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Aotearoa NZ's Histories - Progress outcomes for years 1-3

Years 1 to 3 Progress Outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories. This curriculum content is part of the statement of official policy relating to teaching, learning and assessment of social sciences in all English medium state and state-integrated schools in New Zealand.

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  • AudienceKaiakoBoards of trusteesSchool leaders
  • Learning AreaSocial Science
  • Resource LanguageEnglish
  • Resource typeCollection/Curriculum Guide

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This page sets out the Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories Progress Outcomes for Years 1 to 3. These are part of the social sciences learning area in the New Zealand Curriculum, the official document that sets the direction for teaching, learning, and assessment in all English medium state and state-integrated schools in New Zealand.

An overview of the Understand, Know, Do (UKD) content structure for Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Progress Outcomes for other year levels are provided on companion pages.

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Aotearoa NZ's Histories: Progress outcomes for years 1–3

See The New Zealand Curriculum - Social sciences for more learning area information.

Through building knowledge about contexts and drawing on inquiry practices, I am beginning to understand that:

Māori history is the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa New Zealand

Māori have been settling, storying, shaping, and have been shaped by these lands and waters for centuries. Māori history forms a continuous thread, directly linking the contemporary world to the past. It is characterised by diverse experiences for individuals, hapū, and iwi within underlying and enduring cultural similarities.

Colonisation and settlement have been central to Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories for the past 200 years

The settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand has contributed to an increasingly diverse population, with many languages and cultures now part of its fabric. Colonisation began as part of a worldwide imperial project. It has been a complex, contested process, experienced and negotiated differently in different parts of Aotearoa New Zealand over time. Aotearoa New Zealand has also colonised parts of the Pacific.

The course of Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories has been shaped by the use of power

Individuals, groups, and organisations have exerted and contested power in ways that improve the lives of people and communities, and in ways that lead to exclusion, injustice, and conflict.

Relationships and connections between people and across boundaries have shaped the course of Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories

People in Aotearoa New Zealand have been connected locally, nationally, and globally through voyaging, discovery, trade, aid, conflict, and creative exchanges. This has led to the adoption of new ideas and technologies, political institutions and alliances, and social movements.