Tales From Te Papa: Education Resources
This website is a teaching resource for schools. To get the most
out of the resource, we recommend you read the following teaching
notes thoroughly before using the Tales in your classroom. The
notes explain some of the ways in which you can use the Tales in
your learning programmes.
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Tales From Te Papa eduction resources
Contents:
Overview
Curriculum learning areas
Curriculum levels
Questions for students
Response templates
Links to Te Papa website and other relevant educational
resources
Overview
The resource features 100 Tales from Te Papa, a series of
mini-documentaries created to showcase some of the many unique and
important pieces that the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
holds in trust for the nation.
Each Tale comprises a short video to interest and engage
students and a resource page. Each page includes the
following:
- Curriculum learning areas and levels - the Tales can be connected with several learning areas of the New Zealand Curriculum, at a range of levels. These are listed at the top of each page.
- Te Papa collection to which the Tale belongs.
- Questions and response templates for students. These can be used as catalysts for responses from individuals or groups. They are designed to prompt students into discussion, exploration, research and critical response.
- Links to relevant material on the Te Papa website.
You can either browse the Tales by curriculum area, or search by
keyword. When browsing by curriculum area, Tales are grouped
according to curriculum sub-area or strand, then grouped according
to the Te Papa collection to which they belong.
These Tales from Te Papa were commissioned by TVNZ 7, in
partnership with Vero. They are presented by Simon Morton and Riria
Hotere.
Curriculum learning areas
Each Tale relates to two or more of the following curriculum
learning areas:
English
The Arts
Health and Physical Education
Science
Social Sciences.
Every Tale is connected to the English curriculum because they all
involve listening and viewing.
While we have identified the curriculum learning areas (and
sub-areas or strands) relevant to each Tale, you will need to use
your own judgement to decide whether or not a particular Tale will
suit your teaching needs.
Some learning areas may not have direct connections with the Tales.
These are: Mathematics and Statistics, Technology and Learning
Languages.
After viewing a specific Tale, you may decide it has relevance for
a different curriculum learning area.
Curriculum levels
A range of levels has been assigned to each Tale as a general guide
only. The level at which a Tale can be used by you in class will
depend on the depth to which you wish to explore specific ideas and
information.
The Tales can be used flexibly and with greater or lesser degrees
of support at whatever level best meets the teaching and learning
purpose and is supported by the Tale.
Wherever possible, the levels are assigned with regard to the
content of the Tale and the requirements of the curriculum. Because
more than one curriculum learning area is assigned to each Tale,
the levels may vary between those areas.
After viewing a specific Tale, you may decide it has relevance for
a different curriculum level.
Questions for students
Each Tale is accompanied by five questions. You can use these to
prompt discussion, or assign one or more questions for students to
respond to themselves. Use them flexibly according to your teaching
and learning objectives.
The first question is usually designed to elicit straight recall or
listening comprehension. Sometimes, this will include explanation
of a word or expression.
Subsequent questions are not specifically assigned to curriculum
learning areas, but the connections are usually obvious. Likewise,
the questions can usually apply to a range of levels.
It is not intended that students should answer all questions for
any one Tale: they are designed to stimulate thinking, discussion
and further explorations.
You can adapt the questions to meet the teaching and learning needs
of your programme.
Response templates
There are six response templates (downloadable as PDFs) that
students can use to explore and make notes about a Tale. You can
adapt these templates to suit your teaching needs, or you may wish
to have students design their own templates for responding to the
Tales.
The templates can be used for any curriculum learning area and at
any curriculum level. The degree of complexity or sophistication
required depends on the task set. The templates should be regarded
as a way of recording notes, rather than a worksheet to be
completed.
At least one of the five questions for a Tale will fit with a
particular response template, but they are not prescriptive or
limited to that question. Feel free to use the templates wherever
you feel they are relevant.
The six templates are described below:
Words
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Students are asked to explore words in a Tale in at least
three ways: derivation, word family (similar words) and meaning.
You may also ask students to find collocations (words that go
together) or to investigate connotations (meanings given by
association) or other word features. Encourage students to use the
template with words they may recognise but are not really sure
about the meanings or how the words should be used.
Comparisons
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A simple two-circle Venn diagram is provided to allow students
to identify similarities and differences between two stories,
ideas, concepts or other aspects of a Tale. Asking students to make
a summarising comment helps them to think more deeply about the
topic and about their own thinking.
Connections and conclusions
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Making connections with a topic or idea is an important component
of comprehension. This template allows students to record their own
personal connections as well as those made from other sources
(books, internet, television), and from their wider knowledge of
the world. By drawing conclusions from these connections, students
deepen their thinking and understanding, increasing the networks of
schema they have about a topic.
Key questions
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Asking questions increases thinking and the gaining of knowledge
and insight. With this template, students can record a few key (or
'burning') questions that may arise as they view a Tale. The
template then prompts students to use the Tale and other sources to
find information. Students can make notes as they synthesise the
information they have gathered.
Then and now
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Many of the Tales invite viewers to think about the past and
compare it with the present. This template asks students to
identify several aspects within a Tale, then compare past and
present through the lens of each aspect. In doing so, students gain
a fuller picture of differences and changes, rather than a simple
one-dimensional comparison. You may want to specify aspects to be
used, such as political, social and economic contexts when
considering changes over time.
Ideas
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This template gives students the basis for brainstorming ideas
triggered by a Tale. It can be extended in whatever way students
choose. Students are prompted to make decisions about an idea to
follow up and the first steps they will take.
Links to Te Papa website and other relevant educational
resources
Each Tale relates to a specific collection or process used at Te
Papa. We provide links to the relevant collections on each page of
this resource, and where possible, we also link to information
about specific items in Te Papa's collection.
You can use these links as required in your teaching, or simply
browse the
Te Papa website to find information on topics or
items connected to the Tales.
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