Social Studies Essay
Treaty Of Waitangi
In 1830 there were 100k Maori and 100-200 Europeans living in New Zealand. The behaviour of the whalers, the missionaries desire to help protect Maori rights and the muskets wars were reasons that a treaty was needed. The declaration of independence was another contributing factor to the need for was another contributing factor to the need for a treaty.
One reason that a treaty was needed was the lawless behaviour of some of the British Settlers like the whalers. Majority of the whalers were from Britain, when they'd come from shore they drank, they fought and some also spread diseases. Paul Russel/Korerareka was the biggest port in New Zealand at that time which then became the Hellhole of the pacific. Although these whalers caused problems they also came with good trades.
Another reason that a treaty was needed to protect Maori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. The Musket Wars had decimated many tribes, Henry Williams the leader of the missionaries, helped break the tension between Hokianga tribes. Missionaries gained a reputation among Maori as valuable peace makers.
Another Reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. The Maori had many strong close distance weapons, but when the Europeans introduced the Muskets it completely changed everything. So the Maori traded food, for example fruit, veges or 200 baskets of potatoes, in order to get stronger weapons (Muskets) for their protection.
In conclusion, a treaty was needed to make peace between the English and the Maori. The Whalers, the Missionaries and the Musket Wars were one of the few reasons for this treaty to be made. The Treaty of Waitangi was and still is significant till this day.
Creative writing
The Shed
The breeze caused the big, dark, claw-like bark to shift roughly side to side. Leaving a cold whip of air to brush against her skin. Some kind of dirt smell entered her nostrils. All she could hear was the sharp whispers caused by the wind ; and so as the night blew colder, the urge to go back grew stronger. But no, it was too late for that now. Only a few more steps and she could finally say she was the first to step into it.
The closer she got, the flashbacks hit. “no one has ever made it out”, “Some say it is your worst nightmare”, “there's no way anyone can do it”. “No! I can do it, I know I can, c’mon Sarah you got this”. The shadowed creaky bark hands hung over taller, but at last she made it. She swung her head around with regret, tugging onto the thick wool jumper she was given as a gift. No one had ever come back from this. Could she really do it? One step, then another, and another. The tip of her finger pushed against the old, moldy door slightly, causing it to creak slowly...Flashing lights beamed through, an ear-splitting ringing crawled through her eardrums. “Huh”.
It left her speechless, suddenly night became day, the wind became soft, not cold instead warm. It was a whole new world. The dirt smell vanished but now berries, candy, sweetness...happiness? Her mind went blank, “how, what?”, no matter how many times she blinked, the same image appeared.
How could this be? Why has no one ever made it back? Has anyone ever actually been? Questions filled her up with confusion, should I enjoy this or leave? Cautiously strolling along, Sarah focused on how suspicious this was. Although she was a bit scared, how could she not be curious about the place? But then, she stopped, oh how she couldn't believe her eyes. While glaring upwards, beanstalk smooth barked bodys peaked over, gracefully swinging. Whilst covering the glowing, hot ball up in the sky, leaving it to reflect off of the calm lake. White, angelic swans were gliding along, and bunnies crouched against the Vibrant flowers springing across the ground.
As she skipped past to look over, a big rush of steaming cold water crashed down, causing a satisfying sound to fill her ears. The smell slowly went from sweet, to good warm, mouth watering baking. She spun around in joy, and screamed with laughter! “WHOOOO HOoooooooo”. “SARRAAAHHH! Wake up, you’re gonna be late”. “vrrrm , vrrmm” the alarm clock went.
ON THE SIDEWALK BLEEDING by Evan Hunter
Question:Describe at least one memorable idea in the text. Explain why this idea was memorable to you.
‘On The Sidewalk Bleeding’ a short text written by Evan Hunter, is about a young 16 year old boy who is stabbed losing his life because of a printing on his jacket “The Royals”. Andy slowly dies on the sidewalk bleeding, failing to be saved not once but 3 times, two of them being unfortunate and the other because of the jacket he wore.There are several reasons why this key idea was memorable to me, one is that we shouldn't make assumptions about others because of what we see or hear, another reason is we shouldn't take life for granted and lastly we shouldn't lose hope even in our toughest moments.
The incident of the couple finding Andy helped me to understand the important idea of how we shouldn't make assumptions about others because of what we see or hear. Failing to be saved the first time by the drunk man, the couple also fail to save Andy, but purposely. We see this in the text when Freddie and Angela discuss what to do, but seeing Andy's jacket with the print “Royals' ' Freddie says "I don't know. I don't know. I don't want to get mixed up in this. He's a Royal. We help him, and the Guardians will be down on our necks. I don't want to get mixed up in this, Angela” The both of them see a hurt boy, and as soon as they see the print that's all that matters.The author wants us to consider that we are all human, no matter the title or print. This made the reader feel disappointed because they made a decision knowingly unlike the drunk man. In the real world this idea is important because this really happens, and could happen to anyone.
In the text when Andy finally realises he is dying helped me to understand another important idea which is not taking life for granted ; because it showed me how quick things could turn out in just a second. We see this in the text when it says “He was filled with sadness that his life would be over at sixteen. He felt all at once as if he had never done anything, never seen anything, never been anywhere.” This means that he is finally accepting that he is really dying and it is too late to be saved. The author wants us to consider that everything we receive or have we should be thankful for, anything could happen in just a few seconds or minutes. We don't know how much something means to us till it's gone, so make the most of every moment. This made the reader feel sad because he lost his life to a silly print on his jacket. People lose their lives to things like this in the real world, so this idea is really important to remember.
At the very end of the story when Andy is fighting to hold on it helped me to understand one last important idea, not losing hope even in our toughest moments. We see this in the text when Andy removes his jacket despite being in so much pain “He rolled away from the jacket and lay quite still, breathing heavily, listening to the sound of his breathing and the sounds of the rain and thinking: Rain is sweet, I'm Andy.” Even if he was dying he knew the jacket was the one thing stopping him from getting help, so taking it off could finally help him be at peace. This made me realise that no matter how hard life gets, keep pushing, even if the world seems to be unfair, keep going. In the real world people fight their own battles, everyone has their own stories, but in the end we all have to keep fighting and not give up.
In the text “On the sidewalk bleeding” a memorable idea was that we shouldn't make assumptions about others. This idea was memorable to me because it helped me to understand that anything could happen in just a split second, life is too short to judge others on what you see. Of all the reasons, the most important reason is how we shouldn't take life for granted, and look at the bigger picture with things, don't be too quick to judge because what you see isn't always what it looks like. We all tend to make assumptions, it's just us being humans, but if we choose to hurt others and hate others because of the judgements we make, we will waste the time we have in our lives. For example the stabber in “On the sidewalk bleeding” stabs Andy because of the jacket, he doesn't know who he is he didn't stab Andy he stabbed the jacket. Don't be too quick to judge others, life is too short.
