Tinder Box
Auckland, New Zealand


"FOOD" FOR THOUGHT

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An interactive educational resource  for teachers presenting the pioneer past using original every day artifacts of the type which would have been used by the pioneers. Available through costumed visits to schools (Outreach)  within 150 kms of Auckland, New Zealand. 

   

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The Food for Thought  Activity for Schools

An interactive presentation to link the Social Studies processes of inquiry, values  exploration, social decision making and developments in technology over time.
 
Original 19th and early 20th Century household items are shown, demonstrated and explained to students.
 
Some artifacts can be handled  to enable  children to interpret the past.
 
Food for Thought  enables students to gain an understanding of  life in Pioneer times,  life before electricity, life in great grandparents time, now and then .....

The activity takes approximately  40 minutes
   
Questions are encouraged  during and after the presentation.

 

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Curriculum  Links Social Studies and Technology

SOCIAL STUDIES - FOOD FOR THOUGHT            Level             Achievement objective     

Culture and Heritage                                             1,2 & 3          Features of culture and heritage that link
                                                                                                   past times in communities.

Time Continuity and Change                                  1,2 & 3        Identifying changes in equipment over time
                                                                                                  linking the past with the present.

Place and Environment                                          1,2,& 3        Identifying associations of  items with particular
                                                                                                   places i.e. butter churns with    dairies.
Resources & Economic Activities                               1 & 2         How resources were used in  pioneer times
                                                                                                   How resources were used in  pioneer times.  


TECHNOLOGY -FOOD FOR THOUGHT                    Level        Achievement objective

Technological Knowledge and                               1 & 2         Comparing past and present technologies
Understanding

Technology and Society                                            2             Understanding the uses of 19th Century
                                                                                                 Technology in daily life e.g. laundry
                                                                                                  equipment.

Technological Capability                                        2                Relating ideas to development e.g. making
                                                                                                   a  butter stamp.                                       
           
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Copyright RPL  11/2/2007

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