New Zealand: Object-Based and Primary Source Lessons
Prepared by Amy Trenkle as part of the Fulbright-Hays Seminars to New Zealand 2003.
Amy Trenkle is a teacher
at Stuart-Hobson Museum Middle School in Washington, DC
Grade: 8
Executive summary
One of the most profound ways to teach and to learn is through primary
sources. As a museum magnet teacher my 8th grade students have become
well-versed as to how to read, study, and interpret objects and documents
both inside and outside of a museum. Living in DC provides my students
with terrific opportunities for learning through the museums. In thinking
of my curriculum project I was eager to incorporate primary sources
and museum experiences into it. Additionally, I worked to create a unit
that incorporates the many wonderful facts of New Zealand's culture,
geography, history and people. I hope you will find them all here!
My students have had little, if any, education about New Zealand, as
I suspect is the case throughout much of the United States. I hope these
lessons will not only teach them about New Zealand but also make them
appreciate and enjoy what the country has to offer. This project will
be part of a year long curriculum that has us look at other countries
and cultures throughout the world.
Table
of contents
Project summary
Grade level
Subject
Essential questions
Background notes
National standards
Objectives
Lesson 1: Finding New Zealand
Lesson 2: Geography of New Zealand
Lesson 3: New Zealand's Many Cultures
Lesson 4: The Treaty of Waitangi
Lesson 5: The Māori Culture
Lesson 6: The History of New Zealand Through Objects
Lesson 7: Kiwi--what?...KIWIANA
Assessment
Follow-up activities
Additional resources
References
New Zealand: Object-Based and Primary Source Lessons
trenklea.pdf (1MB)
