Kate Sheppard Activity

 Hello bloggers, Welcome back to my blog. In today's blog, I will be sharing with you one of the pieces of work that I did in our Kate Sheppard work (Hurumanu 1 Outstanders). The activity that I am sharing with you is a question, a true or false question, summarising the article in our own words, and circling the nouns and the verb in a sentence. One of the hardest tasks that I had to do was summarising the article in my own words, but I had fun and was happy after finishing it. 

I had to answer the question in full sentences and all the answers were in the article that I was reading. The activity was called: Remember Recall and Make Inferences. But one of the questions didn't have an answer to the article because it was an opinion. This activity was really fun because I got to learn about one of the most special and important women who is placed in the New Zeland ten-dollar note. 

Here is my work: 

Kate Sheppard

1. Where was Kate Sheppard born? Kate Sheppard was raised in Liverpool-England in 1847. 

2. Why do you think Kate Sheppard was placed on the New Zealand $10 note? I think she has the power to be recognized as an important and special person due to what she has done to the world. She had a lot of courage and was very brave to make the women have the right to vote just like men. And she did plenty of hard work like traveling all over New Zealand just to write newspapers, make public meetings, and even talk to the members of parliament. And Kate Sheppard made New Zealand the first woman to vote. That is the reason why she became a New Zealand $10 dollar note. 

3. WCTU stands for: WCTU stands for Women’s Christian Temperance Union. 

1. Women’s Chess Team United

2. Women’s champion Tennis Union 

3. Women’s Christian Temperance Union 

4. Wellington Cheese tasting Union 

4. What are the three actions Kate Sheppard took in her quest for women to have the right to vote? 

These are the three actions that Kate Sheppard took in her quest: She wrote a newspaper, held a public meeting, and talked to members of Parliament. 

Which of these statements about the text are true? 

5. Kate Shepperd was born in 1847? (True) Kate Shepperd was born in 1847 due to the article. 

6. Australia was the first country to allow women to vote? (False) New Zealand was actually the first country to allow women to vote because of Kate Shepperd.

7. Nearly 32,000 signatures were collected in Shepperd’s petition? (True) Nearly 32,000 women and men sign Kate Shepperd’s petition. 

8. Kate Shepperd’s image is on the New Zealand $20 note. (False) Kate Shepperd was in the New Zealand $10 note in 1991. 

Summarise this article in your own words:

In the late 18’s Women were not allowed to vote which was called the Suffrage movement, but Kate Sheppard changed everything. She had an important goal and made women have the right to vote like men. New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote which made Kate Sheppard an important person. 

Kate Sheppard was raised in Liverpool, England 1847 but then transferred to New Zealand in 1868. Then Married Walter Shepperd at the young age of 24. 

During 1885 a group of unions called WCTU stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union which then Kate Shepperd joined in. The WCTU group was focusing on making higher restrictions to sell alcohol. But then Kate Shepperd gets motivated and had thought about making Women have the right to vote in New Zealand. Because during that time Women in any country; all over the world weren’t accepted to vote, that is why Kate Sheppard was going to change everything. 

Kate Sheppard tried her best traveling around New Zealand writing newspapers, forming a public meeting, and talking to the members of parliament. And it came, the women voting was in a strong position, having a massive group of people supporting Kate Shepperd. 

Then in 1893 Kate Shepperd and her community who supported her gained about nearly 32,000 signatures of women and men. The Prime Minister (John balance) even supported Kate Shepperd’s group. The cue was 270 metres long! When the vote was presented in the parliament, The chamber of the house got surrounded by many people. 

After Kate Sheppard succeeded in her goal, she moved back to England and lived with her husband. And after a couple of years, Kate Sheppard retired to New Zealand. And came back to see the National Council of Women and the women who served for the Parliament. 

Sadly she died but she received plenty of honours on New Zealand buildings, streets, and neighborhoods. And became an image for the New Zealand $10 note in 1991. 

And in 1991 Helen Clark became the first New Zealand prime minister which would make Kate Sheppard very happy. 

Circle the nouns and underline the verbs. 

Sheppard traveled all over New Zealand, writing to newspapers, holding public meetings, and talking to Members of Parliament. 

When could now vote! New Zealand women were the first in the world to be able to vote. 

I think I can do my work better next time by making it more creative and attractive; adding more words by making the sentence longer and better vocabulary. 

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post and learned something new. Make sure to leave a comment(: