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  • Term 1: Week 1

    Kia ora, welcome to your Global Studies 2024 Course Page!

    Ko Mrs Chamberlin toku ingoa. I will be your Global Studies teacher this year. 

    You can email me schamberlin@mhjc.school.nz or visit me in my class F6.

    Please check MHO regularly for activities and planning. Your assessments will be linked here, at the top of the MHO page. 

    For Global Studies this year you will need:

    • Device and a lined exercise book
    • Pens, glue, ruler, colouring-in pencils and a highlighter

    You need to get these ready when you are waiting in a line outside F6. 

    Once invited in, you need to put your bag in the bag cupboard.  You then need to read and record the Date, Learning Intentions, Success Criteria & 'Do Now' activity in your exercise book. 

    This will be our routine and I expect not to ask you to do this, but for you to manage yourself to action this at the start of every session. 😃👍



  • Term 1: Week 2

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING an area of concern or opportunity by defining needs and wants
    • We are EXPLORING possible Dragon's Den needs and/or opportunities by explaining the role of consumers and producers
    • We are EXPLORING a range of Dragon's Den solutions to illustrate the flow of goods, services & resources
    • We are EXPLORING whether innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial skills create new chances/opportunities
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs and wants, and impact sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities improve or harm lives and alter perspectives on needs and wants
    • We are FOCUSING on optimising resource allocation and sustainability by identifying the relationship between supply and demand
    • We are FOCUSING on enhancing financial transparency and accountability by recognising individual and company tax obligations
    • We are FOCUSING on promoting socioeconomic equity by connecting the tax system to government functions

    Kia ora!  This week Miss Steel will be supporting your introduction to Global Studies '24 and your exciting Term One learning context!

    Context:  'The Social Dilemma' - Economic interdependence & vulnerability (Dragon's Den outcome)
    Through innovation, enterprise, & financial capability, individuals, communities, & societies create new opportunities. These opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs & wants, and impact on sustainability.


    MHJC Values:   Awhinatanga/Compassion: Positive partnerships

    Paearu Angitu: (Success Criteria): I can...

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Session 1: Welcome to Global Studies '24!  'Do Now:' Classroom learning routines (Miss Steel's slideshow Pg's 1 to 11).
    2. Register to join 9F1's Google Classroom page: icdtjrv
      Do Now: 'Current Events Quiz'. 


    3. Yesterday's Waitangi Day public holiday commemorated the signing of 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi' the Treaty of Waitangi.  On Google Classroom, view the 5-minute video "Let Me Explain: Te Tiriti o Waitangi."  Class discussion, 'Why is the Treaty a controversial document?'  Class discussion re: Who are the different stakeholders here?

    4. Session 2: Do Now: '4-Minute Visual History' video (discussion). 
    5. Navigate to the Te Ara: 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi' to complete the fishbone research task - refer to Google Classroom. 
      'Te Ara' in Māori means 'the pathway'. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand offers many pathways to understanding Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a comprehensive guide to the country's peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.

      Please use a ruler to draw and complete the fishbone graphic organiser on a whole page of your Global Studies exercise book. Miss Steel will inform you whether reading is a shared whole class task, buddy or individual activity.  Please include the key phrases: 'Spirit of the Treaty' then 'Kāwanatanga' + 'Sovereignty' under the '3 Articles of Te Tiriti' note-taking headings.
      * The weblinks are not 'live' on the fishbone diagram but are listed below:
      a) https://teara.govt.nz/en/te-tiriti-o-waitangi-the-treaty-of-waitangi/print   (Te Ara)
      b)  .  (Highly Contentious)
      c)  https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/01/19/leaked-ministry-doc-warns-bill-could-break-spirit-and-text-of-treaty/  (Spirit of the Treaty)



    6. Session 3: 'Do Now: '3-Minute Visual History' video of the voyages of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (discussion). 
    7. 'Kahoot 'Treaty of Waitangi' by Whaea Katarena.  Insert link here... 
    8. Discussion map splintered research activity - write your name in one square on the whiteboard. Be ready to share your brief answer from your exercise book orally with the class. 



