I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 9 and in 2021 I will be a year 10. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
One reason that a treaty was needed was the lawless behavior of some of the British Settlers like whalers. This is important as the poor behavior upset the local people and Maori and led to the Treaty of Waitangi. The Wailers, crew-members, and passengers who boarded these ships spent months at sea travelling to and from their destinations. While on land they often exhibited
examples of total disrespect to the Maori and the land. By the time they arrived in New Zealand, they often partied in celebration, by going to local pubs or bars. They would get into fights with one another, and the locals and the Maori. Maori and locals were again mad at the Wailers for their part in encouraging prostitution for the Maori women around Aotearoa. Although Maori and locals disapproved of these actions they had no legal right to tell them otherwise since they had no legal laws set in place. This continued until the 6th of February 1840 when the Maori were deeply encouraged to sign the treaty of Waitangi. Which most of them did.
Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. Missionaries arrived in New Zealand in June 1814 they wanted to share their religious beliefs, the relationship between the Missionaries and the Maori was described as good. This became one reason Maori signed the treaty of Waitangi. The Missionaries came to teach the Maori about their religious beliefs. The Missionaries would teach the Maori about farming, technology, Reading, Writing, and their beliefs in God. The Missionaries were rightfully concerned because Maori got the disadvantages from their trades. The Whalers worried about their land and how it was taken. So they brought the land back from the Whalers, for the Maori. They were concerned about the amount of prostitution, drunks, and fights the whalers caused. The last thing they worried about was the Musket Wars
Kristallnacht or the night broken glass was a pre-planned event that occurred when Aldof Hitler conspired against the Jewish people. This was carried out by the Natzi party on the nights of November 9th to November 10th, 1938. As a result of this program, 267 synagogues were burned. Due to this enforcement 91 Jews were claimed dead and 3,000 were sent to concentration camps. We know this was a pre-planned event because dictator Aldof Hitler sent out the documents before these events. This legally allowed the Natzi party to commit arson against the Jewish community as long as these fires wouldn't spread to non-Jewish districts. The document also allowed Nazis to vandalize Jewish-owned businesses as long as they don't take any money away from them and they could also inflict harm on the Jewish. This document enforced the police to arrest the Jews without reasoning; this was an order especially held against the wealthier Jewish. When these events finally concluded the Germans announced that the things that happened towards them were entirely their fault.
Picture of the effects on The Night of The Broken Glass
Parihaka is an important date in New Zealand and international history, because it made an impact for our past and now our future. So what is Parihaka? How did it make impact for our future?
5th of November is a widely known date to many, because it a the date many innocent Māori
We learned about Spirituals, Spirituals is a type of religious song that gave slaves hope and faith when at that time was a very hard thing to have. When they sang these songs they always gathered in groups called praise houses or bush meetings. Slaves also used songs to secretly communicate with each other about dangers ahead or how to escape and where to meet.
Here is a Spiritual song they sang that gave them hope and faith.
Slavery through time part 3Who is Harriet Tubman and why is she important?
Harriet Tubman was speculated to be born in March 1820 or 1822 and was one of many in those times to be born into Slavery. Harriet Tubman was one of eight children in her family, her father Benjamin Ross was a manumitted(meaning released from slavery) as a recrement from his former owners will in 1840 at the age of 45 but his real age was around 55. Benjamin still carried on working for the Thompson Family who held him as a slave. Harriet Tubman's mother, Harriet Greene is also known as Rit was a mother and a slave owned by Mary Pattison Brodess. Harriet Tubman an enslaved woman who escaped in 1849 became a conductor who lead slaves to freedom before the Civil war she also was a nurse, Union spy, and a women suffrage supporter.
A famous spiritual song that was sung in those was a very historical song called Swing low sweet chariot wroten by Wallace Willis. The lyrics are about someone coming to rescue the slaves from slavery you can hear the meaning if you listen carefully to the lyrics. To elaborate in the lyrics it says swing low sweet chariot and carry me home. I find it very sad but moving to listen to the lyrics knowing the history.
Lyrics to the song.
Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry he home x 2
I looked over Jordan and what did I see Coming for to carry he home A band of angels coming after me Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home
If you get there before I do Coming for to carry me home Tell all my friends I'm coming too Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home.
...............................................................................................................................................................................Slaver through time part 4
How is this significant today?
This is a historical topic that still affects the world today we sure this recently in the BLM protest for George Floyd and countless other black African Americans and that's why it is important to report about.
