Level 1 History

In History we explore the past in order to understand the present and make better decisions for the future.

History at Level 1 includes some of the following: 

1. Learning how to interpret the traces of the past such as photographs, newspaper accounts, diaries etc. 

2. Exploring the significance of important places, events, and people. 

3. Taking different historical perspectives of people in controversial events. 

4. Researching and understanding concepts within a historical context such as mana, whakapapa, turangawaewae, cause, and consequence. 

We explore topics that are closely linked to both New Zealand and Pacific history. Examples of historical contexts that have been explored in Level 1 History include: 

• 28th Māori Battalion; Mau Movement; American civil rights movement; 
• 1981 Springbok Tour; 
• Māori Land March; Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This course has a maximum of 20 credits available  - 10 from internal assessments, 10 from external examinations.