Notes for teachers
Please feel free to use this resource to find out information about the events at Parihaka. I suggest that you read Ask that Mountain- the story of Parihaka by Dick Scott if you would like to find out more. This blog could be used as an interactive study tool with students (Year 9/10) as part of social studies or English work. You could use the information with younger students but you would have to work closely with them. There are questions at the start of the blog which may direct students to search for information which helps them understand the events at Parihaka. At Year 11 and 12- the blog can be used in a number of ways. Students could use the blog for both creative and formal writing. One example, of its use in creative writing is to get students to picture themselves as one of the main people or a person living at Parihaka and to tell their story. I have used this technique with one of my students this year in a very positive way. Students simply look at the events f
