TERM 3

WEEK 3

Te Tiriti O Waitangi

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1. When did Captain Cook arrive in Aotearoa?

2. When did the Māori chiefs write to the King of England for protection?

3. How many chiefs had signed the Declaration of Independence by 1840?

4. When were the New Zealand Wars?

5. What is the Waitangi Tribunal?

HIDDEN

1. Suggest how the Māori chiefs write to the King of England if they didn’t speak English?

2. Why would some of the chiefs decide not to sign the Te Tiriti o Waitangi?

3. Because Hobson had the document copied and sent around the country to be signed, what could be some of the issues associated with this?

4. Although some of the chiefs were concerned about the meaning of the treaty, why did they sign it anyway?

HEAD

1. Whose perspective is this article written from? Justify using multiple points of evidence from the text.

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WEEK 1

Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes

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1. What does a geoscientist do?

2. What is ‘liquefaction’?

3. What is the ‘Richter Scale’?

4. What important fact was reinforced as a result of the Christchurch earthquakes?

Hidden

1. Why do you think we don’t normally feel earthquakes less than 3 on the Richter Scale?

2. Why was it important to re-consider that earthquakes can happen across many fault lines?

3. Do you think that knowing about the liquefaction effect could have prevented the loss of life from the Christchurch February quake?

4. What do you think will change the next time a New Zealand city experiences a major earthquake?

Head

1. Christchurch is not the first city to experience a devastating earthquake. Hypothesise why we haven’t learned from past earthquakes. Back up your statements with evidence. (Here's a link to help)