"Mā te kōrero, ka mōhio; mā te mōhio, ka mārama"
Through discussion comes awareness; through awareness comes understanding
Strong fit
NZC-SS-4-3: Understand how people view and use places differently — this lesson asks students to read climate change through a te taiao lens, examining how Māori relationships with place shape environmental understanding.
How This Resource Aligns
The lesson builds the idea that place is not neutral — te taiao, mauri, and kaitiakitanga are frameworks for understanding how different people view and value the natural environment differently.
NZC-SS-4-3
NZC-SS-4-4
Te Mātaiaho Social Sciences Phase 3–4. Primary planning anchor for the place-and-identity dimension of this lesson.
Strong fit
TM-SS-3-D1: Explore perspectives, use evidence to form conclusions, and share ideas — students compare a Western science view of climate change with a mātauranga Māori perspective and synthesise both.
How This Resource Aligns
The lesson explicitly requires students to hold two epistemological lenses at once and draw reasoned conclusions about climate action — a Phase 3 inquiry Do task.
TM-SS-3-D1
TM-SS-3-ANZH-U1
Te Mātaiaho Social Sciences Phase 3. Use when positioning this lesson as an inquiry into how knowledge shapes environmental responsibility.
Supporting fit
TM-SS-3-ANZH-U1: Relationships and connections between people across boundaries — the lesson explores how kaitiakitanga as a relational concept connects people, place, and climate responsibility across generations.
How This Resource Aligns
Kaitiakitanga as a theme embodies cross-boundary relationships — between generations, between communities, and between people and the environment — that define Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories strand.
TM-SS-3-ANZH-U1
TM-SS-3-K1
Te Mātaiaho Social Sciences Phase 3. Use when connecting the lesson to Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories and bicultural curriculum commitments.