Teacher Resources

The seven lessons appearing on this site were developed by Lois Hawthorne, a Royal Society Fellow hosted at the Timeball Station during 2002. The lessons are suitable for Years 5-8, and are set at levels 2-4.

Click on each lesson's link, or download the pdf file. The pdf file (765 kb) contains the full resource of lessons. Each lesson has its own specific learning outcomes described within the lesson. Achievement objectives for assessment and curriculum links for this unit of seven lessons are below.

Lesson 1: Why Should We Care?

Lesson 2: Why is this Place Significant?

Lesson 3: Who has? (understanding historical significance)

Lessons 4-6: Heritage Trail for the Future

Lesson 7: Who's Involved in Heritage Management?

Achievement Objectives for Assessment

Social Studies

Culture and Heritage: Level 4
Why and how individuals and groups pass on and sustain their culture and heritage

Place and Environment: Level 4
How places reflect past interactions of people with the environment

Time, Continuity and Change: Level 4
Causes and effects of events that have shaped the lives of a group of people

Supporting Achievement Objectives

Resources and Economic Activities: Level 4
How and why people view and use resources differently and the consequences of this

Social Organisation: Level 4
How people organise themselves in response to challenge and crisis

Curriculum Links

English
Maori
Technology
Science

Essential Skills

Communication
Work & Study
Information
Social and Cooperative

Processes

Values Exploration
Social Decision Making

Settings

New Zealand

Perspectives

Bicultural
Multicultural
Current Issues
Future

Essential Learning About New Zealand Society

• The effects of colonisation on Maori and Pakeha
• Perspectives of tangata whenua as these affect contemporary systems, policies and events
• Major events in New Zealand history
• The physical environment of New Zealand and how people interact with the landscape
• Changing patterns of resource and land use
• The location and significance of important natural and cultural features of the landscape
• Current events and issues within New Zealand
• The development over time of New Zealand's identity and ways in which this identity is expressed