Play the circle game to establish ideas about identity.
Divide the class into small groups and provide each group with two sheets of A3 newsprint and felt pens/crayons. Each group has five minutes to list, as a group, everything they know about their own culture and identity, be it Māori, Pakeha, Pacific Island, Asian, Middle Eastern, European or any other group. All ideas are recorded on the first sheet of newsprint. Next, on the second sheet of newsprint, the students group what they have recorded and label each group with an appropriate heading.
(Keep these sheets - you will need them for the cultural identity activity.)
As a class, brainstorm as many countries as you can and for each country list symbols or objects that are commonly associated with it. If you need a few examples to get the brainstorming, start with this word list.
List different ways in which we identify people with their country of origin.
Students imagine that they are going overseas as representatives of New Zealand. How will they identify themselves overseas? Students prepare a souvenir bag of at least 10 items that they will take on the trip.
Organise the class into small groups of and each student shares their souvenir bag with the others. Use a modified venn diagram to classify the items into exactly the same (middle frame), similar but... (right frame) and different (left frame).
In pairs, create a large outline (at least A2 size - join two bits of A3 together) of a New Zealander about to embark on their OE. How will this Kiwi be identifiable as a Kiwi? Let's start with official symbols.
Published on: 09 Jan 2018
