Episode 12: Generations
On this page: Exploring the themes | Curriculum areas | Key competencies | Links
This episode tells the story of the social and political upheavals in New Zealand between 1965 and 1984. It was a time of change, as a new sense of identity arose from the conflicting dreams of two 'generations.'
Screening: Saturday 10 December 2005, 7.30pm, TV One.
(repeated Sunday 11 December at 10am)
NB: Please read the information on the Screenrights site http://www.screen.org if you are interested in recording this programme and using it in your classroom.
Exploring the themes
The themes lead towards questions such as:
- Protest and revolution – This era heralded the coming of age for the Baby Boomers. The country was governed by post war participants. The clashes between the views of both generations were the cause much protest and dispute. Two generations were headed in different directions.
- Equality – for women and Māori. Many changes were achieved for women during this time in terms of equality with men for jobs and pay. What changes were achieved and what inroads still need to be made?
- Think Big – Industrial changes that were to make New Zealand rich. What were the ideals that went into this project and how successful was it?
back to topCurriculum areas
Essential Learning Areas that support these themes include:
- Social Studies in the New Zealand Curriculum
Social Organisation
Culture and Heritage Place and Environment Time, Continuity and Change Resources and Economic Activities - The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum
The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum - Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum
Technology and Society - English in the New Zealand Curriculum
Exploring and learning about language Oral Language: Speaking. Levels 3–4 Written Language: Reading. Levels 3–4
Oral Language: Speaking. Levels 5–6
Written Language: Reading. Levels 5–6
- NCEA: Geography
- NCEA: History
- NCEA: English
- NCEA: Technology
- Hangarau i roto i te Marautanga o Aotearoa
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/technology/curriculum/Māori/contents_m.php - Tikanga ā Iwi i roto i te Marautanga o Aotearoa
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/socialscience/curriculum/tikanga/index_m.php
Key competencies
- Thinking (critically, creatively, logically)
- Relating to others
- Managing self
- Making meaning (multi-literacies and making meaning using movement, symbols and technologies)
- Participating and Contributing.
Participating and Contributing
Discussions could centre around:
- Protest and revolution – Protest during this time was seen as a means of achieving change. This period of New Zealand's history saw generations and groups pitted against each other over a range of disputes from environmental to human rights issues. These conflicts inevitably involved some form of protest.
Rich questions to support this area could include:
- Which events involved protests during this time, and why? What helped to shape their thinking?
- Who were seen as the protest leaders? Where are they now, have their views changed?
- What were their aspirations for New Zealand? How did these aspirations differ from those they were pitted against?
- How did these groups garner support for their causes? What key changes for New Zealand came out of these protests? How do these affect our lives today?
- What were the positive (or negative) outcomes of these conflicts? If the same issues were debated today, would the attitudes and outcomes be the same and why?
Relating to Others
Discussions could centre around:
- Women's identity – During this period women began to assert their own identity. This had a flow on effect to Māori women, and later to women of Pacific origin.
Rich questions to support this area could include:
- What was the view towards women then, and what changes were achieved for women during this time?
- What was the view towards Māori women then, and what changes were achieved for Māori women during this time?
- How effective have these changes been in relation to the situation for women in New Zealand today?
- What gains have yet to be achieved in terms of women, Māori women, others? How are these gains perceived by others? How are we using what we have learnt from the women's rights movement to explore the rights of other groups? Are there new methods and processes we would use today?
Making meaning
Discussions could centre around:
- Think Big – Industrial development using 'Think Big' principles were perceived to have the potential to make New Zealand rich.
Rich questions to support this area could include:
- Who were the people behind 'Think Big'? What was their thinking behind the strategy?
- Why did people oppose (and support) 'Think Big'?
- What outcomes from the 'Think Big' projects have remained as a legacy for New Zealand today? How have these affected New Zealand's technological development? Are they still playing a part in our future and our economic development and growth?
- Would 'Think Big' thinking be appropriate today - and if so where would it fit today? if not, why not?
Links
Online materials
TVNZ Frontier of Dreams programme page
This area provides images and video clips from the series and background reading relating to the themes.
