Response to Text – Maori Battalion

Maori Battalion 

(Te Hokowhitu-a-tu)

 

Response to Text. Highlight or answer each question to the best of your ability, including important information and detail to your answers.

 

Level One – Skim and Scan

 

  • What did New Zealanders start to call themselves during the First World War?

 

They started to call themselves Kiwis

 

  • How did the government encourage Māori to join the war?

 

They used a war cry.

 

  • What was the war cry used to encourage Māori to fight?

 

“E te iwi, whìtiki! Whiti! Whiti e!” (“O people,

prepare yourselves for battle! Spring up! Spring up!”)

 

Level Two: Vocabulary

 

Word Definition Your own sentence
Rural Relating to the country personality of the place. Texes is a rather rural state
Contingent A group of people in a larger group of people. This Contingent is rather big
Conscripted Enlist someone into an armed force. He is Conscripted into the army.

 

Level Three: Inference (Responses require AT LEAST one full sentence)

 

  • Why did some Māori feel unwilling to fight in the war?

 

Because the government attacked their iwi 50 years ago

 

  • What did the British high command feel uncomfortable about, and why did they initially keep the Māori soldiers busy with digging trenches?

 

Because they didn’t like the idea of the Maori working with the European.

 

  • What does the chaplain’s prayer tell us about who the Māori soldiers were responsible for?

 

The prayer says “Remember you have the mana, the honour, and the good name of the Maori people in your keeping this night.” so the prayer is telling us that the Maori soldiers had the lives of the Maori people riding on their backs

 

  • How did the First World War change the relationship between Māori and Pākehā?

 

Since they worked together and worked as friends not foe they became friendlier to each other but there was still racism towards Maori.

 

  • How did World War One change, and shape New Zealand’s national identity?

 

Since they started to call themselves kiwis they felt more independent of the British empire.

 

ANZAC Response To Text

ANZAC Day – Lest We Forget

Response to Text. Highlight or answer each question to the best of your ability, including important information and detail to your answers.

 

Level One: Skim and Scan

  1. When did the Gallipoli campaign take place?
  1. a) 1914-1915
  2. b) 1915-1916
  3. c) 1916-1917
  4. d) 1914-1918

 

  1. What was the main goal of the Gallipoli campaign?
  1. a) To capture Constantinople
  2. b) To establish a sea route to Russia
  3. c) To secure valuable territory in the Middle East
  4. d) To invade Russia

 

  1. Who were the primary opponents of the ANZACs at Gallipoli?
  1. a) The Germans
  2. b) The Austro-Hungarian Empire
  3. c) The Ottoman Empire
  4. d) The British

 

Level Two: Vocabulary

 

  1. ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps; what is a corps?

 

A corps is…  A subdivision of an army, this means that there are multiple subdivisions in a corps.

 

  1. Complete this table
Word Definition Use in Article Your own sentence
Significant Significant, when something is noteworthy. ANZAC Day is a significant event in the history of New Zealand and Australia. His work is significant.
Etched Etched, to carve or engrave something into a hard surface The events that took place in Gallipoli, Turkey are etched in the collective memory of New Zealanders,  She etched her initials into her table.
Inadequate Inadequate, When you don’t have enough quality or quantity. The ANZACs faced many challenges, including shortages of supplies, and had inadequate amounts of medical facilities. The other team had an inadequate amount of players.

 

Level Three: Inferencing

 

  1. What were some of the most significant challenges that the ANZAC soldiers faced during the Gallipoli campaign? Try to include examples.

 

  1. The terrain, by this I mean that the ANZACs had a disadvantage because they were at the bottom of a really steep hill and the enemy was on top and had a better view point.

 

  1. Comrades, In this fight the ANZACs lost over 100,000 friends, soldiers and family.

 

  1. Which values are reflected in the ANZAC Day traditions and events? 

 

  1. Courage, the ANZACs showed a lot of courage in the fight against the Ottoman.

 

  1. Commitment, the ANZACs showed much commitment to NZ and Australia because they never backed out and they kept on fighting.

 

  1. Sacrifice, the ANZACs sacrificed many things but some really important things they sacrificed were time with their family and they sacrificed their job and making money for their family.

 

  1. Why do you think the commemoration of ANZAC Day has endured for so long, even as the actual events of the Gallipoli campaign have faded from living memory?

 

Level Four: Connections to Our World 

 

  1. What are some examples of courage, sacrifice, and commitment that we can see in our own community?

When my uncle was dying I saw many people giving up their day and night to help him and my auntie, My parents gave up work to help them out and I was at their house instead of being at school.