Why Schools Buy this Resource

The NZ History Alive resource, used in its entirety, will:

1. Aid the development of understanding of the flow of history
2. Develop a knowledge of New Zealand geographical regions
3. Provide an appreciation of the characters of New Zealand history
4. Arouse the interest in, and love for the history of our country
5. Help reduce teacher stress due to significantly reducing planning, research and idea generation for class lessons

The Problem with many History Resources!

• They present facts in a manner that children cannot connect with
• They speak from an adult perspective about adults
• They focus on facts rather than stories
• They are written to achieve a certain achievement objective rather than to inspire students with a love of history
• They are not written by the experts but by teachers

The Integrated Education Approach!

• A complete package that will help you teach every aspect of the syllabus using our resource
• Child-friendly, introducing children to what life was like for children of their own age in each significant period of New Zealand history, telling stories from the perspective of the child
• Teacher-friendly, with support resources that meet New Zealand curriculum requirements
• Learning from the expert through listening to tapes
• Our resources integrate history with language and other subject objectives
• Our suggested learning activities seek to develop higher order thinking and engage the students with a range of different learning styles
• Instead of just delivering a resource about period in history, we introduce the children of that period to the student via a real-life historian who loves story-telling!

Our passionate belief is that we should introduce students to the experts so that they can gain from:

• The historian’s background research – gained from years of study
• The historian’s enthusiasm for his subject – which will inspire them as well