7W2 Global Studies

Weekly outline

• Select week General

  General

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  • Select activity 7W2 Global Studies Assessment 1: Early NZ Migration

    

    7W2 Global Studies Assessment 1: Early NZ Migration Assignment

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done
  • Select activity 7W2 Global Studies Assessment 2: Commonwealth games

    

    7W2 Global Studies Assessment 2: Commonwealth games Assignment

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done
• Select week Term 1 Week 2

  Term 1 Week 2

  🌎 Kia ora Year 7's and welcome to Global Studies! 🌎

  
  My name is Miss Robertson-Bickers and I will be your Global Studies teacher for 2022. I look forward to getting to know you all and exploring some important topics with you this year!

  
  

  Here is a place for you to come to and see what we will be learning about each week. Let's get started!

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 3

  Term 1 Week 3

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 3! This week we will be learning about our new context - connect with our identity at school, starting with learning some important definitions...

  Learning intention: We are EXPLORING... identity by investigating our cultural and personal identity

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can define identity, culture, heritage, diversity
  • I can name a culture/s that I identify with
    
  • I can describe important aspects of my personal and cultural identity
    

  Activities:

  1. Finish our decorated Mihi
  2. Vocabulary slides (google classroom)
  3. My identity profile
  4. Cultural & national identity worksheet

  
  

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 4

  Term 1 Week 4

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 4! This week we will be exploring our own identity by learning about taonga...

  Learning intention: We are EXPLORING... identity by investigating our cultural and personal identity

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can describe important aspects of my personal identity

  • I can describe important aspects of my cultural identity
    

  • I can define Taonga

  • I can give examples of my personal taonga

  Activities:

  1. Identity pizza
  2. Taonga brainstorm
  3. Taonga questions (google classroom)
  4. Taonga documentary
• Select week Term 1 Week 5

  Term 1 Week 5
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING…personal identity by investigating my own cultural and personal identity

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 5! This week we will be exploring our own identity by carrying out a project about our own Taonga

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can describe important aspects of my personal identity

  • I can describe important aspects of my cultural identity
    

  • I can define Taonga

  • I can give examples of my personal taonga

  Activities:

  1. Paragraph template
  2. Slideshow presentation

  
  

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 6

  Term 1 Week 6
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are EXPLORING…personal identity by investigating my own cultural and personal identity

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 6! This week we are completing exploring our identity by finishing and presenting a project about our own Taonga

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can describe important aspects of my personal identity

  • I can describe important aspects of my cultural identity
    

  • I can define Taonga

  • I can give examples of my personal taonga

  Activities:

  1. Slideshow presentation completion
  2. Present to the class (optional but recommended)

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 7

  Term 1 Week 7
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING... cultural identity and heritage by investigating important symbols of New Zealand Aotearoa

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 7! This week we are continuing our exploration of identity by learning about kiwiana - important New Zealand symbols and icons

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can define symbol, tradition, icon, hero and custom
  • I can give examples of important New Zealand ‘kiwiana’ icons/symbols
  • I can explain the importance of several New Zealand ‘kiwiana’ icons/symbols

  Activities:

  1. Kiwiana fact file
  2. Kiwiana games activity

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 8

  Term 1 Week 8
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are EXPLORING... cultural identity and heritage by investigating how different cultures pass on and sustain heritage

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 8! This week we are exploring heritage, by looking at how it is communicated and sustained by different people and cultures

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can name and describe different ways people pass on and sustain heritage
    

  Activities:

  1. Heritage fact file
  2. Whakairo paragraph reading
  3. Maori heritage research task (google classroom)

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 9

  Term 1 Week 9

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are EXPLORING... cultural identity and heritage by investigating how different cultures pass on and sustain heritage

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 9! This week we are continuing to explore heritage, by looking at heritage places and how we protect them

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can name and describe different ways people pass on and sustain heritage
    

  Activities:

  1. My maps task - places important to me
  2. Christchurch cathedral - for and against table
  3. Heritage building dilemma activity

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 10

  Term 1 Week 10

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • • We are EXPLORING... diversity by developing an understanding of the history and legacy of migration to Aotearoa

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Week 10! This week we are beginning to explore migration - why do people migrate?

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can define migration

  • I can describe the reasons why people migrate

  Activities:

  1. Push/pull factors table
  2. Example paragraphs
  3. Vocabulary slides

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 11

  Term 1 Week 11
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are EXPLORING... diversity by developing an understanding of the history and legacy of migration to Aotearoa

  Kia ora year 7s, this week we are exploring early Maori migration and settlement to New Zealand.

  Activities:

  - 5 senses brainstorm

  - Waka hourua decoration
• Select week Term 2 Week 1

  Term 2 Week 1

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • • We are EXPLORING... diversity by developing an understanding of the history and legacy of migration to Aotearoa

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Term 2! This week we are continuing to explore migration - looking at early European migration to NZ.

  Success Criteria: I can/have...
  

  • I can describe modern patterns of migration to NZ
    
  • I can explain how the migration of different groups has resulted in current cultural diversity in NZ

  
  

  • Activities:

  1. Migration timeline task
  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 2 and 3

  Term 2 Week 2 and 3

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • • We are EXPLORING... diversity by developing an understanding of the history and legacy of migration to Aotearoa

  
  

  Kia ora year 7's! This week we are using all the information we have learned about migration in NZ to produce a poster for our first assessment

  
  

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 4

  Term 2 Week 4

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring … Communication… by researching how communication technology has evolved and influenced society over time.

  
  

  Kia ora year 7s and welcome to week 4! This week we are beginning our new context by exploring communication through time.

  Activities:

  • Ways I communicate - google classroom worksheet
  • Cave painting video - questions
  • Hieroglyphics writing
  • Pros and cons worksheet

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 5

  Term 2 Week 5

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring … Communication… by researching how communication technology has evolved and influenced society over time.

  
  

  Kia ora year 7s and welcome to week 5! This week we are continuing to explore the history of communication by learning about the evolution of modern communication technology

  Activities:

  • TV, computers and phones table - impact and opportunities
  • Digital disaster worksheet

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 6

  Term 2 Week 6

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring … Social Media…by investigating the impact of internet and social media on people and society

  Kia ora year 7s,
  
  This week we are exploring and reflecting on the internet and social media, and how they impact us and society.
  
  Activities:
  

  • Future thinking - drawing
  • Digital disaster article worksheet 
  • Social media opinion paragraph
• Select week Term 2 Week 7

  Term 2 Week 7

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by analysing NZ case studies
  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by investigating their impact on communities
  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by finding the ways to stay safe in the event of Natural Disasters

  
  

  Kia ora year 7s! This week we are moving on to looking at keeping safe from natural disasters and hazards.

  Activities:

  - Natural hazard mix and match

  
  

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 8 and 9

  Term 2 Week 8 and 9

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by investigating their impact on communities

  
  

  Kia ora year 7s! This week we are continuing to explore natural hazards/disasters by looking at examples of these from around the world.

  Activities:

  - Natural hazard key diagrams

  - Impact case study notes

  - World map and key activity
• Select week Term 2 Week 10

  Term 2 Week 10

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by analysing NZ case studies

  Kia ora year 7s! This week we are rounding up the term by looking at 2 important natural disasters that occured in New Zealand - 1886 Mt Tarawera eruption and the 2010/11 Christchurch Earthquakes
  

  Activities:

  - Mt Tarawera documentary

  - Mt Tarawera research file

  
  

  
  

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 10

  Term 2 Week 10

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by analysing NZ case studies

  Kia ora year 7s! This week we are rounding up the term by looking at 2 important natural disasters that occured in New Zealand - 1886 Mt Tarawera eruption and the 2010/11 Christchurch Earthquakes
  

  Activities:

  - Mt Tarawera documentary

  - Mt Tarawera research file

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 1

  Term 3 Week 1

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by analysing NZ case studies
  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by finding the ways to stay safe in the event of Natural Disasters

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Term 3! For the next 2 weeks we are rounding up our context by looking at our second case study - the Christchurch Earthquakes, and learning about Civil defence and how we respond to natural disasters

  Activities:

  - Christchurch Earthquakes impacts mix and match

  - Strength, community and resilience definitions

  - What is Civil defence: reading 

  
  

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 2

  Term 3 Week 2

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are exploring.....Natural Disasters by finding the ways to stay safe in the event of Natural Disasters

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to Term 3! This week we are ending up our context by learning about Civil defence and how we respond to natural disasters

  Activities:

  - Emergency survival kit

  - Evacuation plan

  - What is Civil defence

  - Be ready - videos

  - Natural disaster preparation games

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 3 and 4

  Term 3 Week 3 and 4

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are EXPLORING...Commonwealth Games by researching about their member countries
  • We are EXPLORING...Commonwealth Games by connecting their values with MHJC values.
  • We are EXPLORING...Commonwealth Games by researching NZ's commonwealth games history
  • We are EXPLORING...the Commonwealth Games by discovering their History

  
  

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to week 3! This week we are beginning our new context by learning about the background of the Commonwealth, and carrying out research on some Commonwealth countries.

  Activities:

  - Colour the Commonwealth Countries

  - Commonwealth country research file

  - Commonwealth country poster

  - Commonwealth values brainstorm

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 5

  Term 3 Week 5

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  - We are exploring the Commonwealth games by researching some Commonwealth countries
  

  
  

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to week 5! This week we are continuing to learn about Commonwealth countries by comparing statistics.

  
  Activities:

  - Completing poster and world map activities

  - Statistics graphing

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 6

  Term 3 Week 6

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  - We are EXPLORING the Commonwealth games by researching some Commonwealth countries
  

  • We are EXPLORING...the Commonwealth Games by discovering their History

  
  
  Activities:
  - Bar graphs
  - Fill-in-the-blanks Commonwealth games history
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 7

  Term 3 Week 7

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are EXPLORING...Commonwealth Games by researching NZ's commonwealth games history
    
  • We are EXPLORING...the Commonwealth Games by discovering their History

  
  

  Kia ora Year 7's and welcome to week 7!

