こんにちは! This week in Social Studies, we are finishing our second unit of the 'Music through time: Slavery' task. The second section is about the investigation of the New Zealand Parihaka historical event and how passive resistance influenced the rest of the world.
Here's a link to my Parihaka Map:
Information about Parihaka:
Parihaka is a village on North Island, New Zealand. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Europeans began confiscating lands from Native Maoris. Europeans started to invade the land and steal it from the Maori people who originally lived there. They fought over for their rights of the land through protesting, negotiation, or even declaring war. However, the indigenous people fought for their rights in a peaceful way which is by plowing the land. Although the land wasn't used by the Europeans, they still didn't allow Maori people who have good intentions of using the land. But eventually, Maori people lived chose to stay there anyway and soon the Europeans knew about it. They stormed into the Parihaka on attempting to shoo them away. Unexpectedly, they were welcomed peacefully with songs and food.
'Parihaka' by Tim Finn & The Herbs
Blog tasks questions regarding the song:
What is the main message of this song?
The main message of this song tells what happened in Parihaka. How people suffered and got their homes taken away from them. However, it also informs about their passive resistance movement through the lyrics.
What line explains their passive resistance method?
"My friend, My friend, I hate to see you suffer"
"The spirit of nonviolence, Has come to fill the silence, Come to Parihaka."
This describes how Parihaka used peaceful resistance as a strategy to resist the soldiers who came to the Parihaka village.
What does ‘you can’t pull out the roots’ refer to?
It's a metaphor for how you can't take away one's heritage and culture. This refers to how soldiers can't completely remove the Maori's culture and heritage.
Give evidence of their determination?
"Rise up, defend yourself, never give in" This is a piece of evidence of how determined they were to resist the soldiers.
How does this song show the significance of Parihaka? This song shows the significance of Parihaka by giving a message of what happens in the past and how they overcome it.
What makes an event Significant?
What makes an event significant is what resulted in a great change over long periods of time for large numbers of people.
How many people are affected?
There were 1600 troops affected in this event and more.
How long were people affected?
They were affected for a period of time until justice was met.
To what extent are people affected?
People who were involved in Parihaka were removed from their homes and some were arrested. Women were also molested during the invasion.
Hey Elisha-Mae, I like you post on Parihaka. I like how you broke down the song to give your readers a better understanding. This was a really good thing. Keep up the great work and bye.
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