Conflict and Resolution

Kiaora Whānau

As part of our independent time during Mahi Whānui (Topic) Whāea talked to us and asked us questions about Conflict and Resolution. We brain stormed ideas and shared them with each other. Then Whāea challenged us to present our information in digital format for the rest of the class to see how we interpreted our information.
We looked at what we wrote about Nelson Mandela, who was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe.

The South African courts convicted him on charges of sabotage (trying to wreck things and cause disharmony) while he led the movement against apartheid. Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, and was released on February the 11th, 1990.

Nelson Mandela supported reconciliation and negotiation, and helped lead the change towards a multi-racial democracy in South Africa.

We thought this information was interesting because we got to say what we thought about it. We are looking at conflict and resolution this term, and Nelson Mandela has been the first international indigenous person that we have looked at. Later on this term, we will be looking at Gandhi, Te Whiti ō Rongomai and Tohu.

We were excited to share a synopsis about conflict, a synopsis about resolution and a brief description about Nelson Mandela. We all chose to present our work as a powerpoint presentation and we all chose our music. It was a challenge to get it done in 30 minutes, Whāea said we were over by about 4 minutes and wasn't bad for our first time!

Here are some pictures about Nelson Mandela that made us think!

By Kawhia, David, Karama, Abel, Rosa, Heidi.