Activity G22: What Jobs Did People Do?

Great Barrier Island Activity	Teacher Manual P 50 Social Studies Level 4 Resources and Economic Activities Created 15/09/2001	AO2 - Students will demonstrate knowledge and understandings of how people participate in the production process. Process : Inquiry. SLO - Students will be able to discuss the jobs people had on Great Barrier Island in the past, which used the local resources. © Heurisko Ltd www.learnz.org.nz/2001

Read the background pages Kauri - a natural resource, Minerals and Mining, Whaling, and Shipwrecks. Study the photos on the webpage: Kauri - a natural resource. List 5 different jobs taking place in the picture. What other jobs have people done to support the timber milling industry? eg, built boats to transport the timber Write about someone's job you know about. Where do they work? Who do they work with? What is the product or service they produce? Is this job like working on Great Barrier Island felling kauri trees? Why/why not? Choose one of the other Great Barrier Island industries (eg. Whaling) and explain the types of jobs you think people could do in the industry and to support it. Make a list beside each question. Name of job Job involves What equipment was necessary? What transport was used? What locations were used to carry out the industry?