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Education

These web education products are designed to provide an indication of the exhibitions on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. They can be used independently or as part of a visit. Educators and individuals are encouraged to use the power of the internet together with other resources to delve into what is available. The effectiveness of the questions will be monitored by the museum's education staff.

PLEASE NOTE that questions in the education stimulus material that start with an asterisk '*' are considered to be answerable quite readily from the material on this website. You need to select at least one type of question.

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Question Types


		WHAT?	questions that relate to the object and can often be answered by direct observation. Sometimes this may be a comprehension question or require recall of other information.

		WHEN?	questions about time or timing of events related to the object. This may involve bringing ideas together.

		HOW?	these questions might explore the way an object was used or seek evidence for an observation. Often this is about application of ideas or may involve using rules or principles.

		WHICH?	these questions might ask the reader to make a comparison or a selection based on observation. It may require some analysis of the ideas, perhaps even asking for some sort of evaluation.

		WHY?	this type of question seeks to get the reader to go a bit deeper and try to find an explanation for something that is apparent by observation or reading. This might involve comparison and evaluation, perhaps even based on a personal viewpoint.

		WHERE?	these questions focus on places and locations relating to the objects.

	You may select as many types as you like. The ones you choose will be displayed for each object you view.

Language Preferences

The object captions and questions for this exhibition are in English.

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