Today, in Social Studies class, we continued on with our Parihaka studies. This time, we talked about the effect of Parihaka. We looked to Mohandas Gandhi and the Salt March, and Martin Luther King Jr. and the march from Selma to Montgomery. We updated our maps and we started doing this blog to show the significance of Parihaka to this song and generation.
We listened to the song made by Tim Finn and the Herbs - Parihaka. And we are asked to answer the questions in this blog.
What is the main message of this song? - To tell the story of Parihaka and how they remained to their choice.
What line explains their passive resistance song? - He watched the dog piss on the cannon's wheel.
What does ‘you can’t pull out the roots’ refer to? - You can't just erase someone's original nationality, or force them off it.
Give evidence of their determination? - The song represents the people of Parihaka to keep their land, but without any violence.
How does this song show the significance of Parihaka? - This song shows their determination and want to make sure their land stays theirs. The song also showed that they did so without any bloodshed.
What makes an event significant? - The reason, the people, the country, the imagery and the outcome.
How many people are affected? - It usually depends on how long the event goes on for, and where it happens and goes to.
How long were people affected? - Depends whether the event lasts or doesn't.
To what extent are people affected? - If the event happened because of something specific and were targeted towards something specific, like a group's race and status.
The people and groups up above were a big factor in how our society is nowadays. Without them, things would have remained the way they were and would have been completely different for us now.
Hi Andrei, I really like how you explained the events that happened in Parihaka. I like how you put some details in your answers. The problems that I can see is that you have to put some heading so the readers would know where are the answers and questions. It is also great if you put your map in here so we could get more information of your work. It will also be great to put the lyrics of the song so the readers would know the song more, but over all I like your post and always keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHi Andrei,
ReplyDeleteI like how you put alot of depth into your work by explaining the events that happened in Parihaka. I like how you put alot of depth into your answers to actually explain what the song was about.
Next time you could add a paragraph about what happened in Parihaka and how it got invaded, it would help the views understand what has happened in Parihaka. Next time you could add some photos about Parihaka to make the blog post stand out more.
See ya!