Pre-Treaty Tutorial
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AIMS:
To reinforce the learning that has taken place in the lecture, to help students to understand the history that led up to the signing of the treaty, and to help students understand the perspectives of both tangata whenua and manuhiri prior to the signing of the treaty.
OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate an understanding of historical events
- Demonstrate an empathic understanding of the thoughts and feelings of both treaty parties
MATERIALS/RESOURCES:
- A variety of resources available on the LMS and online: pre-treaty links, an interactive treaty crossword, and an interactive historical timeline
- Course workbook and lecture notes (copy of PowerPoint) - supporting material for these can be found at Treaty Educators Aotearoa, on Treaty2U, or Ako Aotearoa's Treaty of Waitangi Education Kit
- Jeopardy game (see below)
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:
- Karakia Timatanga
- Go around the class – each student to say one thing they learned, one thing that made them think, one surprising element, or one question they thought about during the preceding lecture
- Discuss any questions that are raised
- Break class into groups of 3-4 students: one group is tangata whenua and one is manuhiri – each to discuss what they would think of/feel about the other group, what they may have to offer, what would be the worries/challenges
- Jeopardy game – questions always directly arising from the lecture (please note the grey shaded questions will vary as they deal with the local tangata whenua)
- If in a computer room, students to access the LMS or online activities and try the crossword and quiz. If no computer access, then the crossword and quiz could be assigned for completion at home
- Time permitting, a worthwhile paper activity on Māori and settler cultures – ‘Match statements to society' (1&2) available from Treaty Resource Centre/He Puna Matauranga o Te Tiriti
- Also available: Worksheet on the interactive CD Rom on the Treaty2U website: http://www.treaty2u.govt.nz/cool-stuff/cd-rom/index.htm
- Karakia Whakamutunga
- NB. The tutorials vary from semester to semester & from class to class – changes occur as they are student-led
EVALUATION:
- Ability to actively participate in discussion
- A variety of participatory quizzes (Jeopardy), interactive quizzes on the LMS/online and paper worksheets and quizzes
- Reflection assessment – the topic would be drawn from the first lecture – usually deals with the student’s current understanding of the treaty and what they hope to learn in the following weeks
