Kohinga taunaki matua | A place to collect your evidence

This tool helps ākonga (students) bring together evidence from different primary sources, evaluate their usefulness and select sources to build a case about historical or contemporary issues. Our simple text version provides an accessible option.

Download/print the tool

Kohinga taunaki matua | A place to collect your evidence (pdf, 240KB).

Next, ākonga work through the prompts in the printed tool as a guide to help them develop critical evaluation skills.

Screenshot of the ‘Kohinga taunaki matua | A place to collect your evidence’ tool.

Simple text, accessible version

Respond to the following prompts and questions.

What am I learning about?

I am learning about … [complete the sentence].

Āta tirotiro | Observe — what evidence have I gathered?

  1. I have gathered evidence from this number of primary sources [select one]:

    • 3

    • 4

    • 5

    • or, add my own answer … [record what it is].

  2. I have gathered evidence from a variety of primary sources [select all that apply]:

    • photo

    • object

    • video

    • artwork

    • ephemera

    • sound recording

    • published document

    • map

    • data/stats

    • unpublished document

    • cartoon

    • or, add my own answer … [record what it is].

  3. I am building a case about [select all that apply and record your answer for each]:

    • people …

    • places …

    • taonga …

    • events …

    • time …

  4. I have looked at primary sources which reflect the perspectives of [select all that apply and record your answer for each]:

    • gender …

    • culture …

    • age group(s) …

    • or, add my own answer … [record what it is].

Urupare | Respond — what does the evidence tell me?

  1. Which primary sources tell a similar story? Why are they telling a similar story?

  2. Which primary sources tell a different story? Why are they telling a different story?

Whakaaroaro | Reflect — how will I use this evidence to build my case?

  1. Which primary sources will I use and why?

  2. Which primary sources will I not use and why?

  3. What do the primary sources I have chosen to use tell me?

  4. I have found the following main ideas … [complete the sentence].