How to teach Māori history in your class
This post shows how to teach Māori history in your class. Doing this allows us to understand what makes Aotearoa distinctive and unique.
Te Takanga o Te Wā is a document published in 2015 to support the understanding of Māori history for year 1-8 students and their teachers. When utilised well, this resource provides all students with a knowledge-base they can identify with. It makes sense for teachers to use a student-centred, localised curriculum when learning about the history of local people and places.
Te Takanga o Te Wā can assist teachers to encourage students to learn about where they live, where they come from, and it may create opportunities to link their own communities with significant events. This places our learners at the centre of a larger picture; where they see they are part of New Zealand history. It enables us as educators to better honour the language, identity and culture of our learners and make learning more relevant, rich and engaging for all learners.
Young New Zealanders, Māori and non-Māori, need to engage with tangata whenua by placing themselves in the broad historical past of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tamua, 2015
This document suggests as educators, we take a step back and listen to our students; acknowledge the special place for tangata whenua and recognise that some will have different experiences from our own. Encourage them to lead other students, invite whānau to school and ‘be the experts’.
Young New Zealanders, Māori and non-Māori, need to engage with tangata whenua by placing themselves in the broad historical past of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tamua, 2015
How teachers can use Māori History
Te Takanga o Te Wā suggests some ways that teachers can support this:
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