T2 Week 9

             Success Criteria: 

Students will be able to describe when and how their own ethnic group faced discrimination in New Zealand and be able to recount at least three specific examples.

Task Instructions:

For this assignment you will focus on the big ideas studied in class during Term 2 to raise awareness of the history of racial discrimination in Aotearoa New Zealand. The big ideas include Discrimination / Inclusion and / Tolerance and Cultural Diversity. You will select one of these four ethnic groups: Indian, Chinese, Pasifca or Maaori and create a written response in the form of a poster or Powerpoint presentation. This is a collaborative assignment and students are expected to work in groups of 2 to 4 (with teacher permission). Students also have the option of creating a script and recording their presentation which will then be shown to the class. Presentations will be during sessions 2 and 3 of Week 10. Recorded script should be 3 to 5-minutes long and must be created using a script. Powerpoints should be limited to no more than 12 slides and 10 minutes.

In your Poster/Powerpoint/Recording, you must address the following three questions:

1. Why did the discrimination happen - what beliefs led to your chosen group being treated differently?

2. How did the New Zealand government contribute to the discrimination of the ethnic group (eg. laws, actions by police, etc.)?

3. What are short- and/or long-term consequences of the discrimination?