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 July (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.

We’ve also included a full set of posters with QR codes if you would rather print and present these as posters in your room.

The events highlighted in our A Week in New Zealand History: July set are:

Beatrice Tinsley made Professor of Astronomy at Yale
Electric Trains Come to Wellington
DC-3 Crashes in the Kaimai Ranges
Poll Tax Imposed on Chinese
New Zealand Adopts the Decimal Currency
Rainbow Warrior sunk by French Secret Agents
First Woman Graduates from a New Zealand University
Lorraine Downes crowned Miss Universe
Death of Sir Āpirana Ngata
First Gallipoli Wounded Soldiers Arrive Home
New Zealand’s First Postage Stamps Go on Sale
Steam Locomotive Sets World Speed Record
Anti-Springbok Protesters Block Hamilton Match
Parliament Moves to Wellington
Carless Days Introduced
John Walker Wins Gold in Montreal

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