Treaty of Waitangi Reading

Waitangi Day is a celebration for all New Zealanders.

Focus questions:

  • What is Waitangi Day?

  • Waitangi Day is a celebration for all New Zealanders- Discuss (We will do this one as a class)

  • How long has MatarikiWaitangi Day been celebrated for

  • Should all New Zealanders celebrate Waitangi Day?

  • Sometimes there is a lot of negative press about Waitangi Day and what is wrong with it, but what are the Positives?

  • Should Waitangi Day be a holiday in New Zealand?

We are learning to:

  • Use a variety of texts to understand one topic

  • Find information, put it in our own words and create DLO’s to show our

Success Criteria.

  • Summarise our learning about Waitangi Day

  • Find information about Waitangi Day by exploring texts and put the information in our own words.

  • Get information from different texts about Waitangi Day and put it in one big idea or paragraph in our own words


Use a Jamboard to collect notes and facts from all your readings. Jamboard

SJSL_Te Tiriti 0 Waitangi-2ndEd.pdf

This Reading is Level four and quite long, so it can be tough. Read through it by yourself or with someone from your group. You will be collecting facts from all the readings to turn into a quizz using Kahoot, Blooket or Even Google Forms.

Learning Tip: Read through this at home with a family member, then you will have lots of time at school to be doing the create and share part of "Learn Create Share."

(Collect and fill your Jamboard Page.)

WAITANGI DAY HISTORY: There are many facts here. Good for getting the facts for your Quizz.


Read through the first two pages.

Skim and Scan the rest of the pages to find more facts.

(Collect a page of notes for your Jamboard.)

otago667416.pdf

The Facts without the padding. Bullet Point facts. Read through this one and collect only Interesting Facts. To do this one just use your screen shot feature on your Chromebook and past them onto your Waitangi Day Jamboard.

(Try something different, this time on your Jamboard collect only Screen clippings. Not whole paragraphs or pages just single notes and images.)

Once You have completed 1,2,3 above and finished your Group Quiz (Kahoot/Blooket).

Do this - One Per Person

(How many pages can you complete.)

Do the readings from this and at least 3 of the activities.

These Resources may be shared with you by the teacher but look at them at home to back up your learning. Use your time wisely and only watch these at home or in your own time.

Create a logo - Mine here is pretty plain and doesn't really include anything to do with New Zealand or our culture. Use online sites and Logo Creators or Canva, or just grab a piece of paper and pencil and create your own. Remember to include images such as a map of NZ or a Koru shape or something special to Waitangi Day in New Zealand.