Description

This resource’s purpose is to explore what we know about the range of people who were at Waitangi around the time of the Treaty of Waitangi signing, and the key people involved in the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

This Key People at the Treaty of Waitangi Signing Year 1-3 resource features:

Two Shared Reading Powerpoints:

Year 1-2: What do we know about the people who were at Waitangi around the time of signing?
Year 3: Who were key people involved in the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi?

Activities

Cut and Match Activity
Cloze Reading Activity
Treaty of Waitangi Word Find
Four Play-based Learning Activities
Key People at The Treaty Signings Comprehension Questions
Matching Activity
Treaty People Who Am I? Game

Aotearoa New Zealand Curriculum Links – Year 1-3:

Know: Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation

Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi: background

Key Question:
- What do we know about the people who were at Waitangi around the time of signing?
Explore: the range of people present on 6 February 1840 – groups of Māori from throughout the north, missionaries, Pākehā settlers, women and children, and some notable public figures: Hōne Heke, Tāmati Wāka Nene, Eruera Maihi Patuone, Iwikau Te Heuheu from Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Lieutenant-Governor Hobson, James Busby, Henry and Edward Williams, William Colenso, and Bishop Pompallier

Do:

Interpreting past experiences, decisions, and actions