Home Economics - Maori Preservation

 The Maori used to use different preserving methods to preserve food. This matters because it helped the Maori evolve into who they are today. One method they used to preserve food was drying it. The Maori used to preserve things like Shellfish, Kumara, and fish as they would be able to use it at later dates. Another way the Maori preserved food was fermenting. The Maori used to ferment things like fish and crayfish with a method they called Mara kai. They would place the food in a flax basked, which is also called a Kete, and steeped in very slow running water for days or week until the inner flesh settled to the bottom of the Kete. There would be a pungent smell but the fish would still be safe to eat and was considered a delicacy to those who liked the taste. Preserving food is extremely important because it helps also preserve our culture if we stopped preserving items people will forget about these methods and it also won’t be marked in our history later on. It is important to preserve our culture as people are starting to forget who and what the Maori did in history at the moment, we need to preserve our history for future generations so that they can learn and improve these ideas. These are some different ways the Maori preserved their food. Some of these methods are still being used today while others have been forgotten. It is important to remember these methods as later generations could learn from them.

Home Economics - NZ Food timeline

 

Home Economics - Maori Foods

 The Maori have had many different food sources throughout the years. This matters because over time society has changed what we eat and how we eat them. Some foods sources around the Maori were the ocean and forests. Back in the early ages, Oceans was a food source for Maori as they were able to go fishing and hunting for things like eels, mussels, sea urchins and more, as they were all easy to find and also had high nutrition. Nowadays people just go to the supermarket or a fish market to buy seafood items from fishermen. This has changed over time as now we have an economy and people have set laws in waters that fishermen must abide by. Another food source used to be forests. Forests were food sources as animals and plants inhabited them which made excellent hunting grounds as animals would eat plants while the Maori would hunt them. They would lure animals that they knew would run away easily with bait, while other times they would surround the animal and use brute force to hunt it down for their tribe. Now people these days also go to supermarkets and buy animal meats and they also buy plants instead of trying to harvest it in a forest. Some foods that have changed over time are seafood products, plants and veggies, and meat. Before the Maori used to hunt or scavenge for meats, plants and seafood products whereas no people just go to a supermarket, or a Sunday market to find these items. Some people grow vegetables and plants in their backyard, but have to maintain it through all seasons or else it could die. These are a few examples of how foods have changed over time for the Maori. Overall Maori food and the sources they got them from overtime has changed, some have changed for the better, while some have changed for the worse.

Nan's Churros

This year for Market Day we have decided to create Churros. My groupmates are Johanna and Genica as we think we will work well together. The product we have decided to create is Churros. We chose churros because it is trending at the moment and everyone likes them. 

Our business name is Nan's Churros. We decided to name it this because mine and Genica's last names can create the word Nan, and Johanna is sometimes called a grandma. We think our name represents us well as all of us our included in it and it is unique to us.

For our product, we are going to oven bake 20cm churros and then lightly glaze them with butter so that the cinnamon sugar will stick. We will then package them in little cups with our logo on them in groups of 3 and wait for customers to choose their dipping sauce for the churros. With our churros, we have decided to have two dips, chocolate and caramel. We are going to do all of this with gloves on for health and safety

We hope you are able to come and buy our Churros.

This is our Logo

Students and Cellphones

Are students addicted to their cell phones? If so, is that a problem?
- Yes they are

Key Ideas - The negative impact of phones on students

What must you achieve
(in this paragraph I am trying to show/prove/explain that)
- Students are negatively affected by cellphones

Information
(Key evidence/information you want to include)
- Why attracted
- Time spent on phones
- Effects that happen when overusing phones

Delufiy
(best paragraph structure to convey this is)
- Lawyer paragraph

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Cellphones have negative effects on students. This matters because it can affect their mental states while on social media. It also matters because students will also start to depend on technology than reality and the people around them. Students are attracted to cellphones because they use social media to talk to people around them. They are also attracted to cellphones because of the people around them using them. This can negatively affect students as they can be cyberbullied and judged quite easily. It can also cause them to become addicted to cellphones and social media and rely on phones more than the people around them. Teenagers spend a lot of time on cellphones to pass time which can also cause them to become addicted as they have nothing better to do. They are also addicted to cellphones as they find it can distract them from the people and problems around them. This can cause negative effects such as poor eyesight, headaches, poor attention span and more. These can affect teenagers greatly as it can cause them to become distracted while in school or make them unable to get a job that they want in the future. Instead of focusing on studies they instead focus on what people think of their social media accounts and what people they follow are doing. These are only some points on why cellphones negatively affect students, Phones are useful but sometimes they can cause more problems than talking to people.

Home Economics - Jam Drops

What is the link to our unit (Culture) in regards to the British settlers?

The link towards our unit in regards to the British is the fact that we were later affected by what they brought over to us. For example, New Zealand wouldn't have Pavalovas or Fish and Chips if it wasn't for other countries sharing their foods and recipes.

What ingredients that you used today did the settlers not have and why might that be?

An Ingredient we used that not might've been used back in the day would be Jam, as jam might've been hard to find and would be something that only royalty used.

Novel Study - Unwind

3 Synonyms for "Dystopia"
- Catatonia
- Anti - Utopia
- Fools Paradise

Antonym for "Dystopia"
Utopia

Dystopian Novels I have Read
The Hunger Games trilogy
The Giver
Divergent
The Lottery

Other Dystopian Novels I know
Insurgent
Tomorrow, When The War Began
The Circle
Maze Runner

If you have read or viewed some dystopia, what are some of the key elements you have noticed?
Most books have the government controlling everyone. People are picked to go somewhere or do something as " a good opportunity" but in reality are being sent to what would most likely be their deaths.

MUST DO QUESTIONS - COVER OF BOOK

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS STORY WILL BE WRITTEN?
I think this story will be written in first person as the cover of the book suggests only one person will be narrating.


WHY DO YOU THINK THE STORY IS ENTITLED AS IT IS
I think it goes into the book as on the side of the cover it says " Before The Hunger Games There Was...". I think it suggests as if it is like the hunger games where people are being sent off to what would be their deaths.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THE STORY WILL TAKE PLACE
I think this story will be set in a place like America where the military is quite often used to scare young kids and teenagers, as they don't want to be sent to a place where people could die.


WHAT TIME PERIOD DO YOU THINK THE STORY IS SET IN?
 I think the story will be set in the future as it seems people are being sent to places.