Supporting activities and resources

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This section provides a suite of supporting learning activities and teaching resources to enrich your students' exploration of cultural interaction. You'll also find extra support for the 'considering responses' component of the social inquiry.
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Considering responses and decisions — teacher support
This page gives some extra support for considering responses and decisions with your class.
Visual texts related to cultural interaction
Visual texts are a useful springboard for discussing cultural interaction with students. 'The Rabbits' is a sophisticated picture book that can be used as a powerful visual tool for discussing cultural interaction and colonisation.
Change-maker — the Whanganui River
Explore the fight for a river's rights. The Whanganui River is the first river in the world to be granted the same legal rights as a human being.
Cross-curricular — English
Poems are a powerful way to explore themes related to cultural interaction, identity, and names. Use these poems and teacher notes in the social studies classroom or as part of the English curriculum.
Definitions of key cultural interaction terms
Here are some sample definitions for concepts related to cultural interaction in Aotearoa New Zealand.
More cultural interaction resources
Here are some useful teaching resources to further explore cultural interaction.