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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