NZ History Webquest: TCS Room 28

Teacher: Sarah Parker
Printable version: Webquest

Year
7-8
Level
4
Duration
1 week

Your Mission:
Complete the 4 activity tasks required in this webquest. Answers are to be recorded in your project book under the beautifully crafted title 'European Influence'

Pages
Open a pages document and paste all required illustrations onto the one page. This way you will only print out one page and not waste paper.
Keep a record of all the URLs that you take information from in a second pages document. Call this page References and save it in your Term 1, Inquiry, named European Influence References

Activity Tasks

  1. Abel Tasman
    Follow this link to find the name of the first European to discover New Zealand.
    To do:
    • Record his name
    • the date he discovered New Zealand,
    • what his nationality was
    • locate and copy the sketch he drew of New Zealand and paste with your answers
    • From the information you read, write one interesting question and answer to put into quiz cards.
    Click to discover info about Abel Tasman

  2. Captain James Cook, a British explorer, who visited New Zealand three times
    To do:
    • Find the date he discovered New Zealand
    • Copy and paste James Cooks signature
    Click to find out information on James Cook

    • what was the name of his boat?
    • find a copy of a painting of his boat and paste it into your pages sheet. Cook's Boat
    • From the information you read about Captain Cook, write one interesting question and answer to put into quiz cards.

  3. Early Visitors
    Explorers such as Captain Cook made people in Australia, North America and Europe interested in coming to the far-off land of New Zealand. Who were the earliest groups to visit and what were they looking to do when they got here?
    Whaler This group of people arrived in New Zealand from 1790's on. Click on this link then look for the Get The Short Story, a quick and easy read. New Arrivals 1
    • What is the tool this man is holding, and what is it used for?
    Sealer This group of people arrived arrived in New Zealand from 1790's on. Click on this link then look for the photo relating to Campbell Island for more clues. New Arrivals 2. Copy and paste a photo to support your learning.
    • What is the tool this man is holding, and what is it used for?
    Trader This group of people arrived in New Zealand from 1810 on. They came for kauri timber and for flax. What were these natural resources used for? Click this link and get the short story for kauri. and then this link to get the short story for flax.
    • Get two facts and one image for kauri and two facts and one image for flax that show your understanding of the kauri and flax industries.
    Missionary This group of people arrived arrived in New Zealand from 1814 on. Click on this link New Arrivals 4. to discover who was the first man of this type to arrive. Create a Who am I card about this man. Thomas Kendall is also mentioned in this article. He is Mr Mcdonalds great uncle. Write 3 questions to ask Mr Mcdonald about his uncle.

  4. Four
    Photograph Analysis
    Compare the four photographss shown on the link below. Two are taken when European visitors first arrived and two were taken showing the European influence on Maori culture. Use a double bubble to show the similarities and differences between the photographs.