Resource Library
Whakaari Aotearoa's resource library was created by drama kaiako for drama kaiako. It contains lesson plans, activities, teaching units, pedagogy, videos, posters, and wellbeing support for kaiako. While some resources are available for anyone to download, most are exclusively for members.
Aotearoa Histories Cards
Morag Carter demonstrates the application of her Aotearoa NZ Histories card deck resource in the classroom.
Playmarket’s Recommendations for Māori/Pasifika Texts
Īhaka Martyn is the Kairuruku Whakaari / Script Co-ordinator for Playmarket. Here, he shares the work of Playmarket alongside some recommendations of Māori playwrights and plays for use in schools.
Who owns the paihikara? Who owns the whenua?
Whakarongo Tauranga, on behalf of Dramatic Inquiry Network Trust, introduces her unit ‘Who owns the paihikara, who owns the whenua’ for upper primary ākonga. The unit uses process drama to support learners to see Te Tiriti from the perspective of tangata whenua.
The Huia Beak Brooch
Lisa Simpson shares her mahi with a Year 9 Drama class, grounding the intro work within her local area before launching into a process drama using The Huia Beak Brooch.
Script Detective Resource
This resource supports ākonga to unpack a script and characters that they are exploring in class through a Drama Elements lens.
Unpacking the Drama Curriculum
This curriculum unpacking resource consists of eight A3 colour-coded posters that unpack each level of the New Zealand Curriculum.
Conventions Posters
Posters on some of the conventions used in drama education. Can be used as reference posters on physical classroom walls and in digital spaces
Literacy and Numeracy Resources for Drama Kaiako
Effective Literacy Strategies from the Ministry of Education is a professional learning programme for secondary school teachers that focuses on literacy teaching and learning.
The Power of Play - An Introduction to Boal
Explore some of Augusto Boal’s most famous games and Image Theatre exercises, with a specific focus on adapting them for younger students.
Mana Moments
This resource, created by Evelyn Mann, for Years 4-8 focusses on understanding mana and exploring the history of Aotearoa.
Exploring Our Emotions through Drama
This resource, created by Kim Snider, using Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds’© inspiring picture book, “I am Love: A Book of Compassion” to explore emotions and promote well-being in young learners years 5-8.
Literacy Reading and Writing
These resources support the teaching and learning for literacy and the co-requisites for Reading and Writing. They use Drama pedagogy to support all teachers in their classrooms with reading and writing for years 9-13.
Stocking the Primary Drama Toolkit
A resource to support Primary teachers using drama strategies in their classroooms to enhance Literacy learning. This resource includes information and videos demonstrating the drama strategies in action in the classroom. An essential item for every Primary/Intermediate drama teacher's toolkit.
Theatre Form
Theatre Form resources explore, historical and social context, themes, features, techniques, and technologies associated with a particular Form, along with some quintessential quotes.