Term 3 Week 6

Kia ora Year 7s, next week we will look in-depth at Te Tiriti o Waitangi, finishing off our look at Democracy & Te Tiriti that we have had the last couple of weeks. Before that, we are continuing our look at democracy - specifically, the issues of democracy, the criticism that people have with it. This will mainly take the form of 'majority vote', the oldest criticism of democracy: what does 'tyranny of the majority' mean? What is 'mob rule'? How can majority vote enable discrimination if left without strong opposition? This will take the rest of the week, and we will also hold a mock election to illustrate democracy in action.

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• I can define the problems of majority rule - what the criticism itself is, and a real world problem of discrimination that can come from it
• I can maturely and earnestly participate in a class election where we put our two weeks of work into practice 

Activities:

1. Criticisms of Democracy (Slideshow, In-Class) [Discussions + literacy - writing and answering questions posed in the slideshow]
2. Origins of Democracy Spreadsheet (Further explaining last week's work - realised we needed a different format to help really sink in a couple of points) [Writing]
3. Class Election

Follow Up Tasks:
Replaying Cast Your Vote now that we have a more intuitive understanding of the issues of democracy

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the history and culture of Ancient Greece, connecting their beliefs to the modern day
• We are EXPLORING... the origins of democracy and how this idea interacts with Te Tiriti in Aotearoa