Hillary Challenge

Social Studies Online

• Learning Outcomes
  Write up the achievement objective and the learning outcomes for the unit and talk about them with the students. Later display these at the learning centre for reference throughout the unit.

  Strand: Place and environment

  Achievement objective: why particular places and environments are significant for people

  Learning outcomes:

  Students will be able to:

  • define 'place' and 'environment' and give examples of these in the Mt. Everest setting
  • identify the key features of Mt. Everest and their impact on Sir Edmund Hillary and the team during and after the ascent of Mt. Everest
  • describe the impacts over time by climbers on some of the features of Mt. Everest.
  • describe the significance of Mt. Everest to Sir Edmund Hillary and New Zealanders.

• Brainstorm
  In pairs students brainstorm what they know about Sir Edmund Hillary. Record any ideas/facts they have in draft form.

• Share
  Students share their ideas with the class. They collect a strip of coloured paper from a central place (or hand out while they are busy brainstorming).

  Starting with one colour the students share one idea or fact about Sir Edmund Hillary they have recorded.

  When all students have shared an idea or fact they record their idea with a felt pen in big print on a strip of coloured paper. Glue the ideas onto a Before Views Chart.

• Question Making
  If Sir Edmund Hillary was to visit the class what would they like to ask him about his life? These questions need to reflect the intent of the learning outcomes. What type of questions could they ask? Use a variety of questions. Repeat the above brainstorming process in pairs: Brainstorming questions on a Questions Chart, sharing one question each with the class, and recording the question for display on a class chart.