educating for asia
Asia-related unit plans for teachers
Aainaa: Reflections Through Indian Weddings*
Social studies level 3-5, for students to learn about Hindu, Sikh and Muslim wedding ceremonies as experienced by people living in New Zealand. An interactive learning experience for students with a teacher staff room
Calligraphy: symbols and signs - visual arts
Visual arts, level 3. In this unit, students research the forms and significance of calligraphy in traditional and contemporary Chinese society and develop symbols of their own
Chinese Lanterns - technology
Technology, level 3. In this unit students investigate the structures required to make a lantern and then design and create a lantern of their own
Chinese Lantern Festival - social studies
Social studies levels 1-4, Culture and Heritage. This multi-level unit focuses on the Lantern Festival, a Chinese New Year festivity celebrated in communities all over the world
Chinese Lantern Festival - the arts
The arts levels 1-4 including visual, dance, music and drama activities. This unit focuses on the Lantern Festival, a Chinese New Year festivity celebrated in communities all over the world
Cultural Integration: The Great Immigration Debate*
Social Studies, NCEA level 2, Culture and Heritage, Time, Continuity and Change. Students explore, examine and explain ways people influence society and the reasons why people respond to particular values. This unit explores the cultural identities of Maori, Pakeha and Chinese in New Zealand society
Destination: South Korea*
Social studies level 3, Time, Continuity and Change. Students travel on a mock flight to South Korea to take a look at the Korean education system and way of life. This unit involves carrying out an inquiry and a values exploration
Fortune's Cookie*
Social Studies level 5, Place and Environment and Culture and Heritage. A look at the arrival and movement of Chinese goldminers during the nineteenth century and the impact on the societies they encountered
Hindu Festival - Let's Share Diwali NEW!
Social Studies level 1 and 2 and level 3 and 4, Identity, Culture and Organisation. Looks at the various cultures of New Zealand and how practices may vary but reflect similar purposes. All of the key competencies are explored through these units
Leaders of Asia
Social studies level 3, Social Organisation. Has students explore what makes a 'leader' and gives examples of four leaders across Asia
Living in Our Family
Social studies level 1, 2, 3, Culture and Heritage. Has students consider what it is like to live in a culture other than their own
New Faces, Old Fears
Social studies, levels 5-6. This unit looks at the immigration debate and contemporary New Zealand's race relations through the eyes of Asian New Zealanders. DVD documentary to support the unit is available on request from Janine Chin
Our Life, Our Culture
Social studies levels 3-4, Culture and Heritage. The unit has a focus on how we express aspects of our culture through music, dance, stories, etc
Picking up the Pieces*
Social Studies level 4, Social Organisation. Using the Gujarat, India earthquake, this unit looks at how people organize themselves in response to challenges and crisis
Rangoli - an Art of India
The arts, visual arts discipline levels 3-4. This unit is divided into two parts. The first explores the ritual art of Rangoli and part two focuses on designing and making Rangoli patterns to reflect the local environment
Satyagraha: Mahatma Gandhi's Life in Dance*
Dance and visual arts, level 4. In this unit students research the life and work of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, and create a four-scene dance drama that depicts aspects of Indian culture, and incidents in Gandhi's life. There is an accompanying case study that describes how Maidstone Intermediate teachers and students put the unit into practice, culminating in a performance in Stage Challenge 2004
Saying Sorry*
Social studies level 6, Time, Continuity and Change. A look at the Poll Tax imposed on Chinese immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the impact it has had on future generations
Sister Cities*
Social studies level 5, Culture and Heritage strand. Students investigate their own city and its culture and that of their sister city or any overseas city. Xiamen in China is used as an example in the resource. Applicable to the study of any city in Asia. (Developed by the Wellington Xiamen Association with support from Asia:NZ)
The Killing Fields (Cambodia)*
Social Studies level 5, Place and Environment. Using Cambodians as an example, this unit looks at why people move between places and the consequences on the people and the places they visit
War and Peace - the Battle for Vietnam*
Social Studies, NCEA level 1, Time Continuity and Change level 6. Students use the Vietnam War as an example to explore the beliefs and ideas that change society and continue to change it
Who's the Boss*
Social Studies level 5, Social Organisation. Students explore and explain how systems of Government are organized and how they can affect peoples’ lives. Cambodia under the rule of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge are explored
Why Celebrate?*
Social Studies level 3, Time, Continuity and Change. Looks at how practices of different cultural groups vary but reflect similar purposes
Information and ideas for teachers
Janine Chin
Schools Coordinator
Telephone: + 64 4 470 8707
Email: jchin@asianz.org.nz