  This week we will be continuing our exploration of the commonwealth games by carrying out activities related to their history and exploring New Zealand's games history.

  Activities:

  - Commonwealth games scavenger hunt

  - NZ commonwealth games reading activity

  - NZ athlete research task

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 8

  Term 3 Week 8

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions

  • We are EXPLORING...Commonwealth Games by connecting their values with MHJC values.
  • We are EXPLORING...the Commonwealth Games by researching opportunities for sustainability

  
  

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to week 8! This week we will be exploring the values of the commonwealth games, and how they aim to be sustainable.

  Activities:

  - Values reading task

  - Sustainability opportunities task

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 9 and 10

  Term 3 Week 9 and 10
  
  

  PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

  • We are PLANNING to research Commonwealth countries and opportunities of the Commonwealth games so that we can create a presentation.

  Kia ora year 7's and welcome to week 9! This week we will be working on our second assessment - creating a presentation that explores Commonwealth countries, as well as investigating the opportunities of the Commonwealth games.

  
  

  • Select activity Slideshow to help with part 2 of the assessment

    

    Slideshow to help with part 2 of the assessment File

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done
• Select week Term 4 Week 1

  Term 4 Week 1
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...'Consumers & Producers’ by researching where our food comes from
  • We are EXPLORING 'Consumers & Producers’ by finding the differences between wants & needs and goods & services.
  • We are EXPLORING...‘Consumers & Producers’ by investigating the rights and responsibilities of the consumers and producers
  • We are EXPLORING....‘Consumers & Producers’ by discovering how persuasive advertising influences consumer behaviour.
• Select week Term 4 Week 2

  Term 4 Week 2
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...'Consumers & Producers’ by researching where our food comes from
  • We are EXPLORING 'Consumers & Producers’ by finding the differences between wants & needs and goods & services.
  • We are EXPLORING...‘Consumers & Producers’ by investigating the rights and responsibilities of the consumers and producers
  • We are EXPLORING....‘Consumers & Producers’ by discovering how persuasive advertising influences consumer behaviour.
• Select week Term 4 Week 3

  Term 4 Week 3
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...'Consumers & Producers’ by researching where our food comes from
  • We are EXPLORING 'Consumers & Producers’ by finding the differences between wants & needs and goods & services.
  • We are EXPLORING...‘Consumers & Producers’ by investigating the rights and responsibilities of the consumers and producers
  • We are EXPLORING....‘Consumers & Producers’ by discovering how persuasive advertising influences consumer behaviour.
• Select week Term 4 Week 4

  Term 4 Week 4
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...'Consumers & Producers’ by researching where our food comes from
  • We are EXPLORING 'Consumers & Producers’ by finding the differences between wants & needs and goods & services.
  • We are EXPLORING...‘Consumers & Producers’ by investigating the rights and responsibilities of the consumers and producers
  • We are EXPLORING....‘Consumers & Producers’ by discovering how persuasive advertising influences consumer behaviour.
• Select week Term 4 Week 5

  Term 4 Week 5
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...'Consumers & Producers’ by researching where our food comes from
  • We are EXPLORING 'Consumers & Producers’ by finding the differences between wants & needs and goods & services.
  • We are EXPLORING...‘Consumers & Producers’ by investigating the rights and responsibilities of the consumers and producers
  • We are EXPLORING....‘Consumers & Producers’ by discovering how persuasive advertising influences consumer behaviour.
• Select week Term 4 Week 6

  Term 4 Week 6
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...'Consumers & Producers’ by researching where our food comes from
  • We are EXPLORING 'Consumers & Producers’ by finding the differences between wants & needs and goods & services.
  • We are EXPLORING...‘Consumers & Producers’ by investigating the rights and responsibilities of the consumers and producers
  • We are EXPLORING....‘Consumers & Producers’ by discovering how persuasive advertising influences consumer behaviour.
• Select week Term 4 Week 7

  Term 4 Week 7
  
  

  FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

  • We are FOCUSING...on participating in the Wai Whanau Master Chef Competition by applying our Term 4 learning and working collaboratively.

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...'Consumers & Producers’ by researching where our food comes from
  • We are EXPLORING 'Consumers & Producers’ by finding the differences between wants & needs and goods & services.
  • We are EXPLORING...‘Consumers & Producers’ by investigating the rights and responsibilities of the consumers and producers
  • We are EXPLORING....‘Consumers & Producers’ by discovering how persuasive advertising influences consumer behaviour.
• Select week Term 4 Week 8

  Term 4 Week 8
  
  

  FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

  • We are FOCUSING...on participating in the Wai Whanau Master Chef Competition by applying our Term 4 learning and working collaboratively.