Treaty of Waiting - Collaborative Summary

Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a very important time in New Zealand history. In 1860, representatives from the British Crown and Maori Chiefs signed a treaty of agreement, to let the Maori have ownership over their land and property. Partnership, Participation, and Protection were the underlining principles under the treaty. They got the treaty to be signed by over 500 Maori chiefs. 


In reading we looked at the Treaty of Waitangi, and explored what really happened in our history/past. In small collaborative groups, we read something that explained the story and summarized our understanding. I worked with Florence, Sakina, Haylee, Miiana, and Ellenora. The highlighted words in our summary above, are the keywords we used from our vocabulary list.

Reading presentation

For the last past weeks we have been learning about the great plague of London. We each made a slide to present what we have been learning and what happened.The great plague happened by just one little rat that had jumped of a boat. It started way back in 1665 but luckily ended in 1666 because of the big fire London so it killed rats and fleas. The rich people like the queen and king got to move out because they could afford it while the poor stayed and more of the Town got more infected by this disease. They painted a red plus or cross looking figure on the door so that people know the plague was inside. Once one of your family members were infected you had to stay with them.