Year 8 - Lesson 9

Curriculum level:

4

Programme focus:

Why a Treaty?

Length of lesson:

45 – 90 minutes

Focus learning areas

• The arrival of Māori
• First contact
• Change to the Māori World
• Traders
• Muskets
• Coping with change
• James Busby
• William Hobson

Achievement Objectives

• Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to:
• Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places, and environments.
• Understand that events have causes and effects.

Learning outcomes

This programme will provide students with opportunities to:

• Recall information learnt from previous lessons.
• Work as a member of a group, presenting a role play that summarises why a treaty was needed in New Zealand.

Suggested activities

• Groups to present their role play to the remainder of the class, or another class, if feasible.