Category: Citizenship

Reflection on our Deep Learning Inquiry Project

Our big issue/inquiry question was: 
1. What we produced was making a small film for our projects.

2. Here is a link to my self-assessment against the inquiry project goals our group set.

3. Looking at our project and work overall, I am most proud of everything that we done.

4. Our main challenge(s) were filming our projects and editing to make it beautiful.

5. In future projects, I would do my best to cooperate with my group and work hard. 

“Escape from Reality” – Deep Learning Inquiry Project – Week 7 Reflection

We are reflecting on this week’s progress in our Inquiry Project.

  1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post?  We finished our clips and we went to the DTG room to edit and found out we missed one clip.

 

  1. How effectively have you used your time this week? We spent our time on our work to finish it by the end of week 8.

 

  1. How have you contributed to your group’s progress? Yes editing.

 

  1. Glows: something that is going well in your project: Everything except one clip.

 

  1. Grows: Something you need to work on: Make sure that we clip all the scenes before we edit.

 

  1. Where could you get help with this? By ourselves.

 

  1. Goals for Week 8: what are the needed steps to complete your project by the end of next week? Finishing our edit.
  2. Learn

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    Creativity: Asking deep questions to explore creative possibilities.

    Citizenship: Solving challenges and real-world issues to help people.

    Collaboration: Working together as a team.

    Culture: Pūkengatanga – being curious, excellent; learning and sharing new things.

“Escape from Reality” – Deep Learning Inquiry Project Planning

Our learning goals for this inquiry project have been chosen by the group, in discussion with our teacher.

ENGLISH LEARNING GOAL(S): Purposes and audiences

SOCIAL SCIENCES LEARNING GOAL(S):  The ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact on people’s lives.

DEEP LEARNING COMPETENCY GOALS: Culture: Whanaungatanga
Collaborations: Working together as a team.

1. What is the BIG ISSUE OR QUESTION you would like to learn more about, draw attention to, and find ways of publicising or solving? We want to solve the issue of playing too many games that most teens forgot to manage their time.

 

2. Rationale/Purpose – Your motivation?  Why is this important? How does your project interact or benefit your community? What is your purpose? 

We want people to be more aware of what they’re doing with their time when they play video games.

3. How will you learn?  What are you doing/ exploring/ researching? What kinds of resources might you need?

A VR headset, camera, a quiet space, food, and Perry the platypus.

4. Sharing/Audience: At this stage, what do you think your product will be, and how will you present your project?

Purposes and audiences 

the ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact on people’s lives.

Link your original purpose or intention to your audience.  How you communicate will depend on your purpose and audience.

Reflection on the Holocaust memoir Night by Elie Wiesel

We read Elie Wiesel’s memoir/autobiography Night, about his experiences as a boy during the Holocaust.

 

  1. As a 12-year-old boy before the war, what sort of person was Elie and what was his life like? grew up in the close-knit Jewish community of Sighet.

 

  1. How had Elie changed from the 12-year-old boy in Sighet to the 16-year-old liberated from the concentration camp at the end of the war? He look at his reflection in the mirror and all he can see is a corpse.

 

  1. As you read and/or listened to Elie’s account of what he experienced during the Holocaust, how did it make you feel? I feel lucky I didn’t experience the horrible war.

 

  1. What part(s) of Elie’s story did you find most upsetting or hardest to cope with? Why do you think that was? When the war starts, his father died, and other jews that died.

 

  1. Did any part of Elie’s story give you hope or make you feel a bit better? Why? I felt better cause he shared his story about what happened during the holocaust.

 

  1. Has Elie’s story changed or made clearer your views about human beings, human rights, and how we relate to each other in society? How? Yes about prejudice.

 

 

  1. What is the most important message or idea you have taken from reading Night? Identity, faith, and the struggle to understand human suffering amidst the atrocities of concentration camps

 

Reflection on the film Schindler’s List

We are learning about the historical background to the Holocaust memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel.
We watched the 1993 movie Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg.

