Sample from book: Plate 4 — 'The Colony in 1874'
Students' Bateman Historical Atlas 2 — New Zealand: An Emerging Identity, 1870s–1930s
Maps from the New Zealand Historical Atlas, Compiled by S. Watters, David Bateman in Association with the History Group, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2001. Part Two of the Students' Bateman Historical Atlas Series.
ISBN 1-86953-4705-1
RRP: $19.95
Available in all good book stores.
An Emerging Identity 1870s–1930s has been designed to support the Social Studies curriculum, in particular to meet the essential learning about New Zealand component. This dynamic yet manageable format is an invaluable tool for teachers and students of New Zealand history.
The 14 plates, covering immigration, communications, the colonial economy, land, World War 1 and the Great Depression, challenge and extend our view of New Zealand in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This is the second title in the series of atlases for schools derived from the Bateman New Zealand Historical Atlas. The first was New Zealand: The Making of a Colony 1815–1870.
An activity booklet is available that provides students and teachers with the opportunity to examine the plates in a more structured way or to support research into this period of New Zealand history.
Compiler: Steve Watters is Head of Social Sciences at Wellington High School.
Reviews from the first volume:
'These two books...are both a welcome and timely addition to the study of New Zealand history....Well chosen topics...Visually [it] is very appealing both to junior Social Studies students and 7th Form historians. It will be, as the author claims, an essential tool for the study of New Zealand history.
The Teachers' Activities Workbook is a real bonus....If there was an award for ideas to reduce workload for teachers then this activity book and its author would be among the first recipients'
Education Today Issue 5 2000 Term 3'Presented in a dynamic yet manageable format, [it] has been designed to fulfil the essential learning about New Zealand component in the Social Studies curriculum...provides a clear, informative approach to the major issues faced by society in 19th century New Zealand.'
Education Weekly 07/08/2000