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  • Kia ora 7C2,

    Welcome to Week 2. 

    Before you begin your activities for this week, please ensure that all your ANZAC activities and Foodbank activities are uploaded on Google Classroom.

    Please watch the video below on the Battle of Gallipoli.

       


    For our session today we will be learning about history roads.

    A history road is a type of timeline; you put events in the order they happened, but you don't have to show the even passing of time.

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    A history road:

    • takes the form of a widening road coming towards you

    • has the oldest event at the beginning of the road

    • may have symbols or sketches to go with the events.

    As an activity about sharing information about yourself....

    Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

    • Draw a history road, sharing the highlights of your life with us.

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Draw a history road which is clear and easy to read and understand

    Activities:

    Step 1 (Brainstorming) : Using www.bubbl.us or any other digital graphic organisers, brainstorm all the memorable events in your life. Write down key words only. Please upload a screenshot on Google Class.

    Step 2 (Deciding) : Choose 10 of those events and write down the year in which each occurred and a phrase or sentence about each event. Try to keep them in order of occurrence.

    Step 3 (Selecting) : Read through your ten phrases/ sentences and select seven that you consider to be the most important.

    Step 4 (Interpreting) : Draw a symbol or picture for each of the seven phrases or sentences.

    Step 5 (Presentation) : Use A4 paper.

    1. You can decide whether you would like to work digitally or not.
    2.  Remember to use appropriate lettering for your name.
    3. What colours are you going to use?
    4. Work in landscape.
    5. Your road needs to be drawn from corner to corner.
    6. Draw the road narrower at the top and thicker at the bottom...Put a few curves in it.
    7. Put the earliest event at the top of the road and the most recent event at the bottom of the page.

    8. Place the rest of the events in order along the road.

    9. Draw symbols/ pictures next to the respective dates.

    10. Be creative and have loads of fun!!! Don't forget to email me if you have any questions please. :)