Image Attribution: Nelson Mandela-2008, South Africa The Good News, CC BY 2.0
Activity 1: A Long Walk to Freedom [4 points]
Nelson Mandela was an activist and civil rights leader who was born and raised in South Africa. For over 40 years (1948-1991), the country of South Africa had a political system called ‘apartheid’. This meant that there were different rules for people who had white skin than for those who didn’t. Nelson Mandela felt that this was very wrong and he fought for many years to change the law. Eventually he became the President of South Africa and ended apartheid, but not before spending 27 years in prison.
In Robben Island prison (where Mandela spent 18 years), life was very tough. Mandela had a tiny, damp, concrete cell, with only a straw mat to sleep on. During the day he was forced to work in a quarry, breaking rocks into gravel. He was only allowed to see one visitor and receive one letter every six months. At night, Nelson read and studied to be a lawyer.
For this activity, please imagine that you are Mr Mandela and that you are living at Robben Island prison. You have been given a journal and each night you write in it.
On your blog, write a journal entry imagining that you are Mr Mandela. What do you think he did each day? How did he feel? Include as much detail as you can in the journal entry.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
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Activity 2: School Strike for Climate [4 points]
You may have heard people talking about an issue called ‘Climate change’. Climate change refers to an increase in the temperature of our planet. Warmer temperatures can cause natural disasters (floods, storms, droughts, bushfires, hurricanes, etc), rising sea levels, and the extinction (disappearance) of plants and animals.
Many people in New Zealand (and overseas) are worried about climate change, including Greta Thunberg, a 16 year old girl from Sweden. She believes that climate change is not only real, but that it is a “crisis”. She is upset that adults, particularly governments and powerful people, are not taking climate change seriously. In 2018 she began protesting outside the Swedish government buildings every Friday instead of going to school. She inspired the School Strike for Climate protests and, in 2019, spoke to the United Nations about her concerns. Not everyone, however, is convinced that climate change is really happening.
Image Attribution: Greta Thunberg at the Climate March of 27 September 2019 in Montreal, Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0
For this activity, we would like you to explore the School Strike for Climate Australia website.
On your blog, list three facts (things) that you learned, and include a photograph of something that you are doing around home to help the environment.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
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1. One thing I learned is that Australia is accounted as one of the world's worst climate polluters.
2. Another thing I learned is climate change in Australia is a huge concern to the society as 80% of Australian voters want more Government action on climate change.
Activity 1: A Long Walk to Freedom [4 points]
Nelson Mandela was an activist and civil rights leader who was born and raised in South Africa. For over 40 years (1948-1991), the country of South Africa had a political system called ‘apartheid’. This meant that there were different rules for people who had white skin than for those who didn’t. Nelson Mandela felt that this was very wrong and he fought for many years to change the law. Eventually he became the President of South Africa and ended apartheid, but not before spending 27 years in prison.
In Robben Island prison (where Mandela spent 18 years), life was very tough. Mandela had a tiny, damp, concrete cell, with only a straw mat to sleep on. During the day he was forced to work in a quarry, breaking rocks into gravel. He was only allowed to see one visitor and receive one letter every six months. At night, Nelson read and studied to be a lawyer.
For this activity, please imagine that you are Mr Mandela and that you are living at Robben Island prison. You have been given a journal and each night you write in it.
On your blog, write a journal entry imagining that you are Mr Mandela. What do you think he did each day? How did he feel? Include as much detail as you can in the journal entry.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
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Activity 2: School Strike for Climate [4 points]
You may have heard people talking about an issue called ‘Climate change’. Climate change refers to an increase in the temperature of our planet. Warmer temperatures can cause natural disasters (floods, storms, droughts, bushfires, hurricanes, etc), rising sea levels, and the extinction (disappearance) of plants and animals.
Many people in New Zealand (and overseas) are worried about climate change, including Greta Thunberg, a 16 year old girl from Sweden. She believes that climate change is not only real, but that it is a “crisis”. She is upset that adults, particularly governments and powerful people, are not taking climate change seriously. In 2018 she began protesting outside the Swedish government buildings every Friday instead of going to school. She inspired the School Strike for Climate protests and, in 2019, spoke to the United Nations about her concerns. Not everyone, however, is convinced that climate change is really happening.
Image Attribution: Greta Thunberg at the Climate March of 27 September 2019 in Montreal, Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0
For this activity, we would like you to explore the School Strike for Climate Australia website.
