Unit title

• The language of mountains

Learning areas

• Science
• Social sciences

Learning outcomes

• Students will investigate mountain stories around NZ with a bilingual option
• Students will understand how places influence people and people influence places.
• Students will understand how people view and use places differently.
• Students will gain knowledge of the significance of mountains to Māori and other cultural groups in NZ.

Links to curriculum

• Science: Planet Earth and beyond
• Social sciences (Māori)
• Social sciences: Place and environment

Level

• Level 2-5

Geographical location for topic

• Potentially any mountain in NZ

Unit or achievement standard

• Could be used to supplement standards in history and geography

Theme

• Geography (Mountains)
• People
• Geology

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