SLJ Week 2 Day 3: WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Activity 1: The Right to Vote [4 points]

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 honour of Kate Sheppard’s work, the NZ government has put her image on the current $10 note.

For this activity, let’s imagine that the government decides to create a new $10 bank note and replace Kate with a picture of a different New Zealand woman.

On your blog, tell us who you think the government should put on the new $10 note. Please provide us with a picture of this amazing woman and a short explanation of why you have selected her as Kate Sheppard’s replacement.

Helen Clark

In 1999, Helen Clark became New Zealand’s first elected woman prime minister. By 2008, Clark had become the fifth longest-serving PM as well as being the first Labour leader in New Zealand history to win three consecutive elections. 

Activity 2: The Right to an Education [4 points]

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.

For this activity, we would like you like you to write a short story. The story can be about anything that you wish but to receive full points it must be at least 10 sentences long!

On your blog, share your short story. We can’t wait to read it!

The war between Minions vs Goblins

One long time when cavemen existed there were little creatures named goblins. Goblins are little green monsters with spikes on their back. These little monsters liked to eat guavas. Guavas was the thing that they cherished the most.

But suddenly one day the goblins discovered that they weren’t the only one that liked guavas. The people who like guavas were called minions. Minions are cute little yellow squishy creatures that like guavas too. After when the goblins found out about the minions the leader (jamie) declared war. 

1 year later the goblins and the minions were in their strongest armour.

The rules for the war if you kill the leader then you can have all the guavas you want. A few minutes later the war started. In the war they were stabbing and ripping guts.

During the war the goblins falling apart but when the leader talked to them and gave them a strategy. Soon after the talk Jamie went to talk to the leader and they sorted it out. 

The moral of the story is to trust and join forces.

Activity 3: Belle of the Ball [6 points]

Emma Watson is a movie star who started acting in films when she was just nine years old. You might recognise 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.

For this activity, choose a book that you like and write a short review of it. In the review, tell us what the book is about and what you like about it.

On your blog, share your book review with a photo or illustration (drawing) of the book.

Finding George is a book about a soldier who fought in the World War. This Book was written by Henrietta Bollinger. Henrietta Bollinger is the great great niece of George Bollinger (the famous New Zealand Soldier).

Here is what Henrietta Bollinger has written in the first paragraph.
"George Wallace Bollinger was an ANZAC soldier at Gallipoli. Over a hundred thousand men died there in 1915, including almost 2,800 New Zealanders. My sister and I learnt about George when we researched a history project for school. It turned out that his diary was kept at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. So we went there to take a look. Along with the diary, we found George’s letters and photos and will – all the usual things you might expect. But we also found something else: a letter from a private detective. He had been paid by the army to spy on George. It seemed that although my uncle thought of himself as an ordinary New Zealander, the same as his mates, not everyone saw it that way"

I really enjoyed reading this book.