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/fod_index_skin
Digital Conversations
On 1 November 2005 Vincent Burke, co – producer of Frontier of Dreams, and David Filer, director of research for the programme participated in a videoconference with five schools from around New Zealand to talk about the making of the television series. The conversation included:
- creating animations
- researching the histories
- coping with the challenges of covering everything important
- shooting the scenes.
Out in the Street: New Zealand in the 1970s
Out on the Street looks at the major social and cultural influences that characterised the 1970s in New Zealand, and the clashes between different sectors of society. These influences and clashes resulted in many New Zealanders taking to the streets to voice their opinions. A major part of the exhibition looks at protest, voicing opinions on the street.
http://www.digitalconversations.org.nz/digital_chats/oots_e.php
Ministry of Women's Affairs
This website has information about the work of the Ministry and background information about the status of women in New Zealand.
http://www.mwa.govt.nz/
Archives New Zealand - Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga
This is the official website of Archives New Zealand. It gives background information about role of the chief archivist, what the archives contain, and how they are dealt with. It holds documents such as the Treaty of Waitangi and the Women's Suffrage Petition, and has links to information about holdings in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.
http://www.archives.govt.nz/index.html
Auckland City Libraries
The 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand
http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/general.aspx?ct=738&id=3738
Department of Statistics Tatauranga Aotearoa
The site of Statistics New Zealand contains facts and figures about life in New Zealand.
http://www.stats.govt.nz
Hist/1/1 and Hist/1/2 – N version 4
This assessment material entitled 'The Tour - An Investigation', supports internal assessment for New Zealand history achievement standards 1.1, AS90209 version 2 - Carry out an historical investigation, and 1.2, AS90210 version 2 - Communicate historical ideas. It involves students conducting research into reasons for and against the 1981 Springbok Tour.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/hist1_1_1_2Nv4_11feb04.doc
Barbed Wire and Barricades – When it All Kicked off in Kiwi
This article originally from the book by Tom Newnham By Batons and Barbed Wire: A Response to the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand (Auckland, NZ, Real Pictures, 1981), and republished in the online magazine Do or Die, tells the story of the protests against the 1981 Springboks rugby tour of New Zealand. It describes the actions of the New Zealand police and the strategies of the anti-apartheid protestors.
http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no8/kiwi.html
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The Right Livelihood Awards (2003): David Lange
The Right Livelihood Award was awarded to Rt Hon David Lange in 2003 '...for his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons'. This page profiles David Lange and his nuclear-free policy.
http://www.rightlivelihood.org/recip/2003/lange.htm
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography – One Land, One People – The Great War
Through snapshots of places, times, events, and trends in New Zealand history, this section of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography site offers some windows into our past. It contains maps, images, graphs, and accompanying text derived in part from the New Zealand Historical Atlas.
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/olop_content/OLOP_FLASH.htm
History Detective
This year 11 history activity is designed to help students make biographical notes on key people in New Zealand's history. It is assumed that the background to a specific topic will have been taught and that the students have developed a list of names to research.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/socialscience/curriculum/dnzb/doc/his_dect.doc
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Learning Activities
A collection of year 11 and year 13 history activities written by teachers for teachers using the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz
Hot Shots
A series of video clips with up and coming Kiwi creative talent, filmed by students of Wellington Girls College
http://www.hotshots.org.nz
Identity
This page on the Montage New Zealand website contains information about the online collaborative project 'Identity'. The project explores what identity means to an individual and gets students to capture an image to express this. The images will be shared around the world through a virtual gallery. Teaching resources, privacy, and entry forms are included.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/montagenz-identity.htm
Kool Kiwis
The Kool Kiwis theme contains activities that relate to famous New Zealanders both past and present. The wide range of activities are focused on the curriculum areas of social science, mathematics, literacy, and technology. This page was developed for the wickED website as part of the Digital Opportunities project.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/themes/kool_kiwis.php
Monumental Stories
This level 5 social studies resource, intended for years 9–10, teaches students about significant events in New Zealand which have affected important advances for women, allowing them to play significant roles in New Zealand's development. Includes an interactive timeline, interactive student activities, teachers' guide, landmarks, biographies, and glossary.
http://www.monumentalstories.gen.nz
National Library
Timeframes
This web site is an online database of heritage images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, at the National Library of New Zealand. It provides access to the images, information about them and options for ordering copies. Visitors to the site may either search or browse for material.
