Unit 4-5 New Zealand


Choose one task. Make a presentation or write in your notebook.

1. Study the history of the Maori people and how they live today.
2. Study the lives of whales, including the effect of the whaling industry on the species.
3. Study the Maori art of tattoo and body art. TB 102-103
4. Study myths that explain the origin and existence of a people. Show in your presentation the great variety found in the various myths and make clear what each myth attempts to explain. Review at least five different creation myths. For example WB p. 104 Maui and the sun
5. Study the Maori rites of passage (siirtymäriitti). What kind of rites of passage do you have in Finland? Maori rites of passage
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