New Zealand - Whale Rider
Table of Contents – Lesson Plans

Pre-Viewing Lessons:
Lesson 1 – Who Are the Maori? (Social Studies, Geography, World History)
Lesson 2 – Viewing Whale Rider (Media Literacy)

Post-Viewing Lessons:
Lesson 3 – The World Outside, The Spirit Within (World History / Language Arts)
Lesson 4 – Maori Roles and Relationships (Language Arts / Visual Literacy)
Lesson 5 – Insights into Maori Culture (Film-specific Cross-Cultural Understanding)
Lesson 6 – Culture and Gender (General Cross-Cultural Understanding)
Lesson 7 – Special Effects and Music: How Filmmakers Evoke Emotion in an Audience (Media Literacy)
Lesson 8 – Echolocation (Science)
Lesson 9 – Counting the Uncountable (Mathematics)
Lesson 10 – Marking of the Maori: Ta Moko (Visual Art)