Activity 1-St Joseph's Cathedral
Fot todays activity 1 I read about how in the change from the 1800s to the 1900s the Europeans wanted to create more homes and more community buildings including churches and cathedrals. I read about one of the largest structures that were built around this period and it is called St Joseph's Cathedral in Dunedin. My task was to find another famous cathedral and the onw that I found was called Florence Cathedral.
Name of the Cathedral:Florence Cathedral
Location:Florence Italy
Construction Started:1296
Construction span:140 whole years!!!
Activity 2-The Right to Vote
For todays activity 2 I read that as New Zealand progressed into the 1900s we decided on electing our first ever government. In this time only men were actually legally allowed to vote so basically no women had their say in what government they wanted! This all changed when a a woman called Kate Sheepard stood in and suprisingly managed to allow the rights for women voting, such an achievement! I also read that until 2015 women in Saudi Arabia were not allowed to vote and I was asked what my opinions on this are.
I personally think this is not really fair escpecially how in Saudi Arabia they exclude women in multiple activities and voting especially should not be one of them! I think it is not fair becuase women are the same human beings as men and I think that we actually NEED women in voting as they are honest as they have strong emotions.
Bonus Activity-In Flanders Fields
For todays bonus activity I read about how many soldiers had lost their lives between 1915-1920 due to the Great War(World War 1). We remeber the courageous soldiers that lost their lives in this war through ANZAC day and there is a special ceremony that some people visit that read out a special poem that was written for these fallen soldiers. I read about the poem called "In Flanders Field" and my task was to say how I feel about this poem and what I think of it. {Poem Link:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields}
I see this is quite a sad poem in remembering that each of these soldiers were loved by their families and had lives until the war took that all away from them. It makes me feel sad in remembering them as if I had lost someone I know to this war.
Kia Ora Cameron,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Hazel and I am the Cluster Manager for the Uru Manuka bloggers this year. I'll be reading your blog posts while Jade is having a break over Christmas. I can see that you've already made an awesome start to the Summer Learning Journey! Ka Pai!
Wow! I had no idea that the Florence Cathedral took 140 years to build! I actually visited that cathedral back in 2014. It is HUGE! Where is somewhere that you would like to travel to?
I agree that it is unfair to not let women vote or have equal rights as men. I can tell that you've thought hard about it and worked hard on your answers.
I also really enjoyed the poem. I agree that it makes you think about how it would feel to know someone who died during the war. I have heard this poem read at many ANZAC Day services. Have you ever attended an ANZAC Day service? Sometimes you have to wake up very early, but it is a nice way to remember our troops.
I like how for each of the activities, you have included the question; this will help anyone who reads your posts who isn't part of the Summer Learning Journey. I am very impressed with your blog posts Cameron, keep up the great work!
Meri Kirihimete,
Hazel :)