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Family Stories and Whakapapa

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Family Stories and Whakapapa

🌳 Part 1: Understanding Whakapapa and Aiga

1. What does whakapapa mean?

Family connections and genealogy

A type of food

A place to live

A school subject

2. Which of these could be part of your family stories? (Tick all that apply)

Special celebrations or traditions

Stories about grandparents or ancestors

Cultural foods your family makes

Places that are important to your family

Family sayings or values

3. Fill in the blanks:

In my family, we call our grandmother ________________.

One tradition we have is ________________________.

A story often told in my family is about ________________.

📖 Part 2: My Family Story Planning

4. Choose one family story you would like to share. Write the main details:

Who is the story about?

What happened in the story?

Why is this story important to your family?

5. What cultural elements are in your story? (Tick any that apply)

Language (words from another language)

Food or cooking traditions

Religious or spiritual beliefs

Special clothing or objects

Music or dance

Values or life lessons

🤝 Part 3: Reflection and Connection

6. After listening to your partner's story, write one thing that was similar to your family and one thing that was different:

Similar: ________________________________

Different: ________________________________

7. How do family stories help us understand who we are?
8. Draw or describe something that represents your whakapapa/family connections:

Extension Activity: Research a cultural tradition from a different culture and prepare to share one interesting fact about it in our next lesson.

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