Description

Our A Week in New Zealand History resource explores key moments within Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. This resource serves as a bite-sized piece of Aotearoa’s history to stir discussion, pique interest, and get you started.

In this set, our Discussion Google Slides and Posters explore 16 events from the month of April (see the full list below). The resource has clear links to the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum for Year 4-6 and Year 7-8.

Each slide contains a brief paragraph explainer, a discussion question, an inquiry prompt, and two “Dig Deeper” links to websites, videos, and photos.

NEW UPDATE: We’ve added QR posters for each event. This gives you the option to use this resource as digital slides or as interactive posters displayed around your classroom/learning space.

The events highlighted in this A Week in New Zealand History: April set are:

First School Dental Nurses Begin Training
Silvia Cartwright Becomes Governor-General
Māori Pioneer Battalion Returns From War
First State Secondary School Opens
Smallpox Epidemic Kills 55
Wahine Wrecked in Wellington Harbour
New Zealand’s First Royal Visit
First Kōhanga Reo Opens
First Māori Members of Parliament Elected
First Sod Turned for North Island Main Trunk Line
Samuel Revans Prints
New Zealand’s First Newspaper
Schools Open Again after Polio Outbreak
Prince William Meets ‘Buzzy Bee’
New Zealand Soldiers Landed at Gallipoli
First British Lions Team Play in New Zealand
Assault on Gate Pā

Links to Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum:

Year 4-6 and Year 7-8: Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity
Year 4-6 and Year 7-8: Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation
Year 4-6 and Year 7-8: Kōwhiringa ohaoha me te whai oranga | Economic activity