Year 12
Tikanga-ā-Iwi / Social Sciences
Ngā Kupu Matua — Key Vocabulary Matching Cards
History 2.4 · Lesson 1 · Historical Perspectives · Print one set per pair of students
✂️ Kaiako preparation: Print one sheet per pair. Cut out both sets (blue = Te Reo terms; green = English definitions). Students match each blue card to the correct green card. Check answers with another pair, then keep cards for revision throughout the unit.
- - - - - - - - - ✂ SET 1: Te Reo Terms (blue) — cut these out - - - - - - - - -
Set 1 — Te Reo Terms
1
Tirohanga
tee · ro · HA · ngā
→ Match to a green card
2
Tūāhuatanga
too · AH · hua · TA · ngā
→ Match to a green card
3
Horopaki
ho · ro · PA · ki
→ Match to a green card
4
Whakaaro aroha
fa · ka · A · ro · a · RO · ha
→ Match to a green card
5
Kōkiri
kō · KI · ri
→ Match to a green card
6
Rerekētanga
re · re · KE · ta · ngā
→ Match to a green card
- - - - - - - - - ✂ SET 2: English Definitions (green) — cut these out - - - - - - -
Set 2 — English Definitions (shuffled — not in order!)
Def B = matches Term 5 (Kōkiri)
B
Argument / Case
A structured position supported by evidence and reasoning. In history, we build one of these — a position about why a group held their perspective.
D
Context
The surrounding circumstances — time, place, culture, social position — that shaped how a person saw the world. Explains why a perspective made sense to those who held it.
F
Difference / Irreconcilability
When two perspectives are so different they cannot be resolved — because they come from fundamentally different worldviews. Understanding this is the key to Excellence.
A
Perspective / Viewpoint
A point of view shaped by who you are — your identity, values, experiences, and goals. Everyone has one. It is not the same as bias.
E
Historical Empathy
The ability to understand why people in the past acted as they did — from within their context, not ours. We do not have to agree with them; we must understand them.
C
Evidence
Specific, real proof from sources — a letter, a law, a photograph, a speech — that shows a perspective existed. Without this, a perspective is just an opinion. (This unit’s applied label — Te Aka gives the root āhuatanga as way/aspect/circumstance/characteristic, not literally "evidence".)
Kaiako Answer Key:
1 (Tirohanga) → A
2 (Tūāhuatanga) → C
3 (Horopaki) → D
4 (Whakaaro aroha) → E
5 (Kōkiri) → B
6 (Rerekētanga) → F
Note: Definition cards are shuffled (B, D, F, A, E, C) so students must actively match rather than use position.
📋 Teacher Planning Snapshot
Ngā Whāinga Ako — Learning Intentions
A cut-and-match set pairing six te reo terms with six English definitions, giving ākonga the unit's working vocabulary before they need it in writing.
Ngā Paearu Angitū — Success Criteria
- ✅ Students can match all six blue term cards to the correct green definition cards.
- ✅ Students can use tirohanga, horopaki and rerekētanga correctly in a sentence about a group's view.
Differentiation & Inclusion
Scaffold support: One sheet per pair; both sets cut out, blue and green. Pairs check their matches against another pair before you confirm. Keep the cards for revision — they are used again in Lessons 3 to 6.
ELL / ESOL: Matching is recognition, not production, so ākonga can succeed here before they can define the terms in English. The pronunciation guide on each blue card lets students say the kupu before they use it.
Inclusion: The task is silent and physical, which suits ākonga who find whole-class vocabulary drill hard. Answers can be checked pair-to-pair rather than in front of the class.
Mātauranga Māori: The definition cards state where a gloss is uncertain rather than asserting one — the tūāhuatanga card names itself as this unit’s applied label and gives Te Aka’s senses for the root āhuatanga instead. Keep that hedging when you teach it, and read the card’s own wording to ākonga; a confidently wrong gloss is worse than an honest one.
Prior knowledge: Use in Lesson 1, in the 8-minute vocabulary slot, before the headline cards.