Teacher-only planning companion for Decolonised Media Analysis Template. Use it to push students from surface bias comments into deeper critique of framing, context, and authority.
This resource is strongest when paired sources are used. Students need contrast to see how editorial choices shape meaning.
Keep a clear mātauranga Māori lens in the discussion: ask how mana, whakapapa, whenua, and tino rangatiratanga are treated, and whether Indigenous authority is centred or flattened.
Systems shape how people and groups organise themselves: rights, responsibilities, power, and fairness.
The template helps students recognise how media reproduces or challenges power through language, selection, and omission.
Te Mātaiaho Social Studies `TM-SS-3-U1`.
People participate individually and collectively in response to community challenges.
Students evaluate how reporting shapes public understanding of movements, protest, and solidarity responses.
Te Mātaiaho Social Studies `TM-SS-3-D1`.
Critical literacy improves when students must justify every claim about bias with textual or visual evidence.
Insist on evidence for claims like “this is respectful” or “this is biased.” Keep the critique anchored in the source.
Best used with two or more sources on the same issue.
Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Learning Media.
Ministry of Education. (2021). Te Mātaiaho: The Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. Ministry of Education.
Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. (2021). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners. Teaching Council.