Links: Kate Sheppard, women’s suffrage, Pakistan, Malala, Nobel Peace Prize, here, book, Malala’s Magic Pencil, Emma Watson, Harry Potter, Beauty and the Beast, HeForShe,
Activity 1.The Right to Vote
Kate Sheppard was a very famous and important New Zealander. In the late 1800s, she fought for women to have the right to vote in elections. She did this by creating petitions (lists with the names of people who supported her), running public meetings, writing letters to the newspaper, and talking to politicians. As a result of her hard work, women in New Zealand (NZ) were first granted the right to vote in 1893. This made NZ the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. We call this right ‘women’s suffrage’.In honor of Kate Sheppard’s work, the NZ government has put her image on the current $10 note.
I think if they were to change the person on the $10 note I think they should change it to Valerie Adams Because she gave all new Zealand girls hope because she got in the Olympics and she has won many competitions throughout the Olympics.
(Found on Radio Sport)
Activity 2. The Right to an Education
Activity 1.The Right to Vote
Kate Sheppard was a very famous and important New Zealander. In the late 1800s, she fought for women to have the right to vote in elections. She did this by creating petitions (lists with the names of people who supported her), running public meetings, writing letters to the newspaper, and talking to politicians. As a result of her hard work, women in New Zealand (NZ) were first granted the right to vote in 1893. This made NZ the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. We call this right ‘women’s suffrage’.In honor of Kate Sheppard’s work, the NZ government has put her image on the current $10 note.
I think if they were to change the person on the $10 note I think they should change it to Valerie Adams Because she gave all new Zealand girls hope because she got in the Olympics and she has won many competitions throughout the Olympics.
(Found on Radio Sport)
Activity 2. The Right to an Education
Malala Yousafzai is a woman who was born and raised in Pakistan. In 2012, she was shot and wounded when traveling home on the bus from school. At the time, girls (and women) living in Pakistan were not encouraged or even allowed, to go to school. It is widely believed that Malala was attacked because she (and her father) did not agree with this idea and they felt that women had the right to an education. Once Malala recovered from her injuries she continued to advocate (fight) for the rights of all women to receive an education. For this work, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 - the youngest person to ever receive this prestigious prize. You can read more of her story here. As well as giving speeches in front of many very important and influential people, Malala has written books about her own life. She has also written a book for children called Malala’s Magic Pencil.
Starting Year 8
1.For the year coming I will be starting year eight.
2. It will be kind of scary for me because I will have a lot of pressure on me because I will need to get my math knowledge up.
3. I am also excited to start year eight because it is a new journey for me.
4. Many reasons I am excited for next year is I can make new friends, I can also learn new things as well.
5. I think it will be a big step for me because of what happened this year.
6. I've been thinking through the holidays on what I can do better for next year.
7. I've thought of choosing friends that won't get me in trouble and picking better places to sit and get my work done.
8. I can also take every opportunity that gets offered to me, to make sure I do the best that I can.
9. I also can do everything that I can do to get the st John hours up so I can get my 200-hour badge.
10. I can also put my st john learning into my school learning by if we get health questions I can try my best to answer them.
Bouns Activity.Belle of the Ball
Emma Watson is a movie star who started acting in films when she was just nine years old. You might recognize her as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter films or ‘Belle’ from the Disney adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. When Emma is not acting, she spends a lot of time giving speeches and advocating for the rights of women and girls. In 2014 she launched the HeForShe campaign which encourages men and boys to actively support women and girls by speaking out about gender equality - the idea that males (men) and females (women) have the same rights. Emma is also an avid reader who started her own worldwide book club! Let’s imagine that Emma has just emailed you and asked for your help. She needs a recommendation for a great book for her book club. She also needs you to prepare a short review of the book to share with her readers.
I chose the book, Matilda, by Roald Dahl
I Chose this book because it is a really good book and it was really funny. The book is about a little girl named Matilda who's Mum and Dad don't really care about her. When she was six she first started school and when she was outside of the school it's self her principal came out and grabbed a girl's pigtails and threw her over the fence. I liked this book because it shows you how much you are really lucky that your mum and dad really do care for you.
Kia ora Nici,
ReplyDeleteGreat work on completing another Summer Learning Journey post - keep up the good work. Don’t forget to comment back to blog commenters as well as on others SLJ blog posts to gain extra points.
Matilda is a great story! I used to love watching the movie when I was younger and now I get to watch it with my little cousin who also loves it. My favourite part is when she glues the hat to her Dad's head. What is your favourite part? Have you read any other books by Roald Dahl?
Until next time, happy blogging :)
Emma