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Once a Panther SJSL TSM.Pdf School Journal Story Library is a targeted series that supplements other School Journal instructional series texts. It provides additional scaffolds and supports Story Library for teachers to use to accelerate students’ literacy learning. Teacher support material and audio for this text are available online at www.schooljournalstorylibrary.tki.org.nz School Journal Story Library is a 2019 targeted series that supplements ournal other instructional series texts. l Jou Once a Panther LIBRARY SCHOOL JOURNAL STORY Schoo It provides additional scaffolds ry Library and supports for teachers to use by Victor Rodger Sto to accelerate students’ literacy Readability level: year 6 Level 4 learning. BY VICTOR RODGER ▲ ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHEL MULIPOLA Overview Key competencies This fictional comic is based on the true story of the Polynesian Key competencies explored through this story include: thinking, Panthers in 1970s New Zealand. Inspired by the Black Panther relating to others, participating and contributing, and using language, Party in the United States, the Polynesian Panthers were a group symbols, and texts. of young New Zealanders who wanted to tackle the widespread prejudice faced by Pacific communities. Told from a personal, Themes and ideas present-day perspective, Once a Panther encourages the reader Themes and ideas explored in this story include: to reflect on the positive change the Polynesian Panthers created • racism and the ongoing legacy of the dawn raids for Pacific communities. • fighting for what is right – how groups organise to respond to This story links to an article and a poem on the dawn raids and community challenges the Polynesian Panthers that were published in School Journal, • concepts about immigration, identity, belonging, and what Level 4, November 2018. makes someone a “Kiwi” • how events and movements in one part of the world can This is a rich text that can be used in multiple ways over several inspire action in another part of the world. sessions. During the reading, the students will need to ask questions,NEW YORK, make UNITED connections, STATES, 1969 find information, make inferences, ASee, PDF things of thewere textvery and an audio version as an MP3 file are available at different in New Zealand If you’d told me you were and synthesise ideas across the text. www.schooljournal.tki.org.nzwhen I was growing Pacific Islanders when you rang, up. There was a lot of I could’ve saved you the trouble NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 1969 See, things were very prejudice ... of coming to see the flat in different in New Zealand If you’d told me you were NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 1969 See, things were very the first place. 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