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TEACHER Alex Gracewood, Allan Meredith & Aaron O'Brien
YEAR
10 |
LEVEL
5 |
DURATION
9 weeks |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Social Organisation 5.1
How systems of government are organised and affect people's lives
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Students will be able to:
- Explain how goverment in Cambodia was organised during the rule of Pol
Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
- Explain how the dictatorship of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge affected the lives of
Cambodians.
- Explain how government in New Zealand is organised.
- Explain how government affects our lives.
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Social Decision Making
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Students will be able to:
- Decide on possible social action in relation to an issue;
- Analyse possible consequences of these actions;
- Identify your preferred action;
- Justify your decision.
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Requirements
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| Settings: |
New Zealand; Asia |
| Perspectives: |
Current Issues |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
- The origins, development, and operation of systems of government and law, of
the franchise, and of local and national democratic institutions.
- Current events and issues within New Zealand.
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Assessment
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Design your own assessment using the template provided.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your
students, and to fit the time available:
- Starter: What happens in New Zealand's Parliament?
Students complete 2Ps and WC.
- Starter: Class Collage
In groups students search through
newspapers, cutting out headings
and articles related to government.
These are made into a group or class
wall collage.
- What Does Government Mean?
Students look up terms using a
dictionary and create a
word
map.
- Mix and Match
Students match terms, pictures, and definitions of
types of government.
Dictatorship
- Dictator Business Cards
Students investigate any 3 of 6 dictators, and create
business cards for them.
- Cambodia PowerPoint Presentation
A background to Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot - questions and
activities with links to internet sites to gather information. Broken into
three parts:
Note: Each section may take some time to download - be patient.
If you don't have PowerPoint you will need to download the
Powerpoint Viewer.
- Extension Activity
Time traveller to Year Zero.
- Pol Pot Cartoon
Interpreting a cartoon on Pol Pot, Hitler and
Stalin.
- Borany's Story
Read Borany's
Story aloud, or use senior students to read to groups, or buy copies of
Borany's Story from
Replay Radio.
Students record changes in Borany's life
before and during Khmer Rouge
occupation (see Borany's Story suggested answers).
They then write a
report
explaining how the Khmer Rouge government of Pol Pot affected the lives of Cambodians
like Borany.
- Killing Fields cartoon record
As students watch the video
The Killing Fields they
make a cartoon style record of the key
events.
- Killing Fields Activities
Following the video
students complete their choice of
follow up activities.
- Pol Pot's System of Government
How was it organised?
Democracy
- Jigsaw of key terms and words related to
central and local government in New Zealand.
- Who are New Zealand's political leaders?
Students identify current leaders in key political positions.
- Functions of Government
Students unjumble the key areas of government
and record as an illustrated star diagram. The solution is provided.
- Parliament and Government
- Who's Who in Parliament?
- What do MPs do?
- Our Electoral System
Students follow links to gather information and complete worksheets on
How the Government is Elected,
Enrolling to Vote and
Voting on Election Day.
- How are laws made?
Students investigate
how laws are made.
- Government and Us
Having a say in government.
- Government and Us Part 2
How does government affect our lives?
- Extension: Political Cartoons Three Steps for Interpretation
Students copy 3 steps, and interpret current political cartoons which teacher
provides. See Teacher instructions.
- Wrap Up - Mock Parliament
Run a class Parliamentary session complete with Question Time and debate on a social issue.
- Follow Up
Investigate Local Government.
And/or:
In groups, students create posters comparing the two systems of government
that they have studied - dictatorship and democracy.
RESOURCES
Print
- Carruthers, W.J. (1999) Our Government: Its origins, systems, and effect on
people's lives Auckland; New House Publishers Ltd.
- Cubitt, S., Irvine, R., Dow, A. (1999) Top Tools for Social Sciences
Teachers. Auckland; Addison Wesley Longman.
- Kanal, B., Jansen, A. (1991) Borany's Story. Wellington; Learning Media.
Electronic
Other
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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