📚 Part 1: Understanding Leadership

1. What makes a good leader? List three important qualities:

2. Circle all the ways someone can become a leader:

Being elected by a group

Being born into a leadership family

Showing exceptional skills or knowledge

Being appointed by another leader

Taking charge during a crisis

🏛️ Part 2: Historical Leadership Case Studies

3. Match each historical leader with their main contribution or impact:

1. Kate Sheppard

2. Captain James Cook

3. Māori Rangatira

4. Sir Edmund Hillary

A. Led iwi and hapū with mana and wisdom

B. Women's suffrage movement leader

C. Exploration and mapping of Pacific

D. Mountaineering and humanitarian work

4. Choose ONE historical leader from your case study. How did they gain their leadership position?

⚖️ Part 3: Consequences of Leadership

5. Leadership can have both positive and negative consequences. Fill in the blanks:

Positive leadership can bring _____________ and _____________ to communities, while poor leadership might cause _____________ or _____________.

6. From your case study, identify ONE positive and ONE negative consequence of your leader's actions:

Positive consequence:

Negative consequence:

7. Which type of leadership consequence do you think has the most lasting impact on society?

Economic changes (trade, wealth, poverty)

Social changes (rights, equality, traditions)

Political changes (laws, government systems)

Cultural changes (beliefs, values, practices)

🔮 Part 4: Leadership and Future Possibilities

8. Reflection: Choose one consequence of historical leadership that you find most interesting or significant. Explain why this consequence matters for understanding how leadership shapes society:

9. How can leadership today shape our future society? Give two specific examples:

Example 1:

Example 2:

10. Draw or diagram how you think good leadership influences a community over time:

💭 Part 5: Critical Thinking

11. True or False: Circle your answer and explain your reasoning.

Statement: "All historical leaders had a positive impact on their communities."

True

False

Explain your reasoning:

12. What is one leadership lesson from history that you think is important for young people today to understand?

Leadership Through History

Leadership Through History

📚 Part 1: Understanding Leadership

🏛️ Part 2: Historical Leadership Case Studies

⚖️ Part 3: Consequences of Leadership

🔮 Part 4: Leadership and Future Possibilities

💭 Part 5: Critical Thinking

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