Taranaki businesses
- Values Exploration: Explain how these businesses were able to adapt new technologies as a means of growing the enterprise and their lasting effects on our local community.
Taranaki Inventions
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Technology
Technological knowledge and understanding.
Technology and society.
Technological Area
Structures and Mechanisms
Context
Industrial
Wreck of the Lord Worsley
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Science
Social Studies
Time, continuity and change. Culture and heritage.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
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Inquiry: Find out about the Lord Worsley Shipwreck
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Values Exploration: Use the shipwreck story as the basis for exploring possible viewpoints and values held by individuals involved in the event.
WG Malone
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Social Studies
Time, continuity and change.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
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Inquiry: Find out about and explain how the ideas and actions of New Zealanders in the Gallipoli Campaign changed the lives of others.
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Values Exploration: Explain how the events of Gallipoli and Word War I might have changed the way we as New Zealanders see ourselves. Explore and debate similar ideas in today's context. What might our current hopes and aspirations be as a nation?
The Pekapeka Block
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Social Studies
Time, continuityand change. Culture and heritage.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
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Inquiry: Find out about the Pekapeka Block.
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Values Exploration: Use the Pekapeka story as the basis for exploring possible viewpoints and values held by individuals involved in the event.
Taranaki's Polish Immigrants
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Science
Social Studies
Time, continuity and change. Culture and heritage.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
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Inquiry: Find out about different ethnic groups that make up our society.
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Values Exploration: Use the Polish immigrant story to explore why and how individuals and groups pass on and sustain their culture and heritage.
Te Ua Haumene
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
Social Studies
Time, continuityand change. Culture and heritage.
Specific Goals/Indicators/Processes
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Inquiry: Find out about Te Ua Haumene.
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Values Exploration: Use the Te Ua Haumene story as the basis for exploring how the ideas and actions of individuals and groups that have shaped the lives and experiences of people are viewed through time.
CA Wilkinson
Main Curriculum Focus (L3-4)
The Arts
Developing Ideas in Visual Arts
Students will generate and develop visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations using imagination, observations and invention with materials.
Understanding the Visual Arts in Context
Student will investigate the purposes of objects and images in the past and present cultures and identify contexts in which they were made, viewed and valued.
Specifically, in this case, architecture as an expression of art and culture.
