Labour Day Readings and response sheet
What is Labour day?
Who created Labour day and why?
Text | Author | Main idea of the article | New facts learned | Connections to self and wider world | Links to other texts read |
Scaffolding Text | Office holidays | To tell children or adults about labour day/the history of labour day. | On October 28 1890, the 50th anniversary of the eight hour day was marked with a parade | 2021 Mon October 25th is not only labour day it’s also my birthday. | |
Complementary Text/s | nzhistory.govt | To tell young people about the first labour day & what happened. | In 1899 Parliament legislated to make Labour Day a public holiday. | Labour is based in New zealand & i'm in new zealand. | |
Challenging text | Cas Carter | To show that there are not many reasons to celebrate labour day. | Even people with well-paying jobs quit because of the hours they work.` | There's not many things to celebrate about oct 25th. | |
Student Text/s | |||||
Parnell, Samuel Duncan – Dictionary of New Zealand Biography – Te Ara | |||||