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TEACHER Robyn Irvine, Hamish McMillan
YEAR
11 |
LEVEL
6 |
NCF LEVEL
1 |
DURATION
4 weeks |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Social Organisation
How and why people organise themselves to review systems and institutions in society.
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Students will be able to:
- Describe how people organise themselves to review systems and institutions in society
- Explain why people organise themselves to review systems and institutions in society
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Achievement Standards
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1.2 Participate in society
(external, formatively assessed)
1.3 Conduct a social studies inquiry
(formative)
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Inquiry
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Students will:
- Develop a framework for an Inquiry;
- Communicate relevant information using appropriate conventions;
- Draw valid conclusions based on information from the Inquiry;
- Evaluate the Inquiry.
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Requirements
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| Settings: | New Zealand |
| Perspectives: | Bicultural |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
- Major events in New Zealand's history;
- The Treaty of Waitangi, its significance as the founding document of New
Zealand, how it has been interpreted over time, and how it is applied to
current systems, policies and events.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Starters
- The Strange Case of Mr Dracon
Students will investigate the case of
Mr Dracon - and develop their Inquiry
skills. See Dracon Answer.
- Inquiring into Inquiry
In order to solve successfully, the mystery of Mr Dracon, students will have
used a number of
Inquiry skills, particularly processing skills.
Protest and Participation
- Time Detecting
Students will investigate a
significant event in New Zealand's history.
- Protest and Participation
Students will conduct an Inquiry into a
protest group
that has organised itself to press for change in a system or institution
- Protest and The Treaty
The significant event was a protest action taken by a group of people whose
frustration and despair at the Crown's failure to honour the Treaty of
Waitangi lead them to organise themselves to force a review of the New
Zealand Government's policies regarding its Treaty obligations.
How have Maori organised themselves to put pressure on the Crown to honour
The Treaty?
- Inquiry: Formative Assessment Activity
Students conduct a Social Studies Inquiry
into how people participate in society by organising themselves to put pressure on
institutions such as the Government to honour the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Wrap Up
Organise the class into small groups of 4-6. Students prepare and present
a brief summary of their Inquiry findings to the group. Each group creates
a Mind
Map, or some other graphic
organiser to summarise actions that people have taken over the years
to put pressure on the Government to honour the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Follow Up
Investigate the controversial concept of
institutional racism.
RESOURCES
Electronic
Print
- Hawke, S. ed. (1998) Takaparawhau The People's Story. Orakei; Moko
Productions (P.O. Box 42005, Orakei).
Other
- Voices of the Treaty: Te Reo o Te Tiriti Mai Ra Ano from the Journeys:
Nga Tapuae video series (1999) Legal Services Board
- Waitangi Tribunal Resource Kit No. 4 (1993)
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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