Description

Inspire your students by exploring famous New Zealanders and their achievements. This resource will help you to emphasise the values of hard work, perseverance, and goal-setting through a real-world context. Explore a different iconic Kiwi each week of the school year. This resource will be updated every six months to ensure the content remains up to date.

British spelling is included in this resource.

This Famous New Zealander of the Week Shared Reading and Discussion Questions resource includes:

A PowerPoint presentation featuring 40 iconic New Zealanders
- 40 shared reading passages
- 40 sets of discussion questions that can be used for whole class or small group discussions.

A Google Slides presentation featuring 40 iconic New Zealanders
- 40 shared reading passages
- 40 sets of discussion questions that can be used for whole class or small group discussions.
- 40 sets of additional web links to dive further into each famous New Zealander and their achievements.

Two wall display posters so you can display the Famous New Zealander of the Week/Iconic New Zealander of the Week
- 40 cards to use with the display posters. These have a photo of the Kiwi icon and their name.

We’ve also included a PowerPoint version with white backgrounds that may be easier to view on some projectors.

Famous New Zealanders featured: