Contact

Contact and Interaction before 1840
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The stuff, plus description. 1. Name/Description Tiles This created resource could be adapted and used in a number of ways: · As a handout list of main characters in the Early Contact period · As a mix and match exercise – match the description to the name · Who Am I? games – describe the person – guess the name, or hand out name tags and students ask the questions to work it out.

2. Map Identification Diagnostic Activity This map was designed as a starter but ended up as a lesson. it checks knowledge of New Zealand regions, cities etc with particular emphasis on locations encountered in the topic – eg Golden Bay/Murderers Bay. The resource can also be used as a reference tool for students.



3. Acculturation/Fatal Impact Activity This resource looks at explaining the meaning of the different theories historians have of this period. To be used early on before looking at the topic in detail.



4. Musket Wars PowerPoint This PowerPoint would be used in class to cover content. It would help cover the Musket Wars a major event in the early years of contact and in particular it can be used as a way of explaining the impact of trade for muskets on Maori. It is also a good image bank.



5. Topic Quiz PowerPoint Used as a summative tool to test understanding of content



6.Whaling YouTube Clip A short clip of 8-9 minutes long, looking briefly at whaling in NZ. It is not enough on its own to cover the topic but as a reinforcement or introduction tool. Focus questions could be added to it to pick out key information. It also has basic information on Johnny Jones so could be used to introduce the Waikouaiti Case Study. []

7. Sealing/Whaling Activity Sheet This is a simple sheet with focus questions on it to assist with the reading of the hand outs on Sealing and Whaling



8.18th Century England PowerPoint This presentation would be used early on in the topic in order to highlight the huge difference in the cultural background of Europeans to Maori. It can be printed out to allow students to make notes on the side of each image.



9.Missionary Chart Work and Primary Quotes This chart is for student research practice using the nzhistory and dnzb website. The task causes students to read about individual missionaries, and fill in the chart with information. At the end it requires the student to decide whether or not the missionary was effective or not and suggest reasons why. There are also a couple of primary source quotes which can be used by a teacher to highlight the change in Maori attitude toward the missionaries and Christianity.



10.The Boyd As part of a section on [|pre-1840 contact]it can be used in conjunction with other features from this topic to provide users with a summary of the pre-1840 period. This category examines the European exploration of New Zealand, contact between Maori and those who sought to profit from involvement with New Zealand, and the humanitarian interest taken by the Christian missionaries. I have provided documents which approach the incident like an investigation...allowing students to make judgments before receiving the next source. The handouts are given separately A-D. At the end students will identify 10 or so characteristics of the period through this one Case Study.

11.Sealing Graph A simple resource, showing the main periods of operation for the sealing industry in NZ. This could be used as a PowerPoint or with questions on sealing.



12. Maori Initiative Activity This activity using material from the dnzb biography website would be used to highlight the more recent theory that Maori initiated much contact with Europeans on their terms and for their own benefit. It could be used after or during the lesson looking at the historiographical debate



13. Timeline Resource This is a basic activity designed to check knowledge and notes – once dates are added in, the table could be cut up and organised chronologically. Alternatively a timeline could be created.

14.Maori – Pakeha activity – Barnet Burns This reading activity is based on Barnet Burns and can be used to show the usefulness of Pakeha-Maori for trade, the value Maori attached to them as possessions and another way of showing the acculturation theory at work. The web link at the top of the page goes to an online copy of his book The website in itself is also a great resource for teachers and students as it provides electronic copies of most early contact period journals.



15. Trader Activity Sheet This sheet uses primary source material to help highlight the impact trade had on New Zealand. It would be used as a resource during lessons on trade.