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Falling out with friends

1. Read the story ‘The Girl with Two Faces’
2. Open a Word document.
3. Choose to write a letter to either Tara or Beth and follow the steps below to help them resolve their differences.
   • Think about it
   • Talk about it
   • The importance of I’m sorry
   • Friends crossword

Send your letter to ed@tki.org.nz.

Stand up for your rights

For over 50 years the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has helped to empower people around the world to stand up for their rights.

1. Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2. Choose 10 articles that are the most relevant to you and your family.
3. Open a Word document and rewrite each article in your own words.
4. Make a poster to print out and put on your bedroom door.
   or
5. Using PowerPoint, design a calendar of activities for observing one international day each month that is linked with the protection of human rights.

Send your poster or PowerPoint to ed@tki.org.nz.

Gallipoli web quest

Take up the challenge of creating a parcel for a soldier in Gallipoli by following this web quest.

Send in your self assessment to ed@tki.org.nz.

Anzac biscuits

No-one is really certain who made the original recipe for Anzac biscuits, however, we do know New Zealand and Australian soldiers were eating them while fighting in the trenches during World War I.

1. Test your maths skills by trying this Anzac biscuit wrapper challenge.
2. Find a recipe for Anzac biscuits, follow the instructions carefully to bake a batch of biscuits.

Send your biscuit wrappers to ed@tki.org.nz.

Remembering the brave

1. Use this online dictionary to find out what the word ‘lest’ means.
2. Using this online thesaurus find three other words you could use to help you write your own phrase that means the same as ‘lest we forget’.
3. Write a one-minute speech for an Anzac Day memorial service using this information:
   • Anzac Day
   • Anzac Day and Gallipoli
4. Record your speech – remember to use appropriate gestures and body language.

Send your recorded speech to ed@tki.org.nz.

Memorials

War memorials can be statues or structures to help us remember the people who gave their lives when fighting for freedom. Memorials have been placed in nearly every town, big or small, in New Zealand.

1. Open the ‘Helping us to Remember’ document (Word, 34KB) and use this website to help complete the chart.
2. Take a photo of a war memorial that is near where you live and write a couple of sentences to say what makes it special.

Send your completed chart and digital photo to ed@tki.org.nz.

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