Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 1 Activity 2

Activity 2: What’s in a Name? 
During the 1950s the population of New Zealand grew by 400,000 people. That is huge! In fact, so many people were having babies that many people refer to this period in our history as the ‘baby boom.’ Popular baby names in 1950s New Zealand were:

GIRLS BOYS
Christine John
Susan David
Margaret Peter
Judith Michael
Jennifer Robert

Read through the lists. Are these popular names in your school? On your blog, tell us which names are currently popular in your school. Please provide, at least, three girls’ names and three boys’ names that are popular.

When I was going to school, the name ‘Jennifer’ was the most popular girl’s name and the name ‘Matthew’ was the most popular boy’s name.

In my school the most popular names for Boys and Girls are:

_____________________________________________

GIRLS

Angel
Jessie
BOYS
Sam 
John

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 1 Activity 1

Day 1: White Picket Fences (The 1950s)

In the 1950s, things settled down in New Zealand. There were no international wars or intense, national conflicts. Many kiwis were able to settle down, get married, buy a home and start a family.

Activity 1: Meat and Three Veg

It was common for women in the 1950s to stay home with their children and raise their family. They were called ‘housewives.’ Many housewives followed a simple rule when they prepared the evening meal: the ‘meat and three veg’ rule. This meant that they prepared dinners that included three different vegetables and a type of meat (eg. beef, lamb, or chicken).

On your blog tell us if you think that the ‘meat and three veg’ rule is a good one. Do you like the rule? Would you enjoy eating a typical 1950s dinner? Why or why not?

I think that the meat and the 3 vege's is actually a good idea. The reason why this is a good idea, is because this is a really healthy dinner which is good for our bodies and health. My family and I love to exercise and play a lot of sports, but our main goal is to eat healthy.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 5 Bonus Activity

Bonus Activity: Sweet Tooth

When World War II ended, a number of people from Europe moved to New Zealand looking for a peaceful place to live and raise a family. When they came, they brought recipes and foods from their native countries with them, including hamburgers, pizza and other delicious foods.

I usually have a chocolate chip cookie with my tea. I love biscuits! What is your favourite sweet treat or dessert? Use google to find a recipe for it. Type the recipe out on your blog. Make sure you also include a picture.

DIRECTIONS

1. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
2. Cut butter in until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Add milk and mix quickly with a knife to a soft dough.
4. Knead a few times.
5. Lightly dust an oven tray with flour.
6. Press scone dough out onto this.
7. Cut into 12 even-sized pieces.
8. Leave a 2 cm space between scones.
9. Brush tops with milk.
10. Bake at 220C for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 5 Activity 2

Activity 2: Making a Fashion Statement

In the years following World War II, things slowly returned to normal in New Zealand. Soldiers returned home and settled back into regular life; and national sporting teams, like the New Zealand cricket team, got back together and started playing matches again. In the late 1940s, men and women would go to watch these events, men wearing hats and suits and women wearing dresses, hats, and gloves.

Compare the pictures of common clothing from the late 1940s to what you wear now (i.e. in 2017). Are they similar or are they quite different?

On your blog tell us which of the two styles you prefer and why. The pictures above were taken over 65 years ago! What do you think people will be wearing 65 years from now?

________________________________________________________________

I prefer the designs and the clothes we are wearing now because what we wear now is very comfortable and helpful for certain types of things, on the other hand being in dresses every single day is kind of uncomfortable For Example: When it is cold your legs would freeze in the death of snow or the weather. I obviously do not know what we will be wearing in 65 years,All I know is that it will be the new fashion and it will be fabulous. 

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 5 Activity 1

Activity 1: VE Day!

After six long years of fighting, World War II finally came to an end in 1945. The entire country was ecstatic and parties were thrown all over New Zealand to celebrate VE Day (Victory in Europe). Imagine that you were living in New Zealand in 1945 and you had to plan a VE day party at your house. Who would you invite? What would you do to celebrate?

On your blog, tell us all about your (imaginary) VE party. If it was me, I would invite all of my closest friends and family over to my house for a big barbecue. We would eat hamburgers and play basketball in the driveway. Some of us would probably walk to the local beach to play soccer on the beach and to go for a swim (if the weather was warm enough)!

The invitations were handed out to my closest and dearest friends and families. It was an invitation to join me and my family as we celebrate VE Day. Today is going to be a fun day for everyone. All of my Sisters,Aunties, and Grandmothers are going to be making the hamburgers. All my Uncle's,Brother,and Grandfathers are going to be dealing with everything that involves with grilling or lifting. We eat, we play, and we talk, however this day had to come to an end. It was such a fun time to have a family bonding with one another.

Have some time to bond with your family because you never know if that might be the last thing you do.

THIS IS PRESENTED BY SARAH

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 4 Bonus Activity

Bonus Activity: Women at Work

Both men and women served in World War II. Many women choose to enlist as nurses and be stationed overseas caring for wounded soldiers. My nana was one of those nurses. She (Dorothy) spent much of World War II working on a large Red Cross ship that was stationed off the coast of Cairo, Egypt.   

For this activity, you are going to imagine that you are just like Dorothy and that you are working as a nurse on a large medical ship.

Complete the story provided above. To earn full points you must write, at least, 8-10 sentences. What happens next?

One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you…

Rushed into the doctor's office and you see him calmly taking care of a patient. You came out of the blue and started screaming as if his head was about to fall off. You shouted "There is Smoke coming from the far end of the ship everyone needs to evacuate to the emergency exit now". The doctor looks at you with a blank stare, he looks straight at you with no hesitation as if he is going to possess you. He quickly bolted out of the room and warned the other patients and doctors to evacuate this area. Everyone had a quick look at the end of the ship just for a split second and then Bang! . The control room blew up all of a sudden. As that happened the ship split in half. It was much more safer on the front part of the ship but as you look at the other half it was sinking. You had no idea what to do but to jump onto the other side. You were able to make it to the other side. Everyone were panicking with no brain at all on what to do. You couldn't help them swim over to the other side there wouldn't be enough time to do that. Until..... To be Continue!

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 4 Activity 2

Activity 2:  A Call to Arms

Over the course of WWII, approximately 140,000 New Zealanders were sent overseas to serve in the war. Many were sent to fight in huge battles, including the Battle of the Atlantic that lasted for 2064 days (over 5 years)! The Battle of the Atlantic came to an end in 1943, in large part due to the heroic efforts of people like Lloyd Trigg, a pilot from New Zealand. He was awarded a special medal from the New Zealand Government for his bravery. It is called a Victoria Cross (‘VC’ for short). A total of 22 New Zealanders have been awarded VCs.

Click on this link to find a list of VC winners. Choose one from the Second World War, and read about him. On your blog tell us about him. Who was he? What did he do to earn a Victoria Cross medal?

___________________________________________________

The person I was likely to choose was James Ward. 

This man was the first New Zealand airman to recieve a VC.  He received his medal by climbing out of a plane onto the wing which technically was on fire, so James Ward went out of the plane and smothered the fire. Two months later after the incident , James Ward was announced dead when he was at his controls of his burning plane after it was hit.