On your blog, list three facts (things) that you learned, and include a photograph of something that you are doing around home to help the environment.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
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School Strike for Climate Australia
Three things that I learned from the School Strike for Climate Australia website include:
1. One thing I learned is that Australia is accounted as one of the world's worst climate polluters.
2. Another thing I learned is climate change in Australia is a huge concern to the society as 80% of Australian voters want more Government action on climate change.
3. I also noticed that Australia has a big participation and contribution in climate change.
Image Attribution: Rosa Parks with King 1955, Unknown, Public Domain
Martin Luther King Jr was a Christian minister in the United States of America (USA) in the 1950s and 1960s. He spent much of his life fighting for equality (equal rights) for people of colour. At the time, there were laws that kept black and white people separated - they went to different schools, used different toilets, and even sat in different parts of a bus and ate in different areas of a restaurant. This was called ‘segregation.’
Dr King did not agree with these laws and he led many protests against them. He was joined in his protests by many people, including an African American woman named Rosa Parks. In 1955, Rosa boarded a bus in Alabama (USA) and when the bus filled up with people, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. You can read about this famous incident here and watch a video about Rosa Parks here.
The brave actions of people like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks were instrumental in changing the way that African Americans (people of colour) were treated in the United States.
For this activity, please consider the problem that black men and women faced in America at this time. On your blog, describe the problem. What did Rosa Parks do about the problem? How did other people react?
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest where African-American people would indicate that they are no longer interested on taking the buses until their standards have been met, and that was to put racial segregation on the buses to an end but not only in Montgomery, Alabama but all over the United States so overall it was a protest to stop racial segregation on the Montgomery Buses. In the 1950’s racial segregation was a huge issue in America that there was even a system in America called the “Jim Crow Laws” which was basically the law that separated “whites” and “coloured” folk. If you were seen as a “white” person you would be treated respectfully whereas if you were seen as a “coloured” person you would be treated the complete opposite. On December 1st 1955 Rosa Parks shocked the whole of Montgomery by getting arrested after refusing to give up her seat in the coloured section to a white person. This was the incident that inaugurated the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked by a African-American (coloured) woman by the name of Rosa Parks when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person in the coloured section.The Montgomery Buses had 2 sections, the front part of the bus was for the “whites” and the back part of the bus was for the “coloured” folk and whenever the white section was full the bus driver did have the authority to move the “coloured” sign back a few seats.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I had been learning about Boycott and Rosa Parks ,I learnt about it and kept enjoying it so I just learnt more about it.
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Activity 1: The Right to Vote [4 points]
Kate Sheppard was a very famous and important New Zealander. In the late 1800s, she fought for women to have the right to vote in elections. She did this by creating petitions (lists with the names of people who supported her), running public meetings, writing letters to the newspaper, and talking to politicians.
As a result of her hard work, women in New Zealand (NZ) were first granted the right to vote in 1893. This made NZ the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. We call this right ‘women’s suffrage’.
In honour of Kate Sheppard’s work, the NZ government has put her image on the current $10 note.
Image Attribution: Kate Sheppard, William Sidney Smith, Public Domain
For this activity, let’s imagine that the government decides to create a new $10 bank note and replace Kate with a picture of a different New Zealand woman.
On your blog, tell us who you think the government should put on the new $10 note. Please provide us with a picture of this amazing woman and a short explanation of why you have selected her as Kate Sheppard’s replacement.
*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
Image Attribution: Malala Yousafzai, 内閣官房内閣広報室, CC BY 4.0
Malala Yousafzai is a woman who was born and raised in Pakistan. In 2012, she was shot and wounded when traveling home on the bus from school. At the time, girls (and women) living in Pakistan were not encouraged, or even allowed, to go to school. It is widely believed that Malala was attacked because she (and her father) did not agree with this idea and they felt that women had the right to an education.
Once Malala recovered from her injuries she continued to advocate (fight) for the rights of all women to receive an education. For this work, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 - the youngest person to ever receive this prestigious prize. You can read more of her story here.
As well as giving speeches in front of many very important and influential people, Malala has written books about her own life. She has also written a book for children called Malala’s Magic Pencil.
For this activity, we would like you like you to write a short story. The story can be about anything that you wish but to receive full points it must be at least 10 sentences long!
On your blog, share your short story. We can’t wait to read it!
*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
I had decided to write a story about me ,and just to introduce myself.
Emma Watson is a movie star who started acting in films when she was just nine years old. You might recognise her as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter films or ‘Belle’ from the Disney adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
When Emma is not acting, she spends a lot of time giving speeches and advocating for the rights of women and girls. In 2014 she launched the HeForShe campaign which encourages men and boys to actively support women and girls by speaking out about gender equality - the idea that males (men) and females (women) have the same rights. Emma is also an avid reader who started her own worldwide book club!
