20 November - 26 November

This term 3 focus was on “our actions can unite and divide communities”. We have explored the effect our actions can have on local and national communities through the Aotearoa New Zealand Election and its process. We have completed our election unit and have been learning about the election and the changes we can make in our world.

Learning Intentions:

• Students will be to describe the design and explain a meme about the New Zealand Election and/or process.

• Students will be able to create a meme about the current meme about the Aotearoa New Zealand Election and/or process..

• Students will be able to evaluate the impact of this meme in the commentary.

Success Criteria:

• Students can construct a narrative of cause and effect that shows relationships between events. 

• By comparing examples over time, students can identify continuity or changes in the relationships.

• Students can recognise that others might interpret these relationships differently.

Global Studies:

Achievement objectives:

• Individuals, groups, and organisations have exerted and contested power in ways that improve the lives of people and communities, and in ways that lead to exclusion, injustice, and conflict.

Prompt:

Students will be creating and presenting a political cartoon or meme and writing a TEXAS paragraph/s explaining the issue, it brings to the viewers attention, who or what the cartoon / meme is about and what techniques they have employed to communicate their ideas to the audience.