Explorers and Adventurers

Kakapo/Kiwi/Kokako

Evaluation:

Challenge Question

Which voyage would you rather have been on?

Create a DLO to explain your choice using evidence from your reading challenges to support your thinking.

Many years ago adventures undertaken by explorers saw the world grow as new lands were discovered. Captain James Cook and Kupe were two of the explorers who helped put Aotearoa on the map. These men used our mighty oceans to navigate their way from place to place. One on a sailing ship called HMS Endeavour, a British Royal Navy research vessel and one on a voyaging waka. Their methods of navigation were quite different as was life aboard each vessel.

Questioning

Think critically about these images by writing your own questions on the question matrix that will help you find the information in these pictures.

Early explorers undertook treacherous journeys to reach Aotearoa. These vessels were not large by todays standards and were often at the mercy of the weather, making portions of these voyages scary and uncomfortable.

Early Voyages

Making Connections:

Watch these videos to find out what early exploration was like and why it happened.

Shared Wordbank

Use visuwords to help you strengthen your connections to unknown words in the text.

Create a shared wordbank to help you explore these words in greater detail

Complete a Venn Diagram to compare the voyages of Kupe and Cook.

Kupe and Cook

Click on this link and this link to find out about Kupe and his voyage of discovery.

Click on this link to find out about Captain James Cook and his voyages of discovery. You can choose to read the text or scroll down the page and listen to the information being read.

Finding Information

To complete this task you will need to use your smart searching skills to help you find the information needed to compare travel between NZ and Tahititi

Reciprocal Reading

SJMay 2006 p28

In groups read the text 'Captain Cook - Charting Our Islands'

This article describes Captain Cook’s first visit to New Zealand where he charted the coastline. It focuses on Cook’s abilities as a skilled maker of charts and maps rather than as a great explorer. It also examines the maths involved in Cook’s chart making.

Purpose: To find out about Captain Cook’s first journey to the South Pacific.

Captain Cook Charting Our Islands SJL4p28

Listening Post

Explorers of the Sunrise SJL42014

In pairs, listen to the audio clip as you read the text 'Explorers of the Sunrise'.

the first article recounts a recent voyage from New Zealand to Rapanui and back, using traditional navigation methods. The second article describes Polynesian travel, from the earliest migrations to modern-day air travel.

Purpose: To compare sea journeys from long ago with a modern sea journey

SJL42014

Guided Reading

Read and unpack the text 'Tupaia' with Mrs A.

This article recounts the story of Tupaia, an important Tahitian navigator who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa

Purpose: To understand who Tupaia was and how he contributed to the history of Aotearoa.

Tupaia

Forming an Opinion

The man hijacking the Cook commemorations to tell the story of Polynesian exploration | The Spinoff.pdf

Many New Zealanders see Captain james Cook as the man who discovered Aotearoa and have not heard the story of Kupe. On the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing in Aotearoa, Ian Taylor wants the the story of those who came before Cook told. Is it fair that Kupe's voyage is often overlooked?



Purpose: To form an opinion

This article is a great example of how people see things from different perspectives. Complete the 'Seeing it from both sides' DLO to help you form your own opinion.