📚 Part 1: Understanding Local History

1. What is the Battle of Pukehinahina also known as?

Gate Pā

Ōhaeawai

Ruapekapeka

Rangiriri

2. Which of the following are reasons why local history is important? (Select all that apply)

Helps us understand our community's past

Connects us to our local area

Only matters to historians

Shows how events shaped our present

3. A primary source is:

A textbook written 50 years after an event

An eyewitness account from someone who was there

A documentary made recently

A Wikipedia article

4. Which source would be MOST reliable for researching the Battle of Pukehinahina?

A diary entry from a soldier who fought in the battle

A social media post about the battle

An article with no author listed

A story someone heard from a friend

🔍 Part 2: Evaluating Sources

5. When evaluating a source's reliability, you should check: (Select all that apply)

Who wrote it

When it was written

If the author was present at the event

The author's purpose for writing

6. Complete this sentence: A source written by someone who witnessed an event is called a _____________ source, while a source written by someone who researched the event later is called a _____________ source.

Primary: _________________ Secondary: _________________

7. Explain why it's important to use multiple sources when researching historical events:

8. You find an article about the Battle of Pukehinahina with no author name and no date. Why might this source be unreliable?

✏️ Part 3: Research Planning

9. List three questions you would want to research about your local area's history:

a) _________________________________________________

b) _________________________________________________

c) _________________________________________________

10. Where could you find reliable sources about local history? List three places:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

11. Why is it important to consider different perspectives when studying historical events like the Battle of Pukehinahina?

Local History Research Skills

Local History Research Skills

📚 Part 1: Understanding Local History

🔍 Part 2: Evaluating Sources

✏️ Part 3: Research Planning

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