    9. Fast finishers, using the information presented in the School journal, 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi' pdf and the most current Treaty developments in the media, construct a 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi' timeline on Canva. 


    Mahi Kāinga (Homework/Further Learning):
    Please continue working on your 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi' timeline on Canva for homework this week.  Export your completed timeline as a pdf and submit onto Google Classroom for marking by Friday of Week 3.  

  • Term 1: Week 3

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING an area of concern or opportunity by defining needs and wants
    • We are EXPLORING possible Dragon's Den needs and/or opportunities by explaining the role of consumers and producers
    • We are EXPLORING a range of Dragon's Den solutions to illustrate the flow of goods, services & resources
    • We are EXPLORING whether innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial skills create new chances/opportunities
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs and wants, and impact sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities improve or harm lives and alter perspectives on needs and wants
    • We are FOCUSING on optimising resource allocation and sustainability by identifying the relationship between supply and demand
    • We are FOCUSING on enhancing financial transparency and accountability by recognising individual and company tax obligations
    • We are FOCUSING on promoting socioeconomic equity by connecting the tax system to government functions

    MHJC Values:   Awhinatanga/Compassion: Positive partnerships

    Paearu Angitu: (Success Criteria): I can...

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Dilemma's in our community - class brainstorm and discussion
    2. Decide on your dilemma that you want to solve and begin your research
    3. Innovation Bachelor - research innovators who have tackled and helped solve a dilemma in the community. 
    4. Note taking & fact checking during the presentations

  • Term 1: Week 4

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING an area of concern or opportunity by defining needs and wants
    • We are EXPLORING possible Dragon's Den needs and/or opportunities by explaining the role of consumers and producers
    • We are EXPLORING a range of Dragon's Den solutions to illustrate the flow of goods, services & resources
    • We are EXPLORING whether innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial skills create new chances/opportunities
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs and wants, and impact sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities improve or harm lives and alter perspectives on needs and wants
    • We are FOCUSING on optimising resource allocation and sustainability by identifying the relationship between supply and demand
    • We are FOCUSING on enhancing financial transparency and accountability by recognising individual and company tax obligations
    • We are FOCUSING on promoting socioeconomic equity by connecting the tax system to government functions

    MHJC Values:   Awhinatanga/Compassion: Positive partnerships

    Paearu Angitu: (Success Criteria): I can...

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Dragon's Den research project
    2. Weekly Quiz

  • Term 1: Week 5

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING an area of concern or opportunity by defining needs and wants
    • We are EXPLORING possible Dragon's Den needs and/or opportunities by explaining the role of consumers and producers
    • We are EXPLORING a range of Dragon's Den solutions to illustrate the flow of goods, services & resources
    • We are EXPLORING whether innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial skills create new chances/opportunities
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs and wants, and impact sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities improve or harm lives and alter perspectives on needs and wants
    • We are FOCUSING on optimising resource allocation and sustainability by identifying the relationship between supply and demand
    • We are FOCUSING on enhancing financial transparency and accountability by recognising individual and company tax obligations
    • We are FOCUSING on promoting socioeconomic equity by connecting the tax system to government functions

    MHJC Values:   Awhinatanga/Compassion: Positive partnerships

    Paearu Angitu: (Success Criteria): I can...

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Economics keywords activity
    2. Economy discussion
    3. Economics concepts worksheet
    4. Weekly Quiz!

  • Term 1 : Week 6


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by defining the industries in terms of goods, services & resources as well as their contribution to production & income
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by describing our own entrepreneurial characteristics/skills
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by explaining technological advancements in New Zealand
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by discussing the case studies of government land acquisition
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by comparing the NZ workforce - past, present, future

    Success Criteria


    Activities

    1. Education Perfect - Economic History of NZ
    2. SEXY paragraph writing - economic history
    3. Weekly quiz!

  • Term 1: Week 7


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by defining the industries in terms of goods, services & resources as well as their contribution to production & income
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by describing our own entrepreneurial characteristics/skills
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by explaining technological advancements in New Zealand
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by discussing the case studies of government land acquisition
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by comparing the NZ workforce - past, present, future

