What am I learning?
*I am learning to research someone famous who inspires me
*I am learning to share important information about their life and talent
How will I know I am successful?
*I have written down 3 or more questions I want to know about the person I am researching
*I have designed a poster, written a biography or created a Google slides to show my information
Activity Overview
Write down three or more questions about a famous person who inspires you. For example: what or who inspired Brooke Fraser to become a musician?
On a doc or on paper, write down the answers to your questions.
Decide how you will present your information. You could:
Design a poster on Canva
Plan and write a biography.
Create a slideshow on Google slides.
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Biography template
What am I learning?
*I am learning to find out which is the most famous city in New Zealand from a set of data
*I am learning to complete a statistical investigation
How will I know I am successful?
*I have created a list of 20 famous New Zealanders
* I have created a tally chart.
*I have created a graph to display my data
Activity Overview
Research to find out the names of 20 famous New Zealanders, why they are famous and where in New Zealand they are from. Use this template to create your list.
Create a tally chart that includes all the places your famous New Zelanders are from. Place tally marks in the chart to collect data. Work out the totals for each NZ town or city.
Create a graph on Google Sheets or on paper to display the data from your findings.
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How to create a graph on Google Sheets - Instructions
What am I learning?
*I am learning to read information and make a judgement
*I am learning to share my opinion
How will I know I am successful?
*I have read about someone in the list of the top 100 famous people
*I have decided what my opinion is and shared it with someone in my whanau
*I have written a persuasive argument to convince my teacher of my opinion
Activity Overview
Choose someone from the top 100 famous people to learn about. Read their biography. Do your own research if you want to find out more about them.
Decide whether you think that they should be in the top 100. Why or why not? Tell someone in your house what your opinion is and why.
Plan and write a persuasive argument to convince me why they should or shouldn’t be on the list.
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How to write persuasively - Youtube Instructions
Persuasive Writing Exemplar - Building the stadium was a bad idea
What am I learning?
*I am learning to think about what I am good at
*I am learning to show how I might be famous
How will I know I am successful?
*I have written and list of all the things I am good at
*I have decided on something I could and how it could be helpful
* I have created something to show my talent
Activity Overview
Make a list of all the things you are good at.
Discuss with someone at home how you could become famous for one of the things on your list.
Write down how you could use your talent to have a positive impact on the world.
Create something to show your talent. For example:
Music - write a song, spoken word or video yourself playing your instrument
Sports - video yourself doing your favourite trick or playing your sport
Visual Art - draw/paint on paper or on an online site to show your artist skills
Dance - learn a dance or teach us a dance through video
Technology - create something that works and solve a possible problem
Share with your teacher and class!
What am I learning?
*I am learning about someone in history who has made a positive difference in the world
*I am learning how I can make a positive difference in my world for the future
How will I know I am successful?
*I have learned about one of the historical people from the list
*I have decided why they were world changers and I know what I can do
Activity Overview
Watch the videos of the historical world changers from this list: Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Jane Goodall, Kate Sheppard, Sir Edmund Hilary
Do some of your own research to find out more about them.
Talk about these questions with someone in your whanau: What is something you notice about them? Why do you think they were able to change the world? Who helped them to change the world?
Complete this biography about them OR share the information in another creative way!
From what you know about these world changers, decide on just ONE way that you could make a difference today. Add your idea to this online brainstorm on Padlet!
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