Humanities Alive 8 VC 3E

Modern name Easter Island

Traditional name

RapaNui

Hawaii

Hawai’i

New Zealand Society Islands

Aotearoa

T̄otaiete m̄a

Tahiti

Hawaiki (in legend) Otaheite Te Henua ‘Enana (north) Te Fenua ‘Enata (south)

The Marquesas Islands

Tuamotus Islands The Cook Islands

Paumotus K̄uki’̄Airani

11.2 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES In Year 7 you learned the importance of using sources as evidence. This task builds on those skills and teaches you to draw conclusions from the evidence at hand. 1. Copy and complete the table below using the sources in this lesson and others sourced from the internet. You

might want to work in pairs to investigate and note down 3–5 sources. Use bullet points in the first instance to gather important information.

Describe and outline its purpose

Outline what this source reveals about the past

Limitations of the source for historians

Source

Lapita pottery

2. Explain what conclusions we can draw from the evidence available about the nature of Polynesian expansion. Using the points you noted down, construct a paragraph response.

11.2

Exercise

Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 2, 4

LEVEL2

LEVEL3

3, 5, 6, 7

8, 9

REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Identify one of the last areas in which the Polynesian people settled. A. Hawai’i

B. RapaNui C. Aotearoa D. Hawaiki 2. Determine whether this statement is True or False. Most of the information historians have gained about the early history of the Polynesian people is from written records. 3. The ancient Polynesian people settled Aotearoa in about _______________ CE. 4. Identify who recorded much of the written evidence of the Polynesian people. 5. In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on the history of the Polynesian people. Explain how this history has been obtained.

Jacaranda Humanities Alive 8 Victorian Curriculum Third Edition

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