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Explorers Level 3

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Explorers of the Sunrise-SJSL L4 2014 (1).pdf

Read about all New Zealand explorers. If needed use your read/write tool to listen to the information.

Click here to listen to the audio of Explorers of the Sunrise.

CREATE

You are going to create and design your very own waka (canoe). You will create a picture using Google drawing or Genially , once you have your design you must label all parts of the waka and justify why you chose this design.

This is a photo of a Maori Waka (canoe).

TASK 2:

Read The voyaging story of Kupe to the class. Discuss what the story is about. This story has become a legend. Legends are often developed over time from real situations. Look for the clues that relate to a possible real situation in this story. What aspects of this story could be true? How do you know? What evidence do you have for this?

Write a persuasive text as to why you think the story of Kupe was true or a complete myth.

TASK 3:

Your next task is to research one of New Zealand's great explorers. Using the website write a story about the first European to discover New Zealand. Complete this document about the explorer and save your work into your Inquiry folder.

TASK 4:

Timeline of Your Explorer

Create a timeline of important events that happened to your explorer.

Think about the important events that happened in his/her life. Some questions to consider:

When and where was he/she born?
Where and when did he/she travel to?

Remember to include a date, sub-heading and small description in your timeline. You can include pictures to make it more interesting.

Humans have been on the move for centuries and we know this because of historical records. However they have not always had he use of the technology we have today such as Satellites, GPS and Google Maps. Explorers like Kupe had to rely on navigating by the stars.

File your create task into your Inquiry folder.

Post your Biography to your blog page with a description of who you wrote about.

Share your work with a friend in Pule Class.

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