:Time Line (Y8)

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Approach: One to one Level: Year 8
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Focus: Historical event and dates.
Resources: 8 captioned pictures, 5 cards with dates, recording book.
Questions/instructions:
In this activity you will be looking at some pictures and putting them in order. The pictures show events that happened in the history of New Zealand.

% responses
2001 ('97)
y8
Give the student the pictures one at a time, starting at number 1. Read the captions to the student.
1. I would like you to put these pictures in the order in which you think they happened. Put the pictures in a line on the desk starting on the left with the event that came first.

Order of pictures:
Mäori explorers first
73 (70)
Captain Cook before Treaty of Waitangi
88 (87)
Treaty of Waitangi before frozen meat to England
73 (67)
Treaty of Waitangi before vote for women
77 (74)
frozen meat before vote for women
67 (61)
frozen meat before World War I
48 (47)
vote for women before World War I
35 (45)
World War I before Hillary climbing Everest
96 (96)
Hillary climbing Everest before Wahine sinking
62 (63)
Write the order of the pictures on the recording sheet.  

2. Here are 5 cards with dates on them. I want you to put these cards at the right places between these pictures to show when the events happened.

Dates:
five dates in correct order
81 (85)
1600 after first Mäori explorers
54 (56)
1600 before all other pictures
59 (64)
1700 after first Mäori explorers
83 (85)
1700 before all other pictures
14 (10)
1800 after Captain Cook
89 (86)
1800 before Treaty of Waitangi
32 (35)
1900 after Treaty of Waitangi
83 (85)
1900 after frozen meat to England and vote for women
60 (58)
1900 before World War I
23 (29)
2000 after all pictures
41 (65)
Write the dates on the recording sheet.  
Point one at a time to the following cards, asking:

3. Why was this an important event in New Zealand’s history?

  • Captain Cook
  • First Mäori explorers
  • Votes for women
Quality of explanations:
Captain Cook:
good clear answer
10 (15)
basic answer
24 (20)
First Mäori explorers: good clear answer
16 (13)
basic answer
34 (32)
Votes for women:
good clear answer
11 (10)
basic answer
30 (33)
 
Total score:
20–23
7 (11)
15–19
39 (40)
10–14
41 (36)
5–9
12 (13)
0–4
1 (0)
Commentary
Less than half of the students could explain the importance of the three chosen events in New Zealand’s history. The 2001 results were very similar overall to the 1997 results.
 
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