Section outline

  • REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO

    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:

    • We are REFLECTING on past events worldwide and EVALUATING the repercussions in Aotearoa New Zealand


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING to know there are different types of sources available to interpret historical events
























    Answer the following questions in your book:

    1. Your Name:


    2. When your family came to Aotearoa/NZ:


    3. Where your family originally came from:


    4. Why you or your family came to Aotearoa/NZ:


    5. What you or your family knew about the Treaty of Waitangi before coming here:



    Tiananmen Square Massacre


    http://www.eyecatchypics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tiananmen-square-tank1-1808.jpg



    What do you think is happening in this picture?




    June 4th marks the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.

    Watch the clip to find out what happened.  While you are watching it, fill in the following details:


    1. Who was protesting?



    2. What were they protesting about?



    3. Where were they protesting?



    4. What human rights were being denied?




    Now watch this clip http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8082328.stm

    5. How has the twentieth anniversary of the massacre been remembered in China?



    6. What has been the international reaction to this?



    7. Are any human rights being denied to Chinese citizens?



    Now click here http://images.google.cn/images?hl=zh-CN&q=%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%96%80%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6&gbv=2&aq=f&oq= This is the page you receive in China when conducting a Google search on the events of Tiananmen Square 1989.  


    8. Why do you think this is the case?