13 February - 19 February

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING on understanding the big ideas of Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories
• We are FOCUSING on knowing national, rohe, and local contexts
• We are FOCUSING on thinking critically about the past and interpret stories about it.

Introductions

Make sure you have completed Part 1 of the worksheet.

Begin on your country presentation as Part 2 as attached.

Introductions Activity Part II 


Your task is to choose a country that at least one of you listed as one of the last places you would want to visit, and convince the class to travel there.  You will give a 1-2 minute presentation to the class using a Google Slides presentation for visuals.   The presentation that earns the most votes (ie: their classmates would choose to visit their country) will earn extra credit.  You cannot vote for your own country.

Add you country to the Country List Doc - be respectful and kind and only one person per country.

Procedure:

• Compare your list of countries that you ranked last lesson.
• Choose one and get approval from Ms Carter (I may make your choice for you)  
• Begin researching your country and look for things that might interest people, including beautiful photographs, interesting facts/history, and famous landmarks or people.  Today your task is to JUST LEARN!
• Be creative!  Brainstorm as many possible reasons someone may want to visit this country and choose the best ones! 
• Create a slideshow that supports your argument that the class should visit this country!

• Presentation must last 1-2 minutes
• Slideshow must contain:
• A world map highlighting the location of the country 
• Photos of the country 
• Minimal text that lists the country name, basic facts, etc.
• Sources of information (websites)
• Share your slideshow with me through Google Classroom assignment.

Perceptions of People

For each of the following photos use the vocabulary prompts to create a descriptive vocabulary brainstorm.
Vocabulary prompts:
-identify who they are, pronoun (if you know)
-use nouns to describe their role/s/what you think their role is
-use adjectives to describe what they look like
-use adjectives to describe what sort of personality or characteristics they have/you think they have