SLJ week 2, day 4

SLJ, Winter Learning Journey
Day 4: Another World War (1939-1945)

At the end of the 1930s, the world has been shaken once more by the start of another World War (WWII). World War Two started on the 1st of September, 1939 when an army from Germany invaded a country called Poland. Two days later, England and France declared war on Germany and WWII began.
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Activity 1: An Eventful Experience 

WWII was made up of many battles and events. Follow this link to read more about the timeline of WWII.

Choose two key events and find out some more information about what happened on those days. On your blog, write a short summary of two events, including the names of people involved and where the event happened.

Event 1: Italy invades Albania
During the 1930's on the 7th of April Italy invades Albania. The Italian invasion of Albania was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.



Event 2: Air Raids on Australia 
During the 1940's on the 19th of February, Australia was attacked 97 times by the Japan Air Navy. The bombing left at least 235 or more people dead


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Activity 2: A call to Arms 

Over the course of WWII, approximately 140,000 New Zealanders were sent overseas to serve in the war. Many were sent to fight in huge battles, including the Battle of the Atlantic that lasted for 2064 days (over 5 years)! The Battle of the Atlantic came to an end in 1943, in large part due to the heroic efforts of people like Lloyd Trigg, a pilot from New Zealand. He was awarded a special medal from the New Zealand Government for his bravery. It is called a Victoria Cross (‘VC’ for short). A total of 22 New Zealanders have been awarded VCs.



Click on this link to find a list of VC winners. Choose one from the Second World War, and read about him. On your blog tell us about him. Who was he? What did he do to earn a Victoria Cross medal?

John Hinton 
John Hinton is a sergeant, he won his VC medal in 1941, he was amongst a large force of New Zealand. When the germans attacked and a retreat was ordered, Hinton shouted, 'To hell with this! Who will come with me?', and charged two enemy field guns. While being a prisoner of war Hinton escaped twice and made several other attempts. He was told he had been awarded the VC as he lay in hospital recovering from a beating administered  to him after one of those attempts. 


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Bonus Activity: Women at Work

Both men and women served in World War II. Many women chose to enlist as nurses and be stationed overseas caring for wounded soldiers. My nana was one of those nurses. She (Dorothy) spent much of World War II working on a large Red Cross ship that was stationed off the coast of Cairo, Egypt.

For this activity, you are going to imagine that you are just like Dorothy and that you are working as a nurse on a large medical ship.

One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you…

Complete the story provided above. To earn full points you must write, at least, 8-10 sentences. What happens next?

I shudder with fear as i hear the loud bang, as i'm walking along the ship alone i hear it again. I'm so terrified. As i'm rushing to my injured patients i see smoke coming from the far end of the ship, i get even terrified especially for my poor injured patients who are waiting for their treatment. Just as i'm at the door of my patients, i hear the loud bang again and i turn my head to them at the end of the ship and it seems as if there was another country attacking us. There were soldiers bombing the ship so i tell my clients to keep down and be quiet then i quickly yell out 'Bomb Attack'. As i'm yelling bomb attack my people run and get there weapons. There also seems to be a shoot out and some of our people are dying out there so i run and get a weapon and started shooting. As i'm shooting i see the soldiers climbing on our ship towards the patients, so i run and start shooting but there was too many soldiers there and i couldn't fight back so i run into there room and locked the doors. But the soldiers manage to open one door and they killed some of our patients and nurses, and the rest survived. Then they went to the driving area of the ship and killed them, most of our soldiers were dead and some were camping down in the food store at the bottom of the ship and they managed to survive but the rest of our soldiers died. As i walk out of the room i see no more shooting nor bombing as if timed stopped, so i run to the other soldiers and told them that it ended. After all of this happened, the soldiers left alive made another in case something like this happens again.

SLJ week 2, day 3

SLJ, Winter Learning Journey
Day 3: The Great Depression (The 1930's)

Unfortunately, the wealth and success of the 1920s did not continue into the 1930s. Instead, the stock market in America crashed on Tuesday 29 October 1929. When this happened, people lost a lot of money and much of the world sunk into a deep, financial depression. The 1930s is often referred to as the ‘Great Depression.’
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Activity 1: Dealing with Stress

In New Zealand, many people lost their jobs during this decade. Experts predict that as much as 30% of the population was unemployed. It was a very stressful time for families.

