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HEROES, HEROINES AND ME: Tuahangata (Heroes) & Tuawahine (Heroines). MAORI CULTURE COMPARED TO PAKEHA AND OTHER GLOBAL HEROES (LESSON & RESOURCE FOR 13-YEAR-OLD TO 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS).

Overview of the resource:

Tuahangata (Heroes)

1. (personal noun) hero, male idol, principal male character, male celebrity – a familiar name for the main male character of a story, etc. and is often used as a proper name

Tuawahine (Heroines)

1. (personal noun) heroine, principal female character, female celebrity, female idol – a familiar name for the main character or actor of a story, etc. and usually used as a proper name.

Ānō te rangi o te kōauau a Tūtānekai, me he rū nā anō e ueue ana i a tuawahine kia haere atu ki te kare ā-roto a tōna ngākau (NM 1928:110). / It was as if the tune of Tūtānekai’s flute was an earthquake shaking our heroine to go to the love of her heart.

THE LESSON IN ONE PARAGRAPH:

Identify your PERSONAL hero or heroine, a MAORI hero and a legend? Are there different categories of heroes and heroines? List them? Consider your traits. Could some of your qualities qualify as H/H traits? Explain why? Identify some of your traits that require development? Create a Venn diagram and compare yourself as a H/H to a Maori legend and other global H/H (focus on your qualities when comparing). Illustrate and communicate it on a Venn diagram. How could you develop your traits as a H/H? Create a striking poster on canva.com. Remember the story of Haki (Jack) Te Tuna? It is about how the eel (‘teenager’) safely navigated the dangerous waters of the river. How can you build your resilience as you travel through High School – comment? Consider your personally developed Te Whare Tapa Wha model (the 4 walls of your ‘house’)? Think about your journey through High School; how can you be a H/H and successfully navigate through the dangers and distractions? Type up your thoughts?

CONCLUSION: Fun activity to wrap up the lesson: Minecraft game – SUPERHEROES (BECOME EPIC HEROES & VILLAINS WITH POWERS!)

INTRODUCTION

You are interested in different types of heroes and heroines. YOU ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO FIND A H/H OF YOUR CHOICE. You will then be asked to identify the traits of the person. You will also be asked to identify a Maori H/H. You could also consider a hero from your own culture, our country (immigrants). Then think about yourself and your traits as a Hero or Heroine.

INSTRUCTION: Compile your work in a Google doc. Share it with your teachers

A. CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL HERO OR HEROINE

Who inspires you? Who is your H/H? Paste some pictures of your H/H into the doc. Give a short description of them (research component)

Example of a hero: Aubrey Cosens

*Canadian war hero. World War 2.

For example, one of our Maori heroines: Matan’o’ahei, the warrior priestess of the goddess Matan’a’e, and her younger sister, Naru, both wear a distinctive Maori tattoo, or moko, on their lower faces as a mark of their status as belonging to a priestly family. Credit: https://doubtfulsea.com/2014/11/24/heroes-iii/

Aubrey served in the Rifles of Canada regiment and was a daredevil on the battlefield. On February 25, 1945, in Germany, he captured an enemy stronghold all by himself! His regiment came under heavy counterattack while trying to occupy three farmhouses and started to retreat. Aubrey took command, charged towards the farmhouses under heavy fire, and directed a tank to ram one of the buildings. He barged into the first building and killed all the hostiles, and then he went to the second and the third building, in the same way, killed and captured many. While he came out in all his glory, he was shot in the head by a sniper.

Source: https://listsurge.com/top-10-worlds-greatest-war-heroes/

Video on Aubrey Cosins: https://youtu.be/LaCGjkuoIa8

B. ARE THERE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF H/H?

Think about politics (Nelson Mandela), business (Bill Gates), war heroes ( Aubrey Cosins/ Hone Heke), and others

1. War Heroes & Heroines

Description of a war H/H

2. Political H/H

Description of a political H/H

3. Business H/H

Description of a business H/H

4. Sports H/H

Example Richie McCaw (All Black rugby player)

Can you name any more categories?

Here is a list of different types of H/H:

*Types of Heroes (Adapted from Vogler, 1999, pp. 41–44)

Willing, active, gung-ho heroes: (Tarzan, King Arthur, Luke Skywalker) • committed to the adventure • without doubts • always bravely going ahead • self-motivated

Unwilling heroes: (Frodo Baggins, Spiderman, Han Solo) • full of doubts • hesitant • passive • needing to be motivated or pushed into the adventure by an outside force • usually change at some point and become committed to the adventure

Anti-heroes: (Billy the Kid, Jack Sparo, “Bride” from Kill Bill) • specialised kind of hero • may be outlaws or villains from the point of view of society • audience is in sympathy with them • they may win in the end over society’s corruption • rebels

Tragic heroes: (Darth Vader, Brutus) • flawed heroes • never overcome their inner demons • brought down and destroyed by inner demons • may be charming • their flaw wins in the end

Group-oriented heroes: (Nemo, Simba) • are a part of society at the beginning • journey takes them to an unknown land far from home • separate from the group – have a lone adventure in the wilderness away from the group which they eventually rejoin

Loner heroes: (Indiana Jones, Incredible Hulk) • story begins with hero apart from society • natural habitat is the wilderness • natural state is solitude • journey is one of re-entry into the group, an adventure within the group, then a return to isolation

Catalyst heroes: (Teacher from Dead Poets Society, any mentor) • central figures who act heroically • don’t change much themselves the primary function is to bring about change in others

SOURCE: http://www.waunakee.k12.wi.us/faculty/lcarothers/ModernLiterature/LessonBeforeDying/Types%20of%20Heroes.pdf