Year 9 modules

Year 9, ages 13 to 14. Aotearoa NZ Histories, Years 9 and 10 phase. Social Sciences.

Focus: Sources and evidence. Who made this record, and can we trust it?

Care Medium. Real numbers of deaths. Keep the focus on people and evidence.

Year 9, ages 13 to 14. Time: 1 x 50 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can sort sources into primary and secondary.
• I can say who made a source and why.

Key questions

• What makes a source primary?
• Why was this record made?

Activities

• Card sort: service record, Cenotaph page, newspaper report, this website, a textbook.
• Discuss: is Online Cenotaph primary or secondary?

Source material

• Sources page
• Contributors: every data source

Success criteria

• Sorts six sources correctly, with a reason for each.

Year 9, ages 13 to 14. Time: 2 x 50 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can explain why different sources give different numbers.

Key questions

• Why was 8,500 the figure for decades?
• Why is it now 16,000 to 18,000?

Activities

• Read the Gallipoli numbers release.
• Make a number line: 8,500, 16,000 to 18,000, 22,479, 23,053.
• Label what each number counts.

Source material

• Gallipoli numbers
• The Anzacs Roll Call

Success criteria

• Explains that each number answers a different question: landed, involved, or travelled.

Year 9, ages 13 to 14. Time: 2 x 50 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can describe the service of Māori, Pacific people and nurses.

Key questions

• Whose stories are often left out?
• Why did some Māori choose to serve and others refuse?

Activities

• Research one group using the facts page and NZHistory.
• Short group talk to the class.

Source material

• Facts
• Teacher guide, Lesson 3

Success criteria

• Gives three accurate facts and one perspective from the group.