http://timeframes1.natlib.govt.nz/
Discover Te Kohinga Taonga
Discover Te Kohinga Taonga is an online resource of New Zealand art and music from the National Library of New Zealand. It provides all New Zealand schools with free online access to more than 2,000 multimedia items, arranged into 13 topic areas to support the visual arts and music disciplines of the arts/ngā toi curriculum. It includes photographs, paintings, drawings, posters, music, video clips, essays and bibliographies.
http://discover.natlib.govt.nz/
New Zealand Edge
This web site has a positive New Zealand focus and provides biographical profiles of a wide range of famous New Zealanders. It also contains picture collections and reports on how New Zealand is featuring in the world's media. The site includes a collection of motivational speeches given by Kevin Roberts to audiences in New Zealand and overseas.
http://www.nzedge.com/intro/index.html
NZHistory.net
New Zealand Centennial 1939-1940
This website from NZHistory.net gives the background to New Zealand's celebration of a century of European effort and progress in New Zealand. Local and provincial events plugged into a full diary of national events – unveiling memorials, staging historical re-enactments, and music and drama festivals. It has specially commissioned publications of recorded stories of progress.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/centennial/index.htm
Our Land Our Future – New Zealand Timeline
This website is provided by MAF (Minisitry of Agriculture and Forestry). It has a timeline about New Zealand from before 1840 to 1990. It covers land ownership and settlement, land use, commerce, social change, and government policy.
http://www.maf.govt.nz/MAFnet/schools/kits/ourland/timeline/timelin1.htm
Waitangi Day: A History
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/treaty/index.htm
Prime Ministers of New Zealand
A historical look at past Prime Ministers of New Zealand
http://www.primeminister.govt.nz/oldpms/index.html
Sir Robert Muldoon
http://www.primeminister.govt.nz/oldpms/1975muldoon.html
Puke Ariki
This is the website of Puke Ariki, a knowledge centre where library, museum, and visitor information unites to tell the stories of Taranaki – past, present, and future – through exhibitions, displays, collections, and technology. It contains interactive activities for students and archives of historic photographs and information. The site can be read in English or Māori.
http://www.pukeariki.com/en/
Te Ara: the New Zealand Encyclopedia
Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand takes you on a journey of discovery. Beginning with the theme of peoples, it will eventually present a comprehensive guide to New Zealand – its natural environment, history, culture, economics, and government. The site can be viewed in English and Māori.
http://www.teara.govt.nz
Matapihi
This website provides facilities for searching the online heritage collections of New Zealand's archives, galleries, libraries, and museums. The site is available in Māori and English and includes photographs, drawings, paintings, sculpture, and some 3D virtual museum objects, as well as sound files and textual items. It features the arts, geography, history, the natural environment, people, and events.
http://www.matapihi.org.nz/
Patterns of Identity
This site provides profiles on New Zealand textile artists and their art works, pages on Māori and Pacific textiles, a look at the Auckland Museum textile section, shirts found at Pasifika festivals, and examples of techniques such as tie dye and batik. It is suitable for use with ESOL students
http://www.textiles.org.nz/index.html
The Big Decisions
The history and decisions behind 'Think Big'
http://www.techhistory.co.nz/ThinkBig/Petrochemical%20Decisions.htm
The Treaty of Waitangi
This website provides a concise account of the Treaty of Waitangi and the events surrounding it. Many historians and specialists have contributed to the material on this site to ensure it is as accurate and balanced as possible. Their contribution is gratefully acknowledged.
http://www.treatyofwaitangi.govt.nz/timeline/treaty1950.php
NCEA
Eng/1/9 – A version 3
This assessment material, entitled 'Aotearoa', supports internal assessment for New Zealand English achievement standard 1.9, AS90060 – Research and present information. It focuses on the student's own New Zealand background or interest as a basis for research. The assessment requires planning and recording the research process undertaken, recording and analysing findings, and presenting the research as a written or oral report.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/eng1_9Av3_4feb03.doc
Eng/2/7 – A version 3
This assessment material, entitled 'I Know Where You're Coming From', supports internal assessment for New Zealand English achievement standard 2.7, AS90374 – Deliver a presentation using oral and visual language techniques. It involves students preparing and delivering a presentation to the class about some aspect in their history that has had a significant influence in shaping their lives.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/eng2_7Av3_30april03.doc
SocStud/2/3 – A version 2
This assessment material entitled 'Head to Head', supports internal assessment for New Zealand social studies achievement standard 2.3, AS90273 version 2 - Conduct an advanced social studies inquiry. It involves students researching a current conflict that has, as one of its main causes, cultural differences.