Sadly, many of us still experience stress in our lives to this day. When I feel stressed I try to go for a walk or pop into my local gym for a quick workout. Exercise makes me feel better. What about you?

On your blog, please tell us what you do when you want to relax or de-stress. Do you read a favourite book, watch a favourite television show or talk to someone special? What are your tips for dealing with stress?
1. Calm yourself down by taking deep breaths and have some alone time
2. Be by yourself and take sometime to think because sometimes when you in a crowd you tend to get more stressed
3. Close your eyes and listen to music
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Activity 2: Offering a Helping Hand

During this period, people struggled to find work both here at home and overseas. It was a really tough time for people living in the Great Plains of the United States because they were hit with a huge drought that lasted for most of the decade. Many crops were damaged and farmers were not able to make enough money to feed their families.



Imagine that you were alive in the 1930s. What could you have done to help these families? On your blog, list three different ways that you could raise funds for families to help them buy food and clothing. Be as creative as you can with your fundraising ideas!

1. Lemonade stand's, car wash, garage sale's, chores, and many more
2. Get a job and give money to those who are in need of clothes and food
3. Have a piggy bank and save up every penny
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Bonus Activity: Paying it Forward 

In the mid-1930s, things began to change for the better in New Zealand. More people were able to find work and receive a steady paycheck. They were still careful, however, with their money and rarely, if ever, bought treats or gifts for one another.



Imagine that you were able to travel back in time to visit a family in the 1930s. What special gifts or treats would you like to bring with you? I would likely bring blocks of Whittaker’s chocolate, bags of Jet Planes and Pineapple Lumps, healthy food snacks, clothing, and games for the children. What about you?
_I would take Pineapple lumps, Roses, Gummy Worms and Snakes, Blue birds chips and Board games for the children

 

SLJ week 2, day 2

SLJ, Winter Learning Journey
Day 2: The Roaring 20's ( The 1920's )
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Activity 1: Popular Culture - The Silent Movie

The 1920s saw a massive surge in the number of people going to the movies. Huge new cinemas were built in both Auckland (The Civic Theatre) and Dunedin (Empire De Luxe). The most popular type of movies showing at local NZ cinemas were ‘silent’ films. Gold Rush and The Lion's Cage are examples of iconic silent films. They feature a famous actor named Charlie Chaplin.



Watch the trailer for Gold Rush or The Lion's Cage. On your blog, tell us what you think the movie is about. There are no words spoken movie so you will need to pay careful attention to what the actors are doing! Do you think you would enjoy watching a silent film? Why/Why not?
_ I watched The Lion's Cage and i enjoyed it. Even tho there's no talking and it's silent i liked it's very old and fashionable. But, i think the movie is trying to say silent movies are good too and never get chased by a horse because you could run anywhere.


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Activity 2: Art Deco

In the 1920s a new artistic movement emerged in New Zealand (and around the world). It was called ‘Art Deco.’ The picture to the right is a classic example of an ‘Art Deco’ piece. Take a close look at the painting. Do you like it?

On your blog, give the painting a rating out of 5 stars (1 star = terrible painting, 2 stars = pretty bad painting, 3 stars = okay painting, 4 stars = good painting and 5 stars = amazing painting). After you’ve rated the painting out of 5, tell us why you gave it that rating.



Right: Self Portrait By Tamara de Lempicka
_ I give this portrait 5 stars. I love it because of the colours and it just looks fantastic. I also love how realistic it looks, and how amazing and beautiful it looks. I also think this portrait is related to the olden days because the car in this portrait is the kind of cars they use to drive in the olden days and the lady looks like shes wearing old fashioned clothes.
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Bonus Activity: Crossing the Tasman

In 1928, a crew of four men flew, for the first time, across the Tasman from Australia to New Zealand. One of the men on board the Southern Cross airplane was a New Zealander named T.H. McWilliams. His job was to operate the radio in the airplane. Unfortunately, the radio stopped working shortly after take-off and the rain and ice were so heavy that the pilot, Kingsford Smith, couldn’t see out of his front windscreen. Yikes! Fortunately, the plane made it all the way across the Tasman landing in Christchurch after a 14 hour trip.



