Description
This resource’s purpose is to explore what we know about the range of people who were at Waitangi around the time of the Treaty of Waitangi signing, and the key people involved in the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
This Key People at the Treaty of Waitangi Signing Year 1-3 resource features:
Two Shared Reading Powerpoints:
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Year 1-2: What do we know about the people who were at Waitangi around the time of signing?
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Year 3: Who were key people involved in the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi?
Activities
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Cut and Match Activity
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Cloze Reading Activity
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Treaty of Waitangi Word Find
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Four Play-based Learning Activities
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Key People at The Treaty Signings Comprehension Questions
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Matching Activity
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Treaty People Who Am I? Game
Aotearoa New Zealand Curriculum Links – Year 1-3:
Know: Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation
Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi: background
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Key Question:
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What do we know about the people who were at Waitangi around the time of signing?
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Explore: the range of people present on 6 February 1840 – groups of Māori from throughout the north, missionaries, Pākehā settlers, women and children, and some notable public figures: Hōne Heke, Tāmati Wāka Nene, Eruera Maihi Patuone, Iwikau Te Heuheu from Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Lieutenant-Governor Hobson, James Busby, Henry and Edward Williams, William Colenso, and Bishop Pompallier
Do:
Interpreting past experiences, decisions, and actions
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I can make observations about how people have acted in the past and how they act today.
