Teaching/Learning Sequence
1. Read about Lebanese immigration to New Zealand on the Te Ara Website
Complete the Mind Map on Lebanese Immigrants.
2. View footage from ‘A new land’ DVD.
Watch the segment called ‘The Lebanese: Children of Lebanon (5.54min)
Discussion Questions to add to the Mind Map:
Why did some Lebanese move to Otago?
What differences were there between Lebanon and New Zealand?
Why did they bond as a group?
Specific Learning Outcomes
Describe why Lebanese left Lebanon and the impact/influence they had on New Zealand.
Handouts
Mind map on Lebanese Immigrants
