Writer: Edwin West
Released August 2006
Main Achievement Objective
Time, Continuity and Change: how past events have influenced relationships within and between groups of people and continue to influence them.
Supporting Achievement Objectives
Resources and Economic Activities: the changing nature of work and the consequences of this for people and society
Culture and Heritage: ways in which cultural and national identity develop and are maintained.
Specific Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the main events and experiences of people in 1960s New Zealand
2. Explain how the roles of men and women were defined by the culture of the 1960s
3. Describe the influence of advertising on gender roles in the 1960s
4. Explain the nature of race relations in the 1960s
5. Describe the effect of economic growth on the lives of New Zealanders in the 1960s
6. Explain how younger New Zealanders defined their identities in the 1960s
7. Explain how the 1960s influenced the way we live today
Requirements
Settings: New Zealand, The Pacific
Perspectives: Bicultural, Gender
Essential Learning about New Zealand Society: Major events in New Zealand history, The experiences of people in New Zealand’s history, the development over time of New Zealand’s identities and ways in which these identities were expressed.
Focussing Questions:
1. What were the main events and experiences of people in 1960s New Zealand?
2. How were the roles of men and women defined by the culture of the 1960s?
3. How did advertising influence gender roles in the 1960s?
4. What was the nature of race relations in the 1960s?
5. What effect did economic growth have on the lives of New Zealanders in the 1960s?
6. How did the younger generation of New Zealanders define their identities in the 1960s?
7. How have the 1960s influenced the way we live today?
Time Frame: 5- 6 weeks
Resources for this Unit:
Film Archive titles (DVD):
1. The 1960s: People, Events and Issues
2. The 1960s: Growth, Popular Culture and Advertising
Key terminology:
Gender: the condition of being female or male; to refer to social or cultural categories (other than simply sexual difference)
Stereotype: An oversimplified conception, opinion, or image. Conforming to a set image or type.
Advertising: The activity of attracting public attention to a product or business, as by paid announcements in the print, broadcast, or electronic media.
Assimilation: Government racial policy from the 1850s until 1961. The objective was the complete absorption of Maori and Maori culture into the dominant Pakeha way of life. The planned effect was a total loss of Maori cultural identity
Integration: to combine the Maori and Pakeha cultures into one new culture with Maori culture remaining distinct
Bi-culturalism: a policy which acknowledges the existence of two cultures within one nation- eg: Maori and Pakeha
Apartheid: An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against non-whites. A policy or practice of separating or segregating groups.
Identities: The set of behavioural or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. Identities refers to the quality or condition of being the same as something else. Note: there was not one New Zealand identity in the 1960s but a vast range of identities.
Prior knowledge established:
Brainstorm: Mind Map or Star diagram/ KWL (What we know, What we want to know, What we learned)
Further Resource Links:
Te Ara
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