    Success Criteria


    Activities

    1. Aotearoa History show - Number 8 wire
    2. SEXY paragraph writing - Kiwi innovations
    3. Weekly quiz!
    4. Dragons Den innovation preparation

  • Term 1: Week 8


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by defining the industries in terms of goods, services & resources as well as their contribution to production & income
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by describing our own entrepreneurial characteristics/skills
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by explaining technological advancements in New Zealand
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by discussing the case studies of government land acquisition
    • We are FOCUSING on innovation in the NZ economy by comparing the NZ workforce - past, present, future

    Success Criteria


    Activities

    1. Dragons Den innovation preparation
    2. Weekly quiz!

  • Term 1: Week 9

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING an area of concern or opportunity by defining needs and wants
    • We are EXPLORING possible Dragon's Den needs and/or opportunities by explaining the role of consumers and producers
    • We are EXPLORING a range of Dragon's Den solutions to illustrate the flow of goods, services & resources
    • We are EXPLORING whether innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial skills create new chances/opportunities
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs and wants, and impact sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities improve or harm lives and alter perspectives on needs and wants
    • We are FOCUSING on optimising resource allocation and sustainability by identifying the relationship between supply and demand
    • We are FOCUSING on enhancing financial transparency and accountability by recognising individual and company tax obligations
    • We are FOCUSING on promoting socioeconomic equity by connecting the tax system to government functions

    MHJC Values:   Awhinatanga/Compassion: Positive partnerships

    Paearu Angitu: (Success Criteria): I can...

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Dragon's Den research project
    2. Weekly Quiz
    3. Education Perfect task

  • Term 1: Week 10

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING an area of concern or opportunity by defining needs and wants
    • We are EXPLORING possible Dragon's Den needs and/or opportunities by explaining the role of consumers and producers
    • We are EXPLORING a range of Dragon's Den solutions to illustrate the flow of goods, services & resources
    • We are EXPLORING whether innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial skills create new chances/opportunities
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs and wants, and impact sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities improve or harm lives and alter perspectives on needs and wants
    • We are FOCUSING on optimising resource allocation and sustainability by identifying the relationship between supply and demand
    • We are FOCUSING on enhancing financial transparency and accountability by recognising individual and company tax obligations
    • We are FOCUSING on promoting socioeconomic equity by connecting the tax system to government functions

    MHJC Values:   Awhinatanga/Compassion: Positive partnerships

    Paearu Angitu: (Success Criteria): I can...

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship activity
    2. Mix & Match activity
    3. Word-search
    4. Weekly quiz
    5. Reducing our footprint - read the article & complete the comprehension activity 

  • Term 1: Week 11

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING an area of concern or opportunity by defining needs and wants
    • We are EXPLORING possible Dragon's Den needs and/or opportunities by explaining the role of consumers and producers
    • We are EXPLORING a range of Dragon's Den solutions to illustrate the flow of goods, services & resources
    • We are EXPLORING whether innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial skills create new chances/opportunities
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities can enrich or damage lives, challenge views about needs and wants, and impact sustainability
    • We are EXPLORING whether opportunities improve or harm lives and alter perspectives on needs and wants
    • We are FOCUSING on optimising resource allocation and sustainability by identifying the relationship between supply and demand
    • We are FOCUSING on enhancing financial transparency and accountability by recognising individual and company tax obligations
    • We are FOCUSING on promoting socioeconomic equity by connecting the tax system to government functions

    MHJC Values:   Awhinatanga/Compassion: Positive partnerships

    Paearu Angitu: (Success Criteria): I can...

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Reducing our footprint - read the article & complete the comprehension activity 
    2. Weekly quiz!
    3. This week in history task

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  • Term 2: Week 1



    Kia ora!  This week we are exploring the story of a great rangatira who held great mana. 


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

      • We are EXPLORING case studies of mana-enhancing enterprise
      • We are EXPLORING people’s values, viewpoints, and perspectives, including my own
      • We are EXPLORING how language and messaging can be used to inform, to misinform, and to position people alongside particular values and perspectives.
      • We are EXPLORING relationships between events and identify continuity or changes in relationships.
      • We are EXPLORING people’s actions in the past based on historical evidence and taking account of the attitudes and values of the times, the challenges people faced, and the information available to them.
      • We are EXPLORING conceptual understandings across contexts and case studies in order to develop generalisations.
      • We are EXPLORING concepts and understandings that may be contested and mean different things to different groups.
      • We are EXPLORING and processing information, using social science conventions and literacy and numeracy tools to help organise research.
      • We are EXPLORING values behind diverse perspectives within and between groups, and explaining the implications of missing perspectives.
      • We are EXPLORING attempts to influence or manipulate people’s values, perspectives, and action.


    Authentic Outcomes:  ‘Enterprise at the Ormiston Marketplace’ 
    Theme: Resilience/empowerment/perseverance
    Whakatauki: "He iti te mokoroa, nāna i kati te kahikatea ."
    Metaphorical: The mokoroa (grub) may be small, but it cuts through the Kahikatea
    Literal: This whakatauki reflects that small things can have a great impact. It encourages us to think big. Although numbers or resources may be small, like the mokoroa, it is possible to achieve great tasks/achievements.

    Paearu Angitu (Success Criteria): I can...
    • Locate information in a text
    • Define key terms
    • Examine values, viewpoints, and perspectives

    Hei Mahi (Activities):
    1. Eruera Maihi Patuone lived to be 108 (some say he was 112). Over his long life, he would witness enormous change. Patuone was a boy when Captain Cook first arrived, and he was one of the first rangatira to sign Te Tiriti o Waitangi. As a warrior, he fought with both traditional weapons and muskets. Later in life, he became a peacemaker. Like his cousin Hongi Hika, Patuone was a descendant of Rāhiri, who in turn descended from Kupe.

    2. In pairs, read the journal article: 'Eruera Maihi Patuone: The Story of a Great Rangatirau' attached as a pdf, below. 
    3. Discuss the Key Terms: ancestral wisdom, biography, Captain Cook, heritage, leadership, Musket Wars, New Zealand Wars, Northern War, power, rangatira, rangatiratanga.
    4. In exercise books, write the short date, heading and full answers to a). Quick Find, b). Reading between the lines, and c). '50 Words'. 




  • Term 2: Week 2

    Kia ora!  This week we are exploring the story of one of the first Maori suffragists, Meri Te Tai Mangakahia. Meri Te Tai made an enormous contribution to advancing women's equality in Aotearoa through the women's suffrage movement, and more.  Well ahead of her time, Meri Te Tai Mangakahia wanted more than the right to vote, she wanted women represented in Parliament to be part of the decision-making and able to exercise mana through improved economic relationships.

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

      • We are EXPLORING case studies of mana-enhancing enterprise
      • We are EXPLORING people’s values, viewpoints, and perspectives, including my own
      • We are EXPLORING how language and messaging can be used to inform, to misinform, and to position people alongside particular values and perspectives.
      • We are EXPLORING relationships between events and identify continuity or changes in relationships.
      • We are EXPLORING people’s actions in the past based on historical evidence and taking account of the attitudes and values of the times, the challenges people faced, and the information available to them.
      • We are EXPLORING conceptual understandings across contexts and case studies in order to develop generalisations.
      • We are EXPLORING concepts and understandings that may be contested and mean different things to different groups.
      • We are EXPLORING and processing information, using social science conventions and literacy and numeracy tools to help organise research.
      • We are EXPLORING values behind diverse perspectives within and between groups, and explaining the implications of missing perspectives.
      • We are EXPLORING attempts to influence or manipulate people’s values, perspectives, and action.


    Authentic Outcomes:  ‘Enterprise at the Ormiston Marketplace’ 
    Theme: Resilience/empowerment/perseverance
    Whakatauki: "He iti te mokoroa, nāna i kati te kahikatea ."
    Metaphorical: The mokoroa (grub) may be small, but it cuts through the Kahikatea
    Literal: This whakatauki reflects that small things can have a great impact. It encourages us to think big. Although numbers or resources may be small, like the mokoroa, it is possible to achieve great tasks/achievements.

