SLJ - Week 3 day 2 - (1,2 and Bonus Activity)

Day 2: Peace Out! (The 1960s)

Activity 1: The Dawn of Television

In the 1960s there was a great deal of change in New Zealand.

Technology was evolving and the television was introduced

for the first time into New Zealand homes in the 1960s. Popular

programmes included Town and Around and C’mon.  Television

remains popular to this day.

What is your favourite television show at the moment? On your blog

tell us about your favourite television show. What is it about? Who

are the main characters? What channel is it on?

I don’t really watch Tv that much now, but I have to say Sesame street.

I like Sesame street because they really intertaine people.

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

My favourite television show is Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade

Ninja. This is a show about a 9th grader that is secretly a ninja.

Every time there is a problem in there school he goes somewhere

private and change into a ninja. He carries a book around which

when he put his face into the book he goes into a different world.

At that different world there is words that helps him defeat the bad

people in the normal world.

Main characters:

Randy Cunningham

Howard (Friend)

Activity 2: Rock ‘n’ Roll

Famous bands also started travelling across the world and in 1964,

New Zealand hosted, arguably the most popular band of the time, The Beatles.

People were very excited to see The Beatles, and the hype around

the band was known as Beatlemania (similar to the modern-day Bieber-Fever)!

Read about their tour of New Zealand below, and then post three interesting

facts about The Beatles Tour on your blog.

1. They first arrived at wellington
2. Nearly all young woman, waited as the band touched down on 21 June 1964
3. One girl badly slashed her thigh trying to climb a wire fence

     Retrieved from https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/beatles

Bonus Activity: The Three Rs - Rugby, Racing and Running

In the 1960s, sport in New Zealand was dominated by the three

R’s – rugby, racing and running. The national rugby team, the All Blacks,

had a great decade, winning 36 of the 40 games that they played. Many

kiwis also spent their week-ends at the local racetrack and, in 1960,

Peter Snell won a gold medal in the 800m race at the Olympic Games

in Rome, Italy. He followed this up with two more gold medals in the

800m and 1500m races at the 1964 Olympic Games.

Watch this documentary about Peter Snell and then create a one-page

poster on Canva* about this famous kiwi runner. Be sure to include a

picture  of Peter along with information about his interests and other

sporting accomplishments.

*You will need to register on the Canva website in order to use it. To

register, first you will need to choose your poster template from the

homepage. This will bring up the sign-in page. Click on the ‘Register with Email’

button and enter your details.

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