Teaching/Learning Sequence
1. Why do you think that there were refugees from Poland in the early 1940s?
2. View footage from ‘A new land’ DVD.
Watch the segment called ‘Refugees: Polish Children’ (8.10min)
Questions
Describe what emotions you think the soldiers were experiencing
Describe what emotions you think the children were thinking?
How did New Zealanders make the Polish children feel welcome?
Describe the camp at Pahiatua.
Specific Learning Outcomes
Describe why the Polish children came to New Zealand.
