The birth of the modern environmental movement in New Zealand
Assessment Package
Social Studies & Aotearoa New Zealand Histories
Years 9 to 10 | Curriculum Phase 4
Values & Viewpoints | Decision-Making & Social Action | Conceptual Understanding
The Manapouri Dam issue was an important event in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. In this assessment the students will learn how people opposed the Government’s plans for a large hydro-power scheme and forced changes that would keep Lake Manapouri safe.
Choosing a worthy New Zealander to feature on a $500 banknote
Stand-Alone Project
Social Studies or Inquiry Learning
Investigating | Communicating | Social Decision-Making
There are hundreds of amazing and important New Zealanders who are worthy of national recognition. In this project students find out about some of these amazing Kiwis. Influential people who have done important work, created something special or represented New Zealand on the international stage. With the aim of finding a deserving candidate to feature on a proposed $500 banknote.
Same planet, different lives
Stand-Alone Project
Social Studies or Inquiry Learning
Investigating | Communicating
Sometimes, our students don’t realise how lucky we are in New Zealand, and how difficult life can be in other countries. Divided World is a stand-alone project that engages students and gets them to investigate how living standards can be compared and how different life might be in a developing country.
The mysterious world of abandoned, deserted and forgotten places
Stand-Alone Project
Social Studies or Inquiry Learning
Investigating | Conceptual Understanding
Amazingly, there are cities in the world that lie completely empty! Some of these used to be thriving bustling places that mysteriously declined. Some of them are shiny and brand new, but nobody wants to live there. And some had to be abandoned suddenly!
Activity Sheets for practising Geographic Skills
Activity Sheets
NCEA Geography
Applying Geographic Skills
GeoSkills 3 contains Activity Sheets that provide new questions and tasks for the NCEA Exam Resource Booklets from 2013 to 2020. Questions have been written to include each resource contained in the booklets. Along with short-answer questions and puzzles, each Activity Sheet provides and opportunity to practise a major skill.
The activity sheets are perfect for casual classroom use, homework or relief lessons.
Coffee: a product that connects and divides
Assessment Package
NCEA Level 1 Geography
AS:91013 Describe aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale.
Global Cafe is a self-contained assessment package that examines one of the world’s most traded commodities – coffee. Students use the comprehensive full-colour resources to investigate where coffee is produced and consumed, the factors that have caused this and the implications for people
Off road or off limits?
Assessment Package
NCEA Level 1 Geography
AS91012: Describe aspects of a contemporary New Zealand geographic issue
Making Tracks is a self-contained assessment package that investigates the issue of vehicle access at one of our most iconic west coast locations – Muriwai Beach. Students use the comprehensive full-colour resources to compare the viewpoints of a diverse range of people, from off-road drivers to Forest and Bird advocates and council staff and evaluate several options to resolve the conflict.