School Journal Task Cards: A Night at the Museum – New Zealand History
Description
Have an exciting night at the museum! This NZ School Journal Task Cards resource provides a fantastic entry point for reading School Journal articles and stories based on New Zealand historical people, places, events and artefacts. We’ve selected 72 texts from a mix of Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 School Journals (2012-2022). 40 task cards are provided for students to select from. These activities will work across many of the texts, giving you and your students flexibility.
A full print and digital set are included. We recommend using the digital set with Google Slides or Microsoft One Drive.
We’ve provided an engaging hook to get your students’ imaginations flowing—an exciting night at the museum. Students read NZ School Journal stories and articles that feature a New Zealand history focus. They choose task cards to complete, earn gear to make their overnight stay more comfortable, and collect tickets from various museum exhibitions.
In this NZ School Journal Task Cards: A Night at the Museum pack, you will receive:
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40 digital task cards for use with Google Slides and Microsoft One Drive, work across a range of the stories, articles and poems provided – adding flexibility for you and your class! See our preview for examples of many of these.
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34 digital task cards for use with Google Slides and Microsoft One Drive,
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Supplementary A4 size worksheets to use with the task cards,
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An introduction poster and a set of PowerPoint slides to share how the resource works with students.
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A project-based learning activity to design a midnight snack. The resources to do this have been provided in print and digital form.
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Rewards System explainer and My Rewards recording sheet,
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Reward template pages (NZ money, passport and passport stamps)
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Comprehensive teacher guide.
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School Journal tables listing the 72 articles.
How long does this activity go for? That’s completely up to you. You and your students can decide how many museum exhibitions to visit.