1. Which parts of the film did you find hardest to watch? Why do you think those parts affected you the most? When the holocaust started and they started killing people.

2. Which parts of the film gave you some positive feelings? Why do you think that was? When Oskar saved the Jews by letting them work in his factory and sacrifice himself for them.

3. What questions or issues do you have in mind now about the Holocaust, Human Rights, or anything else after watching this film? Why do the y have to kill the Jews and do they really have to start a war and kill over 6 million Jews?

4. What suggestions do you have for activities for the class to explore these questions? I want to learn more how they started and want to know every detail that happened in the holocaust.

 

The Jewish People and the Jewish Religion

We are learning about the historical background to the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel.

  1. We watched two videos about Judaism (the Jewish Religion) and the Jewish people. Some things I found out were. I learned about Judaism religion and some of their words like Tzedakah. They were slave before but God set them free after 200 years and they travelled until they found a place where they started a Judaism religion.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  2. One thing I thought was interesting was?  How did they manage to learn the 613 commandments in the book of Abraham?
  3. I would like to find out more about?  Learn more about the Judaism religion.

Different types of Goverment

We have been studying different types of Government. As part of this work, we looked at  scenarios for three different types of Government.  I worked in a group with Daniel, Scott, Tu and me Alex. The three different government types we created were: 

    1. Constitutional Monarchy
    2. Fascism
    3. Oligarchy


Based on what we have studied so far, if I could choose any of these government types for a new country, I would pick Oligarchy and Military State.

Because I could control my country’s small group or big group of powerful people we could control our country and do what we have to do to protect our country while controlling my country while our Military keep us safe and doing the best they can do to protect our country safe.

 

Collaboration

Managing team difficulties

 

Limited Evidence Emerging Developing  Accelerating Proficient
When working in groups, I sometimes find it hard to listen to ideas that are different from mine, or I stay quiet and don’t share my ideas to avoid arguing. 

This makes it harder for my team to do a good job.

 I need help from the teacher to work well with my group members. 

I try to handle disagreements by listening to others, but we still have trouble agreeing as a group.

 I usually work well in a team but sometimes still need help from the teacher to solve problems. 

I share my ideas respectfully and learn from others’ ideas. 

I am starting to understand why people think the way they do.

 I understand my own and others’ ideas and why we believe them. 

I share my ideas and listen to others to help our team learn. 

When working together we can solve our own problems.

 I understand my own and others’ points of view. 

I clearly share my own ideas, learn from others and respect what my friends in the group think. 

Sharing ideas helps us improve and reach our goals together.
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Reflection & Goal Setting Template

Evidence/Links to my work:

 

Looking at my evidence against the competency, I am currently working at (choose your level):

Limited Evidence

Emerging

Developing

Accelerating

Proficient

 

To get to the next level, I need to work on:

 

I could do this by:

Citizenship

Using technology for learning

 

Limited Evidence Emerging Developing  Accelerating Proficient
I don’t use technology to learn about issues. I can use technology to connect to others and learn about their lives. 

I am learning about digital citizenship and usually communicate respectfully online.

 I use technology to understand local, world, cultural, and environmental issues. 

I use technology to create and share ideas to make the world a better place.

I follow laws and guidelines and am respectful and caring towards others online.

 I can describe how technology improves my understanding of world, environmental, and cultural issues. 

Technology helps me create and share fair and sustainable solutions. 

I am a good digital citizen.

 I easily use technology to improve my understanding of world, environmental, and cultural issues. 

I use my knowledge and skill to solve new challenges.

I can easily describe how I use technology to help me work on world issues. 

I encourage others to be good digital citizens.
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Reflection & Goal Setting Template

Evidence/Links to my work:

 

Looking at my evidence against the competency, I am currently working at (choose your level):

Limited Evidence

Emerging

Developing

Accelerating

Proficient

 

To get to the next level, I need to work on:

 

I could do this by: