Ahi Ka and Mitey


During Mitey 2 Lab we discussed ways to integrate Mitey throughout other curriculum areas! Here's something I'm doing with the new Aotearoa NZ Histories curriculum. With support from School Kit we have delved into the history of Bastion Point. Following the non-Fiction investigation we are now moving into the Fictional side! The Mitey side...What was going through young Joe Hawks mind as he watched his home being torched while sitting up in a tree in the orchard? What if the community came together planning and designing a Pa and Marae on the Orakei reserve that provided healthy safe homes, gardens, a medical centre also incorporating Tikanga. How would the Crown react to this? Would the view for the Queens arrival be more acceptable? Could we avoid the burning of so many homes and a future land occupation? Not to mention the death of a child?Under (a loosely formed) Mantle of the Expert, students are researching, designing and putting a plan through hoping they can change the mind of the Crown and change our history!

A great way to cover these Mitey L4 learning outcomes:
Challenge attitudes and values that lead to stereotyping and discrimination,
Demonstrate feelings in a range of ways and a range of situations
Examine how things I value are an expression of my self-identity.
Another fun way to include Mitey throughout the curriculum!


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