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SocStud/2/4 – A version 2
This assessment material entitled 'Generic', supports internal assessment for New Zealand social studies achievement standard 2.4, AS90274 version 2 - Describe responses to values position(s). It involves students carrying out a case study that includes values positions held by a person and/or people, and the ways others have responded to these values positions. .
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/socstud2_4Av2_14apr05.doc
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Art History/3/5 – C version 2
This assessment material entitled 'The Artist Speaks', supports internal assessment for New Zealand art history achievement standard 3.5, AS90494 version 1 - Investigate an art history topic. It involves students analysing statements of two artists about a selected topic and presenting their findings as a slide presentation.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/arthist3_5Cv2_22jan04.doc
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Hist/1/1 and Hist/1/2 – L version 4
This assessment material entitled 'Magic Minutes: Our Community Yesterday' supports internal assessment for New Zealand history achievement standards 1.1, AS90209 version 2 – Carry out an historical investigation, and 1.2, AS90210 version 2 – Communicate historical ideas. It involves students conducting research into a particular building, monument, or other structure in the local community and presenting results as a taped radio broadcast.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/hist1_1_1_2Lv4_11feb04.doc
Hist/3/1 – A version 2
This assessment material entitled 'Changing Neighbourhoods', supports internal assessment for New Zealand history achievement standard 3.1, AS90654 version 1 - Plan and carry out independent historical research. It involves students identifying, defining, and using relevant sources and historical evidence to research an aspect of continuity and change in their local community.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/hist3_1Av2_5feb04.doc
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New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers
http://www.historymakers.co.nz/index.phpDigital Conversations
Video-based conversations featuring leading New Zealand historian and editor of the Te Ara collection - Jock Phillips, ,and Basil Keane, Māori editor of Te Ara are available as part of the Digital Conversations site.
Digital Conversations is a collection of video clips from conversations with local and overseas personalities and experts in their fields. and participating schools. Each conversation is supported by curriculum material and association information. Details about up-coming video-conferences are also provided, as well as the opportunity to join the conversation, and request a topic or expert.
http://www.digitalconversations.org.nz/
Te Papa – Collections Online
Visit the growing rich collection of online images in the Te Papa Collections Online.
http://test.tepapa.govt.nz/col/ObjectSearch.aspx?sm=aco
Ta Moko – a history on skin
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/Learning/OnlineResources/Moko/
Offline resources
The following information provides examples of books and printed resources which may be available in the school library. While some of the following items are intended for younger audiences, they might provide springboard ideas for this initiative.
Women in Focus
Learning Media item 93396. There are four main themes in this picture pack: leisure, earning a living, family life, and customs and traditions, each of which relate to the ways in which women lived in New Zealand a hundred years ago. The teachers' notes provide relevant facts about our history that teachers can use when they talk about the photographs with their class. They also highlight specific points of interest in each photograph.
Net Quest – Historical Events
This book provides students with information about significant events of the 20th Century, including the first lunar landing, the development of computers, the world wars, famous disasters and more. Includes photocopy masters.
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Suggested Activity
In association with the screening of the Frontier of Dreams series, schools might like to consider investigating and publishing a Living Heritage story which explores one of the themes of the episodes
http://www.cwa.co.nz/frontierofdreams/series.html
Living Heritage is a free, online bilingual initiative that enables New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community. Living Heritage preserves history and culture in a digital format for every generation, and allows our children's voices to present a view of New Zealand on the World Wide Web.
http://www.livingheritage.org.nz
Associated Publications
© Scholastic New
Zealand Limited, 2005
Scholastic New Zealand has published a set of four books to accompany the Frontier of Dreams series. Contact: http://www.scholastic.co.nz/contact.html
If you have suggestions as to additional resources which could support the exploration of this episode or series, please feel free to email us at frontierofdreams@learningchannel.org.nz