Year 9 Past to Present

Why Study Ancient History?

This course is a full year long. 

The Big Question:  How does the past impact the present and why is our whakapapa important? 

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live in a different place at a different time? Past to Present is a course for time travelers who want to know what life was like back in the day. We will explore what scientists think life was like for early humans, what it was like to live in Ancient Civilisations like Egypt, Greece, and Rome into the lives of kings and queens in The Middle Ages, before traveling through the massive changes to human lives over the last few hundred years. We will examine technological and cultural changes, from the Industrial Revolution to the impact of the internet and social media and how this has changed what each generation has experienced. We will also look closer to home at covering Upper Hutt's local history, Aotearoa's rich Maori heritage, European settlement, and New Zealand's changing identity over time. We will finish by looking beyond ourselves at what the future might look like and how we can shape our world as we continue to journey through time. If you want to know more about the past, how it has impacted our world today and what it might mean for the future, then this is the course for you.