Imagine that you were a member of the flight crew. Write a poem that describes how you would have felt when you landed safely in Christchurch after such a long trip. Remember, there are lots of different types of poems, and they don’t all have to rhyme. You can read more about different types of poems by clicking here.
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We've been travelling for a long time, hopefully we land fine
We were all scared, but thankfully we were prepared
Were so lucky we didn't crash, and god was with us the whole way
Hopefully we never get into any situation ever again like this

I did a Limerick Poem

SLJ week 2, day 1

SLJ, Winter Learning Journey
Week Two: A period of change
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Activity 1: St Joseph's Cathedral

At the turn of the century, there was a great deal of construction happening in New Zealand. Many of the new British settlers wanted to build homes and community meeting places, such as churches. One of the largest buildings to be constructed during this period was St Joseph’s Cathedral in Dunedin.



St Joseph’s Cathedral is just one of hundreds of beautiful cathedrals around the world.

Use your search engine to find a picture of another famous cathedral. Post a picture of the cathedral on your blog. Underneath the picture tell us: the name of the cathedral, where the cathedral is located, when it was built, and how long it took to build.



Notre Dame
Located: Paris
When built: 1163
Building how long: Almost 200 years
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Activity 2: The Right to Vote

Activity 2: The Right to Vote At the turn of the century, New Zealand elected its first ever government. Richard John Seddon served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1893-1906. Prior to 1893, only men were legally allowed to vote. This all changed in the late 1800s when a woman named Kate Sheppard lead a suffragist movement in New Zealand calling for a change in law. Her hard work finally paid off when the Electoral Act was passed into law on 19 September 1893, giving women the right to vote. New Zealand was the first country to give all women the right to vote. There were still countries in the world (e.g. Saudi Arabia) who, until recently, did not allow women to vote

On your blog tell us what you think about the fact that women were not allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia until 2015. Is it fair? Why or why not?
_ I think women should have been allowed to vote because they have the right to vote and it's a free country. It's very unfair for all women in all countries because we're all humans and maybe women didn't like whoever became prime minister, so they should vote for their rights.
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Bonus Activity: In Flanders Field 

As the new century dawned, New Zealanders settled into a period of relative calm. The calm lasted for about 15 years but came to a sudden end in 1914 when World War I erupted in Europe. The war lasted for almost five years and claimed the lives of 18,000 New Zealanders.

It also claimed the lives of thousands of men and women from countries around the world. Every year, we remember these brave men and women on ANZAC Day (25 April). Many people go to a special Anzac Day ceremony where they read a special poem that was written for the fallen soldiers. The poem is called ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae.



Read the poem. On your blog, tell us what you think of the poem. Do you like it? How does it make you feel?
_I love this poem because it makes me feel happy and i feel safe living in this world. It also makes me sad for those who sacrificed their life to fight for our country and for those died during war just makes me sad. How about you?

SLJ week 1, day 5

SLJ, Winter Learning Journey
Day 4: The Dawn of a new Era...
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From the 1840s onwards, many European settlers came to live in New Zealand. It was a difficult period in New Zealand’s history. As the settlers began to outnumber the Māori, a great war erupted between the two groups as they fought for access to land to build homes and establish communities.

Activity 1: Translating Phrases

Unlike the Māori, many of the European settlers didn’t speak Te Reo Māori. Instead, they spoke English. As you can imagine, it was very difficult for the two groups to communicate because they did not have a dictionary or a translator. These days we are able to use the Internet to translate words and phrases from one language to another.

Use Google Translate to translate the following five phrases from English to Te Reo Māori or from Te Reo Māori to English. Post the translations on your blog. Be sure to include the phrase in both the English and Māori to earn full points.

Maori - English
1. Nau mai ki Aotearoa - Welcome to New Zealand
2. Ko Salote toku ingoa - Salote is my name
3. He aha to ingoa? - What is your name? 
4. He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro - I like to play rugby 
5. Where do you come from? - No hea koe
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Activity 2: The Treaty of Waitangi

On 6 February 1840, a very special document was signed by the Māori chiefs and the British settlers in New Zealand. It was called the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) and it outlined how the two groups would live together and work together in New Zealand. It was the first document of its kind to be signed in the entire world. The Treaty was signed in a place called Waitangi in northern New Zealand.
Follow this Waitangi village link to read about the village of Waitangi.
On your blog, tell us three fun things that you can do as a visitor in Waitangi. Which one would you like to do the most? .

