Year 10 modules

Year 10, ages 14 to 15. Aotearoa NZ Histories, Years 9 and 10 phase. Social Sciences.

Focus: Perspectives and significance. Why does Gallipoli matter, and to whom?

Care Medium to heavier. Students can handle cost and loss in plain terms. No graphic quotes.

Year 10, ages 14 to 15. Time: 2 x 50 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can explain what the Victoria Cross is for.
• I can compare two VC citations.

Key questions

• What did these men do?
• Who decides what counts as brave?

Activities

• Read Cyril Bassett, the only New Zealander awarded the VC at Gallipoli.
• Compare with one Western Front VC.
• Discuss: who is left out of medal stories?

Source material

• The eleven VC winners
• Cyril Bassett
• Most decorated

Success criteria

• Compares two citations with evidence.
• Gives one view on how bravery is recognised.

Year 10, ages 14 to 15. Time: 2 x 50 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can describe how different groups saw Gallipoli.

Key questions

• How did a soldier, a mother, an Ottoman soldier and a conscientious objector see it?

Activities

• Four perspective cards in groups.
• Hot seat one perspective.
• Write a paragraph from one point of view, using evidence.

Source material

• Facts
• Anzac Day

Success criteria

• Describes two perspectives and how they differ.

Year 10, ages 14 to 15. Time: 1 x 50 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can trace how a war link lives on today.

Key questions

• How did a cup from Egypt become a school rowing prize?

Activities

• Read the Maadi Cup page.
• Timeline 1940 to 1947.
• Discuss other ways war shaped NZ life.

Source material

• Maadi Cup

Success criteria

• Builds an accurate timeline with four dated events.