Achievement objective 6.1
Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to:
- understand how the causes and consequences of past events that are of significance to New Zealanders shape the lives of people and society.
Indicators
- Selects and explains the causes of past events.
- Orders past events in terms of importance.
- Identifies the consequences of past events.
- Links the causes and consequences.
Possible context elaborations
- The dismantling of the Parihaka settlement: What were the causes and what were the consequences?
- The Birmingham Campaign: What led to it and what were its outcomes?
- The 1951 Waterfront Dispute: What caused it, what were its consequences, and why did it polarise New Zealand society?
- Sharpeville Massacre: What were its causes and what were its effects in South Africa and internationally?
- 9/11: What were the causes and consequences for the US, Afghanistan, and the rest of the world?
- Ballantyne’s department store fire: Who was to blame and what were the consequences?
- Campaign for Aboriginal land rights: What are the issues and how are these of significance to New Zealanders?
Last updated August 24, 2012
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