1. Waitangi Treaty Grounds - Hāngi and Concert
As you arrive sooner or later you will be welcomed by a Powhiri then you will go inside of the Marae and you will also be welcomed with a short performance. You'll also get to have a Hāngi

2. Waitangi Mountain Bike Park
Another fun activity to do there is go bike riding. The bike tracks are professionally made and safe to ride on. The bike park has many killimeteres to bike ride on.

3. Culture North
Culture north is another fun activity to do. Culture North can help you experience the location through the eyes of local Maori.

I would love to activity 3 because i would love experience the locations of the Maori and it's amazing how you just look through the eyes of the local Maori and you can already experience the location.
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Bonus Activity: #EarnTheFern

After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, New Zealand became a British colony. Many other countries in the world are also British colonies including Canada, South Africa, Australia, India and Malaysia. As a group they were, and still are, called the ‘Commonwealth’ countries. Years ago, a man named Melville Marks Robinson was asked to organize a sporting competition for people living in the Commonwealth countries. It is called the Commonwealth Games. The first ever event took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

Athletes from New Zealand have competed in the Commonwealth Games for years. In the most recent Commonwealth Games event in Glasgow, Scotland New Zealand athletes won a total of 45 medals. The next Commonwealth Games will be held in 2018 in the Gold Coast, Australia. Hundreds of athletes are competing for the chance to represent NZ at the games (to 'Earn the Fern').

One of New Zealand’s gold-medal-winning Commonwealth athletes was a man named Bill Kini. Bill won a gold medal at the 1966 Commonwealth Games for being the best heavyweight boxer. He was a man of many talents! He played rugby in Ōtāhuhu in the 1960s and later moved to Whangarei.

Imagine that you could interview Bill. What would you ask him about his time at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. What would you want to know? I’d like to know how he had time to train for two sports at once.

On your blog, write four questions that you would ask Bill Kini.

Q1. How did your career start
Q2. What got you into boxing
Q3. If you had to fight with another boxer who would you fight with?
Q4. How did your family feel when you became a boxer

SLJ week 1, day 4

SLJ, Winter Learning Journey
Day 4: Hitting a high note
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Activity 1: The Waiata - A Song in Your Heart

In the past, Māori would often use song as a way of sharing information or communicating emotions. A waiata is the name given to a traditional Māori song. One of my all-time favourite waiata is Kia Paimarie. What about you?

Use Google to research traditional Māori Waiata. Listen to a number of Waiata and read the lyrics. On your blog tell us which one of the waiata you found you like the most. Why do you like it?

I like He Hōnore because it's a beautiful song and it has great lyrics

He hōnore, he korōria1 Maungārongo ki te whenua Whakaaro2 pai e Kingā tangata katoa Ake ake, ake ake Āmine Te Atua, te piringa, Toku oranga

Honour, glory and peace to the land May good thoughts come to all men for ever and ever, for ever and ever. Amen. The Lord is the refuge and my life.
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Activity 2: Playing games

Hundreds of years ago, young Māori children were taught to play a number of games, including Poi Rakau, Ki O Rahi, Koruru Taonga and Poi Toa. Read about each of these four games on the Rangatahi tu Rangatira website. Have you played any of them before? Isn’t it cool how the games have been passed down for generations?

Choose one game, and on your blog, tell us the (i) name of the game, (ii) the goal or purpose of the game, and (iii) two rules.

You could try playing some of the games with a friend.

Game: Ki O Rahi
Goal: Throwing the ball and hitting the Tupu
2 Rules: Ten players per side, Time limits with ball possession
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Bonus Activity: Musical festivals - Matatini

In New Zealand, a huge festival is held every two years, called Te Matatini. This performing arts festival celebrates the tikanga (culture or customs) of Māori. Kapa Haka groups from around New Zealand are invited to attend the festival and each group gives a 25-minute performance. The performances are judged and the best teams win prizes.

The gold medal winning team from this year (2017) was Te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti.

Watch these three clips from previous Te Matatini festivals.
Tamatea Arikinui
Te Iti Kahurangi
Te Puku o Te Ika

On your blog, rank the performances from your favourite (#1) to least favourite (#3) and tell us why you gave them the ranking that you did.

1st: Tamatea Arikinui
I enjoyed there dance with the Poi's and it was amazing singing

2nd: Te Iti Kahurangi
I enjoyed the performance, the singing, the dancing and also the costumes. It all was amazing

3rd: Te Puku o Te Ika
The performance was great and very sad but i didn't like it. But great singing