The House that Jack Built & Kahurumanu

Ngā Here Kahikatea Seniors: For our senior students today, we are going to look at an important picture book that tells a story of Aotearoa.  

Please read The House that Jack Built, by Gavin Bishop, and answer the following questions (set up a doc called 'The House that Jack Built' in your English folder):

1. What do you notice about the illustrations in terms of English and Māori cultural references on each page?  Choose three double-page spreads each (or in pairs, six double page spreads) and describe what you see in each, what portion of the images references Te Ao Māori and what portion references an English world.  How does Bishop show the changes in Aotearoa in each page?

2. Look carefully at the epilogue that Gavin Bishop has written at the end of the text.  How does this link to the work we have done on Te Tiriti o Waitangi?  

3. Think back to the words kawanatanga and rangatiratanga - which of these words do you think triumphed in The House that Jack Built?

Ngā Here Kahikatea Juniors: adding Ngai Tahu stories to our maps.  

Last week we had a look at the Ngai Tahu cultural atlas site, called Kahurumanu, where you can click on a South Island Māori place name (or enter one in the search function) and find out the Ngai Tahu story that goes with that place or area.  This is the result of huge mahi to help all South Islanders know their local stories.  I would like each of you to choose three place names and learn about them using Kahurumanu, and then add them to your map.