Civil Defence
Teacher Betty Archer
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LEVEL
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DURATION
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| 5-6
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3
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3 weeks
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| Achievement Objective Being Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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| Transactional Writing
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Identify civil disasters, write instructions, gather information from a variety of visual texts (charts, pamphlets, posters, video) and present work in brochure or pamphlet.
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| Processes
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| Processing Information
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Gather, select, record and present coherent, structured information from a variety of sources, using different technologies and explaining processes used.
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| Supporting Achievement Objective
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Learning Outcomes
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| Presenting
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Present research in a brochure format and recognise that both text and graphics can be used to convey information.
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| Viewing
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View and use visual texts to retrieve, interpret, organise and present information coherently.
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Teacher background reading
Teaching and learning activities
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:
During this unit children will develop an understanding of the nature of a disaster, the need for personal preparation in terms of creating emergency plans and gathering contents for survival kit, and an awareness of the Civil Defence Organisation, its presence and purpose in their own community.
Learning task 1
Learning task 2
Learning task 3
Assessment
Assessment Task
Brochure presentation:
- A4 page divided and folded into 3 parts.
- Both sides to be used - text plus graphics.
- Statement about Civil Defence.
- Statement about emergencies.
- Instructions on how to react in Civil Emergency.
- Contents of Survival Kit.
This work may be produced with paper/pencils, paint, etc. or on computers.
assessment (RTF 8KB)
self_assessment (RTF 9KB)
level2 (RTF 3MB)
level3 (RTF 3MB)
Resources
Electronic
Print
- School Journals - Learning Media, Wellington
- Boon, Kevin. Events in New Zealand History - Nelson Price Milburn, 1990
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The Violent Earth Series, Wayland Publishing, 1992
- Earthquake by John Dudman
- Volcano by John Dudman
- Flood by Julia Waterlow
- Storm by Jenny Wood
- Williams, Karen. Ruapehu Erupts. Godwit 1996
- Natural Disasters Series, Heinemann Publishing Ltd. 1996
- Tidal Waves and Flooding by Jane Walker
- Hurricanes and Typhoons by Jaqueline Dineen
- Volcanoes by Jaqueline Dineen
- Bennett, Paul. War - the World Reacts. Belitha Press, 1998
- Wood, Time. Natural Disasters. Wayland Publishing, 1993.
