Peaceful Protest Integrated Reading
Click on the link opposite to read the article.
Click on the link opposite to read the article.
Below are some reading comprehension questions to answer. They are the same type of questions you answer in your Probe reading tests.
Below are some reading comprehension questions to answer. They are the same type of questions you answer in your Probe reading tests.
Vocabulary
- What does confiscate land mean?
- What are people doing if they plough the land?
Literal
- Who were the leaders for the people protesting the confiscation of Parihaka land?
- Who was confiscating the land at Parihaka?
Inference
- Was the Parihaka tribe the only one protesting about land? How do you know?
- Where abouts in New Zealand is Parihaka?
Reorganisation
- What were the methods that the people of Parihaka used to protest peacefully?
- What difficult challenges did the people of Parihaka face during their protest?
Click on the link opposite to read the article.
Click on the link opposite to read the article.
Below are some reading comprehension questions to answer. They are the same type of questions you answer in your Probe reading tests.
Below are some reading comprehension questions to answer. They are the same type of questions you answer in your Probe reading tests.
Vocabulary
- What does the word levelled mean in the sentence "but it was levelled twice in January 1845"
- What happens when people colonise another place?
Literal
- Where was the flagstaff that Hone Heke chopped down?
- Besides his protest, what else is Hone Heke remembered for?
Inference
- What was flown from the flagstaff Hone chopped down?
- How do we know Hone wasn't the only Maori person involved in the protest?
Reorganisation
- Why did Hone Heke cut down the flag staff?
- Did the Treaty of Waitangi solve all differences between Maori and the British Crown? What is the evidence in the text?
Click on the link opposite to read the article.
Click on the link opposite to read the article.
There is also a short video as well.
There is also a short video as well.
Vocabulary
- What is a petition?
- What does the word historic mean in the sentence: the historic sale of Māori land?
Literal
- What is a hikoi?
- What is a hui?
Inference
- What was the final destination for the hikoi?
- How did the hikoi meet their need for food and shelter during their long march?
Reorganisation
- How did people in other parts of the country become aware of the hikoi?
- Was there a lot of support for Whina's hikoi and petition? (2 pieces of evidence)
Open the Venn diagram and make your own copy. Drag the protest events to the part of the diagram where you think they belong. Can you add further events to the diagram? Add some images too.
Google Summit Slideshow key events for Maori since colonisation
