Year 7 modules

Year 7, ages 11 to 12. Aotearoa NZ Histories, Years 7 and 8 phase. Social Sciences.

Focus: Why things happened. Simple cause and effect, and the first look at primary sources.

Care Light to medium. Mention that many died, in calm words. Focus on choices and everyday life. Check in with students with recent loss.

Year 7, ages 11 to 12. Time: 2 x 45 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can explain a chain of causes with "because" and "so".
• I can give reasons people went and reasons some did not.

Key questions

• How did a shooting in Sarajevo reach Wellington?
• Did everyone want to go?

Activities

• Teach the 1914 chain with Lesson 1.
• Sort the reasons to go and not to go.
• Find a man who sailed on 16 October 1914.

Source material

• Sheet 1: Why New Zealand went to war
• Teacher guide, Lesson 1

Success criteria

• Completes the cause chain in order.
• Gives two reasons to go and one not to go.

Year 7, ages 11 to 12. Time: 2 x 45 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can describe daily life at Gallipoli.
• I can explain why disease was a big danger.

Key questions

• What did soldiers eat, drink and fear?
• Who served: Pākehā, Māori, nurses?

Activities

• Lesson 3 sheet.
• Make a "kit bag" list from the facts page.
• Find one Native Contingent man in the records.

Source material

• Sheet 3: Life at Gallipoli
• 39 Gallipoli facts

Success criteria

• Names four hardships with evidence.
• Explains the link between flies, water and disease.

Year 7, ages 11 to 12. Time: 2 x 45 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can match a family name to the right record.
• I can explain how I know it is the right person.

Key questions

• How do we know this is our soldier and not another with the same name?

Activities

• Send the letter home a week before.
• Build the class roll together.
• Each student writes one clue they used: birth year, town or unit.

Source material

• Letter home
• Class roll builder

Success criteria

• Uses at least two clues to confirm a match.
• Says "probably" when unsure.