Further Resources

Internet

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.un.org/rights/50/decla.htm

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm

New Zealand Bill of Rights

http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/nz01000_.html

New Zealand Commissioner for Children

http://www.occ.org.nz/aboutus/
http://www.ombudsnet.org/ThematicProfiles/Legislation/lnewz.htm

Timeframes

http://www.timeframes1.natlib.govt.nz/
A digital collection of photos and pictures from New Zealand's past.

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

http://www.dnzb.org.nz

Learning Materials for Teaching and Learning Social History through an Oral History Inquiry

Oral histories develop students’ skills in listening, recording, and analysing primary information. An oral history can also be linked to a theme or a variation, for example, technological changes through time or women’s work through time. The websites listed below offer opportunities for teachers and students to gather information before or during their inquiry.

The Oral History Unit (New Zealand)

http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/services/1oralhistory.html#advice
Has advice and resources for young oral historians, with opportunities to add further New Zealand oral histories.

Community Oral History

http://www.kilbirnie.natlib.govt.nz/
Has useful examples of local oral histories.

American Oral History

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/oralhist/ohhome.html
Draws on primary sources from the American Memory Collection, American Life Histories, 1936-1940. Includes instructions for students and teachers and some transcript examples.

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Check your school’s resource area for social justice learning materials, for example: Te Kete Raukura series; UNESCO’s “Freedom” resource; EEO learning materials; and books and “School Journal” stories about migrants, New Zealanders from past eras, and famous New Zealanders.