Te+Whakahaere_Explore+New+Zealand

=Te Whakahaere_Explore our World_Aotearoa/New Zealand=

Design your own 'kiwiana' stamp and explain why you chose the different aspects. ||= Explore the different maps in Virtual New Zealand. What is the difference between New Zealand and Zeelandia? On a map of New Zealand locate the main volcanoes.
 * = Use this link to look at some samples of postage stamps with a kiwiana theme.

|| and hyperlink from Otago. List at least three reasons to visit Otago. select any other two regions, preferably ones that you have a connection to, and list three reasons to visit them. Now rank the three in order of preference and justify your ranking. ||= Use the 'facts' drop down menu in the Virtual New Zealand site and create a five question multi-choice quiz. || and give your definition of: 1. What is culture? 2. What is New Zealand culture? 3. What is Otago or Dunedin culture? ||= Follow the link on C3, holidaying in New Zealand. List eight places mentioned and show their location on a map of New Zealand. Select one location and do further research to create a brochure about that location's attractions. || Locate six of them on a map and include a brief description about the location- similar in style to the descriptions you read in this site. How fair is the description of Dunedin? Justify your stance. ||= Take the kiwiana quiz on this Otorohanga site, following the hyperlinks to discover any answers you are unsure of. || ||= Use the explanations of New Zealand slang to interpret what was being said. Then make up a short dialogue using 'kiwi slang'. || ||= On a map of New Zealand locate and label the towns mentioned in this NZ Post stamp collection of 'town icons'. Use a boxed insert to sketch the icon and draw an arrow to the town. Use this information to create a quiz (matching, electronic, Keynote ...) || Find out more about any two. Use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast. Use a hyperlink on the left hand side to find two interesting facts about New Zealand or New Zealanders e.g. inventors ||= Use the information on this site, and some of your own research, to draw a graph showing the size of up to ten different icons for New Zealand towns. || ||= What are visitors told about New Zealand and our culture? How accurate are the descriptions and what do they say about what is important to us? || This site also has a link to some posters about kiwi icons, made using comic life. ||= View this video, then write a script for an advertisement that promotes another 'iconic' kiwiana product. media type="youtube" key="JspHqoegTkc" height="360" width="640" ||
 * = Click on the 'regions' menu of [|maps], or use the drop down menu from Virtual New Zealand
 * = Use the culture drop down menu, skim read the information under the different hyperlinks,
 * = Follow the C2 link, cities of New Zealand on the eNZed site.
 * = For a homework assignment- try one of the kiwiana recipes on this link.
 * = Use the map on this Te Ara page to draw your own map of New Zealand, showing the location of the towns. Use a boxed insert to sketch the town's icon and a brief explanation of why the town chose that icon.
 * = Use this site to explain what a gumboot, a carrot and a doughnut have in common.
 * = The in2edu site has a great unit on kiwiana. Follow the hyperlinks to find out more about kiwiana icons.
 * = View some of the videos on this class wiki and brainstorm words and visual images that typify 'kiwiana' as you view them. Select one of the words to do an acrostic poem, or do an acrostic poem on 'kiwiana'.