The+Scandinavians

** Tasks ** You must complete all of the tasks listed below. You can choose to write the answers in your Reading book, or record these on Ultranet. You have a page under the Student sub-page.

** 1. Mapping ** Locate and label Sweden, Norway and Denmark on a map of Europe.

On a map of New Zealand locate and label:  Complete the Acrostic Puzzle by reading about the Danes in the Seventy Mile Bush. (Dannevirk Scandinavian Club). If you are recording your work electronically copy then poem. Alternatively, glue a paper copy into your workbook.
 * Dannevirke
 * Norsewood
 * Eketahuna
 * Mauriceville
 * Makaretu
 * Palmerston North
 * 2. Acrostic Puzzle **

Check you puzzle against the answers (when you’ve finished!)

Answer the following questions by using the information from the previous task before and your own knowledge: ** Norsewood ** Read about [|Norsewood Promotions Inc - Norsewood] in the Tararua District. What do you think the area was like in Norsewood in 1872? Write a letter home to relatives in Norway describing your new life in the New Zealand bush.
 * 3. Life in the Bush **
 * Why do you think that New Zealand's bush might have been harder to clear than in Scandinavia?
 * How do you think they cleared the bush over 100 years ago?
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why were they clearing the bush?
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What might the Scandinavians have found hard about the New Zealand bush?

<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 160%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Additional Information** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Use [|Te Ara] to find additional background information. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">