:New Zealand’s Shape

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Approach: One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8
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Focus: How places are described.
Resources: Two pictures.
Questions/instructions:

Put picture 1 in front of student. Here is a map of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Put picture 2 in front of student. Here is a map of Aotearoa/New Zealand shown as a fish and a canoe.
Try to explain to me why Aotearoa/New Zealand has been shown as a fish and a canoe.


% responses
2001 ('97)
y4
y8
 
student mentioned Maui
24
46
student mentioned story of fishing up island or New Zealand
22
43
student commented on North Island as fish
21
34
student commented on canoe as South Island
19
27
Elaboration of story:
very detailed
1
2
quite detailed
8
19
limited
18
29
no knowledge of story
73
50
Commentary
About half of the year 8 students and three quarters of the year 4 students had very little or no knowledge of this Mäori story.
 
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