Pasifika+Unit

PASIFIKA This term we will be learning about Pasifika Culture We have 4 key questions: 1. What is culture? 2. What is our New Zealand culture? 3. What is the Pasifika culture? 4. Why is culture important?
 * [[image:http://www.fotonz.com/Images/Pasifika-071.jpg]] || [[image:http://www.jayetavalentine.com/uploads/images/Red1..jpg width="300" height="198" align="center"]] || [[image:http://www.janesoceania.com/tuvalu_nukulaelae_dancers_Pasifika2011/Pasifika%202011%20Nukulaelae%20Tuivalu%20dancers3.jpg width="324" height="353" align="right"]] ||

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We will be doing lots of research, learning and experiencing about the Pasifika culture. Here are some links to help you with your learning: ===== Wicked Interactive website with lots of pasifika activities || Click on the tapa cloth to watch a clip about traditional Tapa Cloth making ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2012-04-27_at_8.11.34_PM.png link="http://www.wicked.org.nz/Interactives/Pasifika"]]


 * [[image:Screen_shot_2012-04-27_at_8.22.28_PM.png width="256" height="177" link="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/"]]

National Geographic Kids ||

Yahoo Kids World Fact File || A page on Samoan culture ||

An informative page about Fijian culture and lifestyle || page on Samoa and their ways of life || Wikipedia page on Fiji and ways of life ||
 * [|TONGA CULTURE] || [[image:Screen_shot_2012-04-27_at_8.46.50_PM.png link="http://www.tourismfiji.com/fiji-culture-religion.html"]]

Samoan Culture ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2012-04-27_at_9.04.33_PM.png link="http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/samoa/about_destin/culture.asp"]]

A really good page discussing the uses and importance of Tapa cloth in daily life ||  ||