Activity 1: A House or a Home?
In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa. Each village had many buildings – kauta where people cooked, pataka where they stored goods and wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern, rushes and bark. Look at the picture below of a traditional wharepuni. Does it look like your house?
My house does not look similar to the wharepuni.
On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?
Similarities:
- My house is where I sleep.
- Our house is in a place like a village.
- My house has a lot more electronics and lights.
- The outside walls of my house are brick.
Activity 2: The Rules of Engagement
During the early years in New Zealand, men and women would often marry at a young age. Women were expected to have babies and remain in the home caring for their children. Few, if any, left home in search of work. Men, on the other hand, were expected to work outside of the home.
These days, we don’t have the same strict expectations about work. Girls and boys can choose their own path in life. In fact, I was lucky enough to go to university and to follow my dream of becoming a teacher!
What is your dream job? Draw a picture of yourself doing your dream job and post it on your blog. You could be a doctor, an actor or even a zookeeper! I have drawn myself taking a picture of a beautiful castle in Poland because I would love to become a travel blogger and photographer one day.
Hi there Thomas,
ReplyDeleteFantastic blog post! With your similarities and differences, you could maybe try explain more on each difference and similarity to each other! Like if your house is made of bricks what is the wharepuni made of?
I enjoyed reading about your dream job and how you want to be a YouTube gamer. It's a lot of hard work editing videos and it takes a lot of practice to get good at it. I have a few family members who make gaming videos and they tell me that it's quite challenging at first but once you get the hang of it, it makes editing and uploading so much faster!
Is there any game in particular that you would like to play for a YouTube video? I always enjoy watching games like Fortnight and Call of Duty because that's what my siblings like playing at home!
Looking forward to hearing from you Thomas and keep up the awesome blogging!
Jade F :)