Government: NZ and MMP

We Are Learning To:

- To understand how people vote in NZ.
- To understand why voting is important in NZ.
- To understand how MMP (Mixed Member Proportional), works in NZ

What I'm Looking For:

- To describe what DEMOCRACY means.
- To describe and explain how MMP works.
- To explain why voting is important.

Different types of government:

There are different ways that countries can be ruled, led or governed.

This is an easy introduction:

DEMOCRACY

- Take notes about DEMOCRACY video below.
  what is means?/ what countries are Democracies?/ where did democracy start?/ what does democracy mean for people in a country?

DICTATORSHIP
- watch these two videos about Dictatorship.
- what happens in a dictatorship?
- what does dictatorship mean for the people in a country? Like North Korea or Nazi Germany.

MONARCHY

What is a MONARCHY? What is the difference MONARCHY and CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY?

Understanding MMP

Watch these videos:

- What does MMP stand for?

- What is the difference between the Party Vote and the Electorate Vote?

- In your best way, describe how we Vote in NZ.

The NAZIS and PROPAGANDA

We Are Learning To - To understand how propaganda was used by the NAZIS and how that persuaded people to fight in World War Two and hate the Jews.

What I'm Looking For
- To define (say what) Propaganda is.
- To describe the difference between a DICTATORSHIP and DEMOCRACY
- To describe the types of Propaganda that the Nazis used in Germany.
- To describe how propaganda was used to influence and control German people.
- To explain the effects of Propaganda, especially on the Jews.

This is a good video about how the NAZIS used propaganda and controlled the thoughts of Children

This is another good video about how the NAZIS used propaganda and controlled the thoughts of Children:

 Look at these images and answer the questions:

 1. These are examples of propaganda.

QUESTION: How were books, films and newspapers used to spread NAZI ideas and anti-jew ideas?

STARTER: The Nazis used books, films and newspapers to spread ideas because... 








2. Look at the anti-jew Nazi posters.

QUESTION: How were the Jews being represented in these posters? What did it make people think about the Jews?

STARTERS: The posters show the Jews as.... If you were a German you would think that the jews were....








 3. Look at this poster of the Nazi youth.

QUESTION: Why did the Hitler want young children to Join the Nazi youth?

STARTER: Hitler wanted young children to join the Nazi youth because.... He persuaded them to join because...









 4. Look at this poster of a German family

QUESTION: How is the German family represented compared to the Jewish?

STARTER: The Nazi family was shown as strong in the posters because.....

Sweatshops: modern day slavery

Learning Objectives:
- Describe what the working conditions are like in Sweatshops.
- Explain why people choose to work in Sweatshops.
- Explain why the world has Sweatshops.
- Describe some of the things people can do to stop sweatshops (you, me, governments and businesses).

 You have done some amazing work on your Human Rights assessment. One issue that has been discussed and that students have shown a real interest in is modern day slavery, especially SWEATSHOPS.

 Watch this video

 Here is another good introduction to the problem.

 Some questions to answer:
1. Countries where we find sweatshops are...
2. Companies that are known to have their items made in Sweatshops include...
3. The working conditions in Sweatshops are good/bad
4. Working in a sweatshop is bad because in sweatshops...
5. People choose to work in Sweatshop because...
6. A world without sweatshops would mean...
7. To stop sweatshops we could...
8. To stop sweatshops businesses could...
 EXTENSION: Write and answer to this: 'THE WORLD NEEDS MORE SWEATSHOPS'