Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Trick or Treaty

Our new topic ladies and gentlemen is named "Trick or Treaty."

It is to do with the Treaty of Waitangi and how it has influenced New Zealand's society.

Today we sat a pre-test to find out just how much we do not know - thank goodness I still have a job as your teacher!

We also began watching a series of videos about the Treaty of Waitangi. We will continue to watch these tomorrow. I am showing you the whole story because I want you to have an understanding of the whole picture of New Zealand's history. I think that this will make it easier to understand the topic as we go through.

As we watched the videos, we were writing down answers to these questions...


1. What is a treaty?

2. When was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?

3. What was the main aim of the Treaty of Waitangi?

4. Why did some Māori chiefs not sign the Treaty of Waitangi?

5. What caused the New Zealand land wars?

6. Why is there debate over the Treaty of Waitangi today?


A helpful web site to look at is:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/category/tid/133

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Exams...

I realise that we have not really used this BLOG yet as a class - but eventually we will. I promise.

Now one thing that is coming up next week is exam week. Make sure that you study hard for all your exams - not just Social Studies :)

What will be assessed in your Social Studies exam?

Your assessment will be divided into three sections: concepts, knowledge and skills.
  • The knowledge part will assess your knowledge and understanding of Human Rights, The Holocaust and Taking Action. Click on the link to find out exactly.
  • The concepts section will be do with the Holocaust and any other relevant word to the unit. Click on the link to find out exactly.
  • The skills section will test you on your ability to use the skills we have learnt in class. The information may or may not be about the Holocaust.
Here is how the assessment will be divided up:
Concepts - definitions of the key words learnt in the topic 10/50
  • Mix and Match 5/10
  • Definitions 5/10

Knowledge - 20/50

  • Multichoice 5/20
  • Short Answer 10/20
  • Visuals with captions 5/20

Skills - 20/50

  • Graphing 3/20
  • Generalising 2/20
  • Mapping 4/20
  • Paragraph Writing 4/20
  • Cartoon Interpretation 4/20
  • Values Exploration 3/20

You have all worked exceptionally hard on this unit of work and I am very proud of you. Well done.

I thoroughly enjoyed "O'Hagan Live" today (thanks Erik for the title). Just another example of how well you are doing. Keep it up :)