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  • Save the Earth Song.

    Save the Earth Song

    by James Brown; illustrations by Jo Tronc

    Poet James Brown explores the perils of inertia and disassociation when it comes to climate change. Implicit to the poem is a fundamental question: Why do so many people do nothing when we know the stakes are so high? This is a companion text to recent level 4 journal articles about climate change.

    Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2021

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: See TSM

    Topics: change, citizenship, climate change, cycle, disassociation, environment, group psychology, human behaviour, inertia, language, poetry, procrastination, responsibility, social action, taking action, verse

    In: School Journal Level 4 May 2021

    Publication date: May 2021

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  • Fleet of Foot.

    Fleet of Foot

    by Paula Morris; illustrations by Andrew Burdan

    The movement of Māori to the cities in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the most significant movements of people in our recent history. Paula Morris has used stories from her whānau as a basis for “Fleet of Foot”, a work of fiction that sits alongside “Kei Te Tāone Nui”, an article in the same journal that also explores the topic of Māori urbanisation. The text has links to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories curriculum.

    Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2021

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: See TSM

    Topics: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories, Auckland, change, choice, city, economics, employment, family, history, home, Māori, migration, movement, opportunity, Ponsonby, racism, social change, urbanisation, whānau, work

    In: School Journal Level 4 May 2021

    Publication date: May 2021

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  • The Bucket Man.

    The Bucket Man

    by Anna Smaill

    The last time it rained was the day I turned ten. I remember because that afternoon, I walked home from school for the last time. A half-hearted shower, over before it really started. Back when I was too young to remember, the government divided up all the land. If you wanted food, you had to grow it yourself. Our plot was steep and dry, so Dad and Mum built terraces.

    Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2022

    Learning area: English

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Topics: ancestors, ancestral knowledge, climate change, disaster, future, grandparents, inherited traits, tūpuna, weather

    In: School Journal Level 4 June 2022

    Publication date: June 2022

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  • Ann Evans: Colonial Nurse.

    Ann Evans: Colonial Nurse

    by Kathryn Mercer

    Ann Evans was never a doctor, although that’s what she was often called. She grew up in England in the 1840s. Most people expected her to become a wife and mother. At the time, very few women had a career.

    Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2022

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Topics: biography, colonialism, Crimean War, feminism, Florence Nightingale, health, history, hospitals, Ngāti Ruanui, nursing, Pai Mārire, settlers, social change, society, Taranaki, Tītikowaru, Waihi Redoubt, wars, Whanganui, women

    In: School Journal Level 4 June 2022

    Publication date: June 2022

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