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Refining Māori Inquiry Questions

You are helping a sailing club prepare a short, evidence-based display about Māori experiences of the First World War. Refine broad questions into focused inquiries that can be investigated using evidence and Māori perspectives. Use the sample planning frame below; it is a guide, not a source of historical evidence.

FOCUS Whose experiences, which place or community, and what time period?

INQUIRY What causes, effects, choices or perspectives could be explored?

EVIDENCE What sources could help answer the question, and whose voices might they preserve?

Spot strong inquiry questions

Read each question carefully. Think about whether it invites investigation rather than a one-word or single-fact answer.

1.Which question is the most open-ended and focused on Māori experiences of the First World War?

How many Māori served in the war?
In what ways did the First World War affect Māori communities and their relationships with military service?
When did the First World War end?
Did Māori support the war?

2.Select the two questions that most clearly make Māori perspectives central to the inquiry.

How did whānau experience the absence or loss of relatives who served?
What were the major battles fought in France?
How did iwi leaders and communities respond to enlistment and conscription debates?
Which countries belonged to each side of the war?

3.Which two features would make an inquiry question stronger? Select two.

It can be answered with yes or no.
It identifies a manageable focus, such as a particular community, period or issue.
It invites investigation of causes, effects, choices or perspectives.
It asks only for a date or number.

4.A student starts with the weak question, “Did Māori soldiers face racism?” Which revision gives the clearest scope and room for historical analysis?

Was there racism in the army?
In what ways did racial attitudes and military policies shape Māori servicemen’s experiences and their communities’ responses during the First World War?
Were Māori soldiers treated badly?
How many Māori soldiers went overseas?

Refine, plan and justify

There can be more than one defensible inquiry question. Make your reasoning clear and keep your proposed evidence relevant to the question.

5.Refine this weak question into an open, Māori-centred inquiry with a clear focus: “How did Māori soldiers feel in the First World War?”

6.For the question, “How did iwi leaders and communities respond to enlistment and conscription debates during the First World War?”, name two types of sources you could seek and explain what each might reveal.

7.Why might a historian compare Māori community sources with government or military records when investigating wartime enlistment debates?

8.A sailing-club history display has room for one small inquiry. Rewrite this broad topic as a manageable question by narrowing at least two elements, such as the time period, community, issue or effect: “Māori and the First World War.”

9.Write one final inquiry question for the display. Then justify it in two or three sentences: explain whose perspectives it centres, why it is manageable, and what kinds of evidence could help answer it.

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