Theme Extension: Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
Sorting Through History
Related
Cross-Curricular Links
Year Levels
Y3-4 (Guided)
Y5-6+
Duration
1 lesson
Resources
Differentiation
Make the activity more kinaesthetic by recreating the sorting network on the floor of the classroom or outdoors, then assign each date to a different learner and have them move through the sorting network.
Extension
Guide learners to expand their timelines by researching more about the theme using digital resources.
Challenge learners to consider how we can adjust the sorting network to accommodate data sets of more or less than six items. How would this change things? How many more rounds would we need?
About Activity
This extension theme pairs with the Sorting Through History template activity to focus on significant dates related to Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.
Follow the template activity guide along with the content focus of the Te Wiki extension guide to consider important dates in the history of the Māori language in Aotearoa New Zealand, then use a simple sorting algorithm to think like a computer to organise the dates into chronological order.
Use the extension guide together with the Sorting Through History template activity guide.
Activity Guide