    Paearu Angitu (Success Criteria): I can...
    • Locate information in a text
    • Define key terms
    • Examine values, viewpoints, and perspectives
    • Construct a timeline to display a mana-enhancing event/s (leadership, change & economic relationships)

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Complete Term 2, Week 2's General Knowledge Quiz. 
    2. Read the two short extracts below on Meri Te Tai Mangakahia one of New Zealand's first Maori suffragists.

    a). Words from Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia: Māori Suffragist
    b). Kia Kaha profile - Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia

    3. Complete the following Cloze learning activity about Meri Te Tai Mangakahia on Google Classroom by inserting the appropriate key word from the word bank onto the document (Google Classroom).  



    4. Craft a timeline of Meri Te Tai Mangakahia's life and achievements on Canva.  The Te Ara Encyclopaedia will prove to be a useful start to your research of key dates & events:  Te Ara - Encyclopaedia of NZ - Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia

    5. Special Guests: Listen to Meri Te Tai Mangakahia's great grand niece Emma Frost (radio interview) with descendants Jeremy Adams & Daymon Adams.  Discuss values, viewpoints, and perspectives of land loss, and Māori women’s ownership and control of land was one reason why they needed to take part in discussion, decision-making and leadership.  Discuss how people’s actions in the past based on historical evidence and taking account of the attitudes and values of the times, the challenges people faced, and the information available to them and how language and messaging can be used to inform, to misinform, and to position people alongside particular values and perspectives.

    Revisit your timeline to ensure your have captured Meri Te Tai Mangakahia's values, viewpoints, challenges and perspectives.


  • Term 2: Week 3

    This week

    Kia ora!  This week we are defining what is an entrepreneur, explaining the difference between invention and innovation, and determining the skills necessary to be a successful entrepreneur.

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

      • We are EXPLORING case studies of mana-enhancing enterprise
      • We are EXPLORING people’s values, viewpoints, and perspectives, including my own
      • We are EXPLORING how language and messaging can be used to inform, to misinform, and to position people alongside particular values and perspectives.
      • We are EXPLORING relationships between events and identify continuity or changes in relationships.
      • We are EXPLORING people’s actions in the past based on historical evidence and taking account of the attitudes and values of the times, the challenges people faced, and the information available to them.
      • We are EXPLORING conceptual understandings across contexts and case studies in order to develop generalisations.
      • We are EXPLORING concepts and understandings that may be contested and mean different things to different groups.
      • We are EXPLORING and processing information, using social science conventions and literacy and numeracy tools to help organise research.
      • We are EXPLORING values behind diverse perspectives within and between groups, and explaining the implications of missing perspectives.
      • We are EXPLORING attempts to influence or manipulate people’s values, perspectives, and action.


    Authentic Outcomes:  ‘Enterprise at the Ormiston Marketplace’ 
    Theme: Resilience/empowerment/perseverance
    Whakatauki: "He iti te mokoroa, nāna i kati te kahikatea ."
    Metaphorical: The mokoroa (grub) may be small, but it cuts through the Kahikatea
    Literal: This whakatauki reflects that small things can have a great impact. It encourages us to think big. Although numbers or resources may be small, like the mokoroa, it is possible to achieve great tasks/achievements.

    Paearu Angitu (Success Criteria): I can...
    • Locate information in a text
    • Define key terms innovation, Entrepreneur and invention
    • Examine values, viewpoints, and perspectives
    • I can recognise opportunities for invention, innovation and enterprise

    Hei Mahi (Activities):

    1. Complete Term 2, Week 3's General Knowledge Quiz. 
    2. Navigate to Google classroom and open the document titled,: "Entrepreneurship".  Read through task instructions as a class.
    3. List the characteristics of an Entrepreneur.
    4. Research who is the youngest billionaire at the moment.
    5.  What is invention versus innovation?
    6. Who is New Zealand's savviest Entrepreneur? Complete questions in task #1-5 and then the task on Pg's 3-4.





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