sharing the past - Auckland Museum

Sharing the Past curriculum links
This section is divided into the learning levels.
Curriculum links are made but may not be all
inclusive.
The suggested learning activities will provide
opportunities to gain the minimum knowledge
required by students before visiting the Museum.
These are samples indicators of the type of
activity that may be carried out.
Teachers may wish to select material from different
levels, according to the ability of their
students.
CULTURE AND HERITAGE CURRICULUM
Culture and Heritage Curriculum Level 1
Achievement Objectives and Indicators
Students will demonstrate knowledge and understandings
of:
Features of the culture and heritage of their own
and other groups:
* Describe similarities and differences between
features of their own culture and heritage and
those of other groups.
Customs and traditions associated with participation
in cultural activities:
* Give examples of customs and traditions associated
with cultural activities;
* Describe the customs and traditions associated
with an activity from a particular culture
Culture and Heritage Curriculum Level 2
Students will demonstrate knowledge and understandings
of:
Ways in which communities reflect the cultures
and heritages of their people:
Students could demonstrate such knowledge and
understandings when they:
*Describe ways community activities (e.g. on
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special occasions) and features of the community
(e.g. buildings) reflect the cultures and heritages
of the people who live there;
*Explain how certain features of the community
(e.g. historic places, street names, place names,
museums) reflect people's heritage.
How people interact within their cultural groups
and with other cultural groups:
Students could demonstrate such knowledge and
understandings when they:
*Describe customs and traditions that influence
the ways in which people interact within a cultural
group.
Culture and Heritage Curriculum Level 3
Students will demonstrate knowledge and understandings
of:
How practices of cultural groups vary but reflect
similar purposes:
Students could demonstrate such knowledge and
understandings when they:
*Describe similarities and differences in the
ways cultural groups meet common needs;
*Identify similarities in the purposes and activities
of cultural practices across a range of cultural
groups;
*Describe how cultural practices reflect tradition
(e.g., through gift-giving, rites of passage, food
gathering and preparation).
Culture and Heritage Curriculum Level 4
Students will demonstrate knowledge and understandings
of:
Why and how individuals and groups pass on and
sustain their culture and heritage:
Students could demonstrate such knowledge and
understandings when they:
*Describe various ways in which cultural practices
and heritage are recorded and passed on
to others (e.g., through myths, legends, stories,