Learning Intentions
- Identify key governance features of at least two real-world societies.
- Apply tikanga-informed principles to design a society vision.
- Use evidence to justify early design decisions.
Lesson 5.2: Guided Inquiry Project - Week 1 Research Framework
Research and vision design for a culturally grounded future society
Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
Success Criteria
- Group agreements are explicit and linked to collective responsibility.
- Research notes include credible evidence and source references.
- Vision draft names governance, wellbeing, and environmental priorities.
75 Minute Lesson Flow
1. Group formation and protocols (15 mins)
Co-create roles, responsibilities, and collaboration norms based on manaakitanga, kotahitanga, and shared accountability.
2. Society research sprint (25 mins)
Compare 2-3 societies, tracking decision-making structures, resource distribution, and wellbeing outcomes.
3. Vision framing workshop (25 mins)
Draft a founding statement and design principles anchored in whakapapa, kaitiakitanga, and justice.
4. Week 2 planning checkpoint (10 mins)
Set evidence gaps, assign next research actions, and log design questions for system prototyping.
Continue project work in the interactive design tool to capture and refine team decisions.
š Teacher Planning Snapshot
Materials & Resources
Research framework template, society design sheets, access to previous lesson resources.
Timing Overview
75 minutes: 10 min review and set-up, 45 min research and design work time, 15 min progress share, 5 min reflection.
Prior Knowledge & Scaffolding
Lesson 5.1 ā Design challenge launch and group formation.
Differentiation: Provide sentence starters for ELL students. Extend confident learners by asking them to find a real-world example beyond the lesson activities.
š„ Media Anchor (8 mins)
Video: Maori systems and kaitiakitanga
- What governance decision from the video could strengthen your own society design?
- What evidence would prove your model is fair and sustainable over time?
Assessment and Evidence Collection
- Collect group protocol sheet and annotated research notes.
- Check each group has at least one evidence-backed design claim.
- Use a quick conference rubric: clarity of vision, evidence quality, cultural grounding.
Curriculum alignment
- Do: Explore perspectives, use evidence to form conclusions, and share ideas: Compare systems, map decisions, present new solutions.
- Ecosystems ā Knowledge: Marama Muru-Lanning (Contemporary) explores mÄtauranga MÄori as environmental knowledge, linking Indigenous perspectives to ecological science.
- Earth Systems ā Practices: Applying understanding of carbon movement to real-world contexts (e.g. climate change mitigation, land use planning, energy choices), using evidence to evaluate the effectivenā¦
- Understand: Systems shape how people and groups organise themselves: Rights, responsibilities, power, fairness.
- Ecosystems ā Knowledge: Indigenous knowledge systems, such as mÄtauranga MÄori, are often founded on long-term observations of environmental patterns. For example, ngÄ tohu o te taiao can be used to ā¦