Let’s imagine that Emma has just emailed you and asked for your help. She needs a recommendation for a great book for her book club. She also needs you to prepare a short review of the book to share with her readers.
Image Attribution: Emma Watson Cannes 2013, Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
For this activity, choose a book that you like and write a short review of it. In the review, tell us what the book is about and what you like about it. On your blog, share your book review with a photo or illustration (drawing) of the book.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
The book that I have chosen to write about is called Amulet and it is a fun comic book and is very interesting to read. This book is about a girl named Emily and her group of friends who are in need of help in their city but unsure of where to go for help as something in their city isn't adding up. Emily is then taken to the academy and is expected to fight other competitors for a spot on the guardian council as the numbers of competitors are decreasing. Emily is left confused and frustrated as she doesnt understand what is going on with her city.
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I am truly sorry that I didn't write any task Description I have been very busy with Christmas and with family , I did rush this so yea...
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Sorry didn't have time to take a photo it was to dark and everyone was sleeping.
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Activity 3: “I Have a Dream” [6 points]Image Attribution: Rosa Parks with King 1955, Unknown, Public Domain
Martin Luther King Jr was a Christian minister in the United States of America (USA) in the 1950s and 1960s. He spent much of his life fighting for equality (equal rights) for people of colour. At the time, there were laws that kept black and white people separated - they went to different schools, used different toilets, and even sat in different parts of a bus and ate in different areas of a restaurant. This was called ‘segregation.’
Dr King did not agree with these laws and he led many protests against them. He was joined in his protests by many people, including an African American woman named Rosa Parks. In 1955, Rosa boarded a bus in Alabama (USA) and when the bus filled up with people, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. You can read about this famous incident here and watch a video about Rosa Parks here.
The brave actions of people like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks were instrumental in changing the way that African Americans (people of colour) were treated in the United States.
For this activity, please consider the problem that black men and women faced in America at this time. On your blog, describe the problem. What did Rosa Parks do about the problem? How did other people react?
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest where African-American people would indicate that they are no longer interested on taking the buses until their standards have been met, and that was to put racial segregation on the buses to an end but not only in Montgomery, Alabama but all over the United States so overall it was a protest to stop racial segregation on the Montgomery Buses. In the 1950’s racial segregation was a huge issue in America that there was even a system in America called the “Jim Crow Laws” which was basically the law that separated “whites” and “coloured” folk. If you were seen as a “white” person you would be treated respectfully whereas if you were seen as a “coloured” person you would be treated the complete opposite. On December 1st 1955 Rosa Parks shocked the whole of Montgomery by getting arrested after refusing to give up her seat in the coloured section to a white person. This was the incident that inaugurated the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked by a African-American (coloured) woman by the name of Rosa Parks when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person in the coloured section.The Montgomery Buses had 2 sections, the front part of the bus was for the “whites” and the back part of the bus was for the “coloured” folk and whenever the white section was full the bus driver did have the authority to move the “coloured” sign back a few seats.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I had been learning about Boycott and Rosa Parks ,I learnt about it and kept enjoying it so I just learnt more about it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DAY 3: WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Activity 1: The Right to Vote [4 points]
Kate Sheppard was a very famous and important New Zealander. In the late 1800s, she fought for women to have the right to vote in elections. She did this by creating petitions (lists with the names of people who supported her), running public meetings, writing letters to the newspaper, and talking to politicians.
As a result of her hard work, women in New Zealand (NZ) were first granted the right to vote in 1893. This made NZ the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. We call this right ‘women’s suffrage’.
In honour of Kate Sheppard’s work, the NZ government has put her image on the current $10 note.
Image Attribution: Kate Sheppard, William Sidney Smith, Public Domain
For this activity, let’s imagine that the government decides to create a new $10 bank note and replace Kate with a picture of a different New Zealand woman.
On your blog, tell us who you think the government should put on the new $10 note. Please provide us with a picture of this amazing woman and a short explanation of why you have selected her as Kate Sheppard’s replacement.
*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
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Activity 2: The Right to an Education [4 points]Image Attribution: Malala Yousafzai, 内閣官房内閣広報室, CC BY 4.0
Malala Yousafzai is a woman who was born and raised in Pakistan. In 2012, she was shot and wounded when traveling home on the bus from school. At the time, girls (and women) living in Pakistan were not encouraged, or even allowed, to go to school. It is widely believed that Malala was attacked because she (and her father) did not agree with this idea and they felt that women had the right to an education.
