Urban Settlements: Auckland

Summative Assessment

1. Students choose a significant event/development in Auckland.


2. Collect information from three sources: the DVD series, a book, internet site or other appropriate source (i.e. web page). Some library or computer room time may be given for this (two periods of class time is sufficient). Record the source details.


3. Process and communicate the information: as a homework or in-class activity, students are to write and present a project related to their chosen event. They choose their mode of communication from the grid below. Students must choose three activities, and their choice must move in a straight line, therefore including the compulsory activity in the middle (the Brochure):

PowerPoint Presentation: minimum of 5 slides
Paragraph: explaining the influence of your event/development on Aucklanders lives.
Poster: advertising or celebrating the event/development.
Brochure: for the Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa, Wellington), describing the event visually and in written form.
Bookmark: factual and visual information on your chosen event.