|
TEACHER Pauline Wood
YEAR
9-10 |
LEVEL
5 |
DURATION
10 weeks |
|
Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
|
Learning Outcomes
|
Place and Environment
Why people move between places and the consequences of this for the people
and the places.
|
Students will:
- Explain why Chinese migrants moved between places
- Describe the consequences of this migration for the migrants
- Describe the consequences of this migration for places
|
Culture and Heritage 5.2
The effects of cultural interaction on
cultures and societies.
|
- Describe the effects of cultural interaction for Chinese
immigrants in New Zealand.
|
|
Processes
|
Learning Outcomes
|
|
Inquiry
|
Students will:
- Collect, process and communicate information about Chinese goldminers in
New Zealand, Australia and California in the nineteenth century.
|
|
Values Exploration
|
Students will:
- Explain why people hold differing values positions about allowing Chinese citizenship rights.
- Describe some consequences of people holding differing values positions about allowing Chinese citizenship rights.
|
|
Social Decision Making
|
Students will:
- State possible social action in relation to racism in society.
- Identify likely consequences of these social actions.
- Identify and justify preferred action(s).
|
|
Requirements
|
| Settings: | New Zealand |
| Perspectives: | Multicultural |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
The subsequent migration, settlement, life, and interaction of British and
other cultural groups in various areas of New Zealand over time.
|
|
Assessment
|
|
Design your own assessment using the template provided.
|
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: Who were the Chinese Goldminers?
Organise access to Timeframes
(username: timeframes, password: images). If students search using the phrase
"Chinese miners" (the "" are crucial) they will find a set of images of Chinese
miners on the goldfields of the South Island.
Using Two Ps and a WC and/or a Photo
Analysis chart students explore the images, looking particularly at:
- living conditions
- work
- the miners themselves
- the environment.
- Starter: Welcome to New Zealand?
Chinese miners were discriminated against on the goldfields of New Zealand,
and Australia and California.
How were they viewed by European settlers at the
time?
- Starter: Words, words
Look up xenophobia in a dictionary
or at RacismNoWay
and create a WordMap
to explain its meaning.
- Starter: Illustrious
Energy
This film, made in 1988, is difficult to find but could be used very effectively
to provide an overview of life for the Chinese miners on the goldfields in
the nineteenth century.
- Research Activity
Students investigate reasons why Chinese goldminers moved to New Zealand,
Australia, and California; their lives on the goldfields and their experiences
of racism.
- Self Evaluation
- Picked On?
What were the Chinese goldminers' experiences on the goldfields?
- The Yellow Peril
Students create a Visual Timeline illustrating some of the actions taken to
control the so-called Yellow Peril.
- Social Decision Making
Students engage in a Post Box activity and consider possible social action
that could be taken to address social issues such as racism, bullying and
discrimination.
- Wrap Up
Try this
- Have a go at the Racism
Crossword for Australian students.
- Design your own using Puzzlemaker
and swap yours with others in your class.
- Follow Up
Find out more about Chinese
culture and history.
Take your self on virtual tours to Chinatowns around the world, eg.
RESOURCES
Electronic
Print
- Beatson D. & Beatson P. (1990) Chinese New Zealanders Auckland: Heinemann
Education
- Butler P. (1977) Opium and Gold Martinborough: Alister Taylor
- Murdoch T., O'Connell P. & Rosanowski J. (1987) New Zealand and the
Goldrushes Auckland: Longman Paul
- O'Connor M. (1990) An Immigrant Nation Auckland: Heinemann
Education
- Amongst Ghosts Memories and Thoughts of a New Zealand-Chinese Family
Learning Media, Ministry of Education
- The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume Two Wellington: Bridget
Williams Books, Department of Internal Affairs
Chew Chong pp. 86-87
Matlida Lo Keong pp. 274-75
Charles Sew Hoy pp. 452-53
- May P. R., (1967) The West Coast Gold Rushes Christchurch: Pegasus
Press
- Pyke V. (1974) Wild Will Enderby Christchurch: Capper Press
Other
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
|
