Friday 5 August 2016

Parliament True or false?

Explore Parliament Card 2

How do we choose who represents us?  Write true or False.

There are 120 seats in Parliament  true ✔️
Every electorate is represented by one MP False ✖️
The total of 77 electorates.
In MMP, parties can join together to form a Government false ✖️
An MP can be on a party list and still represent an electorate. True ✔️
MMP stands for mixed -member proportional. true ✔️
In 1868, all males were given the  right to vote. False ✖️
A political party can have MP’s in Parliament even if it doesn’t win an electorate seat. True ✔️
New Zealand women won the right to vote before men.  false ✔️
Any person living in New Zealand can vote in an election. . False✔️

Create word maps for the words- use a digital tool?
 Democracy- A system of the government by the whole population
Candidates-
Political
Electorates
Citizens.

If you were to stand for class councillor next year, how would you persuade your classmates to vote for you?
What ideas , suggestions, and plans do you have that would make a difference for students?
 In other words, what would you do if you were elec

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