NCEA Resources
Aotearoa Timelines - 100 Events in Our History
created by Emma GilliES
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua
‘I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past’
This is a rich resource of 100 important events in the history of Aotearoa including
images and some detail.
There are many suggestions on how these images may be used in your teaching.
A great resource, if only for the wonderful collection of images, but so much more ….
We Love the Future of our Kids
Hilari Anderson
This unit of work prepares students for the new Level 1 NCEA Drama devising assessment - 1.2 Participate in creative strategies to devise a drama.
It is written to take a whole term and could be adapted to a shorter time frame and to the needs and interests of your ākonga.
The context of this resource is nuclear activity in the Pacific, with a focus on the Marshall Islands.
The activities are sequenced from personal starting points to specific historical events to universal understandings within the broad context of the impact of colonialism in the Pacific.
The Biggest Idea: We, the people of the Pacific, have been victimised too long by colonial, political and military domination… Our environment continues to be despoiled by foreign powers developing nuclear weapons for a strategy of warfare that has no winners, no liberators and imperils the survival of humanity.
– From the Preamble to the People’s Charter for a Nuclear-free and Independent Pacific – Port Vila 1983
Ensemble Impact Tours
Compiled by Morag Carter
With thanks to KC Kelly
Ensemble Impact toured 50 minute performances to schools around Aotearoa for over 10 years. With the generous support of K.C. Kelly and other members of the Ensemble Impact Team, as well as support from Saleisi at Playmarket Morag has collated the following resource, detailing the play combinations used in the various Ensemble Impact Tours.
This resource consists of thematic compilations of NZ/Aotearoa plays, along with some scripts, images from the performances and a study guide.
Tāraia te mahara, ka tāraia ai te rākau - Carve the mind before carving your path
Written by Annette Thomson
This pack of resources was developed to support learning Literacy in Drama. They align with the Literacy Guide for all curriculum areas and the Literacy Pedagogy Guide for Drama.
Oral Literacy is an important component to developing skills in reading and writing.
Pedagogies that support oral literacy are also essential to developing the skills of reading and writing. In the unpacking Literacy document it states:
“Literacy enables voices to be heard”
By explicitly teaching Literacy in Drama we can enable ākonga voices to be heard.
Tahi Festival
Tahi Festival has been going since 2019. https://www.tahifestivalnz.com/
TAHI Festival has put together 4 polylogues (collections of monologues on a theme). Two of them are from extant work and two are new commissions by NZ writers. Sally Richards (Tahi Festival) and Murray Lynch (Playmarket) have generously shared the work.
Great for students. Two of them have been toured to high schools and they were really well received.
Joy: The Collected Plays
Ono Collection
Whānau Collection
Templates and Planning Documents
Bridget Crooks
The theatre review booklet is versatile and suitable for all levels. Whether you prefer a complete printed booklet or individual pages for focused exploration, this resource aligns with the new Level One Respond to Theatre Standard and can also be used to focus ideas and responses for L2 and L3 Externals. Designed for use during and after viewing, it provides a structured approach to reviewing performances.
The Theatre Planning Sheets are useful for students participating in creative strategies to devise a Drama. Divided into sections on concept, technologies, techniques, and the use of conventions, these worksheets can support documentation in the planning stages. Designed for flexibility, they can be printed and utilised individually or collectively, providing a versatile resource for students to organise and articulate their ideas.
The individual Statement of Intent is a ready-made handout for ākonga to fill in, or talk to, outlining their choices for characterisation.
Planning Sheets PDF
THEATRE REVIEW BOOKLET
MULTI-LEVEL PLANNING RESOURCES
Identity and Belonging
Multi-Level Course 2024
Merrin Millar
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua
‘I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past’
Who am I? Who are we? What is my place in the world?
How is identity formed? Personal Identity Vs. Collective identity
This resource is aimed at teachers who have combined level classes.
How to combine the teaching and learning for both the new Level 1 standards and Level 2 and 3 in an interesting and seamless way.
Moving On - Stories of Migration
Senior Drama Combined Course Resource
Lisa Simpson
Titiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamua
”Look back and reflect so you can move forward.”
