School Journal Level 4, March 2012
Teacher support materials (TSM) are available for all the following texts in this issue of the School Journal:
| TSM | ||
| Poems | The Squash Club | ✔ |
| Articles | His Own War – The Story of Archibald Baxter | ✔ |
| Buttons | ✔ |
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Buttons
by Iona McNaughton
The students at Moriah School in Wellington collected 1.5 million buttons, which represented the number of children killed in the Holocaust during the Second World War. This article reports on their reasons for doing this and the methods they used to gather the buttons. The students learnt about the personal impact of the Holocaust and designed a memorial to the children who died.
His Own War – The Story of Archibald Baxter
by David Grant
“His Own War” is a biography of Archie Baxter, a New Zealander who refused to join up and fight in the First World War. His objection to fighting was based on strongly held convictions, and he paid dearly for them.
The Squash Club
by Hinemoana Baker
This poem reflects on her childhood memories of waiting for her father while he played squash. In short stanzas, she recalls the sights, feel, and smells of those times.
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