The Many Sides of War: New Zealanders’ Experiences of WW1
Move beyond the causes and consequences of war. Explore the range of experiences at the local, regional, national and international levels. Explore multiple perspectives to examine the diverse impacts of New Zealand’s involvement in war.
Thank you for the contributions by teachers at SOCCON, the 2011 Social Sciences Conference in Wellington.
Links to NZ national curriculum
Social Studies Year 10
We Will Remember Them (Belonging and Participating in Society, 2008, Ministry of Education, pp. 23-32).
http://ssol.tki.org.nz/content/download/2438/12442/file/Belonging_Participating.pdf
History Level 1
Achievement Standard 1.6 Describe how a historical event affected New Zealand society
Please tell us about other links to the curriculum. Email: education4peace
The Toolkit
These are living or dynamic documents that will be continually revised and updated.
Please download the most recent versions at the time of use.
Last updated November 2011
Background – See below
Conceptual Framework (397 kb 1 page) 
A visual representation of the range of experiences of individuals, families and communities and society
Multimedia Resource List (1.5mb 11 pages) 
A range of multimedia resources that can be accessed on line
Image Gallery – coming soon on DigitalNZ
Images freely available for downloading and printing.
Background
A broad perspective of war-related issues – Students can reflect on a range of perspectives and evaluate the implications of war for New Zealand communities.
An education for peace perspective – Addresses controversial issues associated with New Zealand’s involvement in war to provide students with an analytical lens, or series of analytic lenses, to view past and future conflicts.
An ecological framework – Highlights the multiple levels of influence of war and other armed conflicts – for the individual, their families (spouses and children), communities and society.
Resources for use by teachers – Can be used to develop students’ conceptual understandings of the impacts of war and the meanings of Anzac Day.
A social inquiry approach – ssol.tki.org.nz/content/download/2435/12433/file/Social_Inquiry.pdf
Concept development techniques include photo sorts, identifying issues from a range of photos, concept mapping. These techniques could be used prior to and after the activity to determine the differences in the richness of links and depth of information in the students’ conceptual understandings.
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