This resource is a suggested plan for 10 weeks’ worth of work for a combined Year 11/12/13 drama class. The class will work together on a common theme, with some whole group learning activities and some ‘workshops’ developing level appropriate skills and knowledge.
This resource is centered around the theme of migration.
Wayfinding: Routes for Exploring Storytelling through Drama
Kim Snider
This resource focuses on teaching and learning activities for Level 1 NCEA Drama,
assessment standard Drama 1.2 Level 1: Participate in creative strategies to create a drama, 91941.
It focuses on the following ‘big ideas’ of the curriculum:
Drama is influenced by whakapapa and is a way to respond to and share identity,
culture, and perspectivesDrama is a collaborative, creative process
Drama weaves wairuatanga through storytelling, communication, and expression
Using the theme of wayfinding, this resource offers different ‘routes’ for ākonga and kaiako to take in exploring stories as the basis for drama. These routes can be followed from one stage to the next or can be used in any combination to create units of study for drama classes.
They focus on three main approaches to storytelling through drama:
Stories of navigation in Aotearoa New Zealand history
Personal and local stories of significance
Ethical approaches for dramatizing the stories of other people
Irish Annals of Aotearoa
Morag Carter
This resource is created to support the resource on the Ministry website based on this play by Simon O’Connor.
This is a rich collection of activities that explore both Māori aspects and the Irish aspects of the play.
It contains many links to related resources to enrich your teaching.
CHARACTER STRENGTHS in the DRAMA CLASSROOM
Written by Gillian Towle
This is a comprehensive resource rich with ideas for text study and devising. It is based around the concept of Character Strengths. Students and kaiako are encouraged to find their own strengths (an excellent way of building whakawhanaungatanga and manaakitanga). Kaiako can then choose which Character Strengths to focus on – ideally with their ākonga. Each Character Strength offers many acitivites including texts and characters that highlight the Character Strength, poetry, visual art and Māori pūrākau.
In the introduction to the resource, Gillian writes:
These Resources explore each Positive Education Character Strength in turn in relation to the Drama Classroom, the new Level 1 standards, and the discovery of manaakitanga within a student group or in the personalities of textual characters.
Understanding Character Strengths can deepen analysis of characterisation. Before using them, a discussion should be held regarding yours (the teacher’s) Strengths and those of your students.
‘PENINSULA’ - Explore the Function of
Theatre Aotearoa (1.1)
Sandra McLean
This resource is ready to use with students and is an ideal way to explore the new 1.1 standard Explore the function of theatre Aotearoa through an examination of Gary Henderson’s play Peninsula.
Sandra has a very practical approach and sets out activities for the students, templates to work with and for assessment, and guidance for teacher activities.
Mātauranga Maori in the Drama Space
Tashiana Tarawa
This set of resources includes videos of the Zoom sessions with Tashiana, kēmū you can play with your ākonga along with video clips to explain the kēmu, and PowerPoints explaining key Māori kupu and tikanga.
Mātauranga Māori in the Drama space
Workshop 2 Mātauranga Māori in Drama
NGĀ KĒMŪ
THE AFTERMATH
COMBINED Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3
Nicole Eichstaedt-McComb
“Te toi whakairo, ka ihiihi, ka wehiwehi, ka aweawe tea o katoa”
This combined course outline focuses on the theme of ‘The Aftermath’ - exploring this theme through dramatic texts, performance, and creative strategies for a combined level class. Throughout the year, ākonga will analyse how actions can affect both themselves and others.
Family / Whānau Matters
Senior Drama Combined Course Resource
Lisa Simpson
whanaungatanga
1. (noun) relationship, kinship, sense of family/ whānau connection - a relationship through shared experiences and working together which provides people with a sense of belonging. It develops as a result of kinship rights and obligations, which also serve to strengthen each member of the kin group. It also extends to others to whom one develops a close familial, friendship or reciprocal relationship. Te Aka Online Māori Dictionary
This resource is a suggested plan for 8-14 weeks’ worth of work for a combined Year 11/12/13 drama class. The class will work together on a common theme, with some whole group learning activities and some ‘workshops’ developing level appropriate skills and knowledge.
This resource is based around family / whānau stories. Ākonga will read and perform plays that tell stories of families, watching performances with family / whānau as a theme or focus and devise from family / whānau stories, both personal and historical.