Once Malala recovered from her injuries she continued to advocate (fight) for the rights of all women to receive an education. For this work, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 - the youngest person to ever receive this prestigious prize. You can read more of her story here.
As well as giving speeches in front of many very important and influential people, Malala has written books about her own life. She has also written a book for children called Malala’s Magic Pencil.
For this activity, we would like you like you to write a short story. The story can be about anything that you wish but to receive full points it must be at least 10 sentences long!
On your blog, share your short story. We can’t wait to read it!
*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
I had decided to write a story about me ,and just to introduce myself.
Greetings to you all, my name is Sonnia and I am a year seven student at Pt England School. My favorite hobby is playing sports. I play touch, cricket ,rippa rugby ,rugby ,tag, netball and sometimes I play softball. My favorite colour is light blue and my favorite subject is writing. I love eating subway cookies and having pizza for dinner. I enjoy playing with my friends and laughing with them all the time. One of my favorite things to do with my friends when we are free is go for a feed or go to the arcade , or even the movies. I love and enjoy spending time with family as family treasures me. I hate when school ends because at home it could be very boring ,at school it's fun because you have laughs with your friend but you also have to do work. There is a little story about me and I hoped you enjoyed it.
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Activity 3: Belle of the Ball [6 points]Emma Watson is a movie star who started acting in films when she was just nine years old. You might recognise her as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter films or ‘Belle’ from the Disney adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
When Emma is not acting, she spends a lot of time giving speeches and advocating for the rights of women and girls. In 2014 she launched the HeForShe campaign which encourages men and boys to actively support women and girls by speaking out about gender equality - the idea that males (men) and females (women) have the same rights. Emma is also an avid reader who started her own worldwide book club!
Let’s imagine that Emma has just emailed you and asked for your help. She needs a recommendation for a great book for her book club. She also needs you to prepare a short review of the book to share with her readers.
Image Attribution: Emma Watson Cannes 2013, Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
For this activity, choose a book that you like and write a short review of it. In the review, tell us what the book is about and what you like about it. On your blog, share your book review with a photo or illustration (drawing) of the book.
*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!
Title: Amulet
Author/Illustrator: Kazu Kibuishi
The book that I have chosen to write about is called Amulet and it is a fun comic book and is very interesting to read. This book is about a girl named Emily and her group of friends who are in need of help in their city but unsure of where to go for help as something in their city isn't adding up. Emily is then taken to the academy and is expected to fight other competitors for a spot on the guardian council as the numbers of competitors are decreasing. Emily is left confused and frustrated as she doesnt understand what is going on with her city.
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Hi Sonnia, Mrs Collins from Manaiakalani here commenting on blogs over term break. Well done on posting and participating in the SLJ this year. Nelson Mandela spent a lot of time in jail, how do you think he coped? What could he do to keep his mind and body active? Keep blogging, and commenting on others, to increase your chance of winning one of the awesome prizes and to keep up your learning over the school break!
ReplyDeleteCan you please check some of your posts as they overspill and they can't be read properly. Remember to use CONTROL SHIFT V when copying text. It's the climate change, bus boycott, your self introduction and book review posts that need amending. Thank you!
Kia Ora Sonnia
ReplyDeleteI’m Dani, one of the blog commenters for the Kaikohekohe cluster for the Summer Learning Journey. I have heard some great things about the learners in the Manaiakalani cluster so I thought I would jump on and check out some blog posts.
How are you enjoying the Summer Learning Journey so far? I’m loving it! It is my third year being a blog commenter and I really enjoy learning so many new things. Wow I can tell you have made a big effort doing all six activities in one go. Which one of these activities was your favourite to do? I like reading about who SLJ learners think should be on the $10 note.
Valerie Adams is a great pick for the $10 note. Did you know that she has won 15 gold medals in the shotput events during International sporting events such as the Olympics and the World Championships. All the hours of training has paid off for her. She is an inspiration for any New Zealander. If you got the chance to compete at the Olympics what sport would you want to compete in?
There are a few parts of your blog post where the text doesn’t fit to the page so it makes it really hard to read, maybe for your next post you could double check that that hasn’t happened so everyone can read everything you have written!
As it is the holiday period many of the Summer Learning Journey team are currently away from work and are spending some time with their friends and family. This means that you would get many encouraging comments over this time. We want you to keep blogging and we will comment on as many of your posts as we can when everyone is back at work!
Keep the blogging up!
Blog ya later,
Dani