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Whale Rider: Film Guide

Whale Rider
Whale Rider
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Ages

7–11

Duration

Short (1-4 activities)

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A film guide that looks at Whale Rider (2002), a New Zeland drama in which a young Maori girl causes a stir in her village when she resolves to take up what she believes to be her rightful place at the head of the local tribe.

This guide is useful for exploring topics including PSHE Education and Geography in addition to highlighting themes surrounding family, life and death, growing up, community, equality, gender representation, indigenous peoples, books and plays, mythology, aquatic life, and Australasian countries.

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Whale Rider Film Guide

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  • Geography
  • Human
  • Religious Education
  • Spirituality
  • Philosophy
  • PSHE Education
  • Social
  • Personal

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