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Civics Stories for Storytelling

Read the story below, then explore how people can make fair decisions and help their community. Answer in your own words. For the final task, plan a new story of your own.

The Garden Vote

On Saturday morning, Maia and her neighbours met beside an empty patch of land. The community had been invited to decide what to make there. Maia hoped to grow vegetables and flowers, while her friend Mele wanted a small basketball court. Their neighbour Hana, who used a wheelchair, asked whether everyone could reach the garden paths and the meeting area. Mele realised that a court would need a smooth entrance too. Maia suggested that people first share their ideas, then choose a plan that worked for as many neighbours as possible. At the meeting, each person had one vote. The garden plan won, but it included a flat path and a small paved space for games. Mele offered to help paint a hoop there. Maia and Mele wrote down the jobs people had volunteered to do. When the garden opened, the neighbours celebrated together.

1.What did the neighbours need to decide?

2.Which idea did Maia support at first?

A garden
A basketball court
A car park
A swimming pool

3.Why did Hana ask about the paths and meeting area?

4.True or false? Mele changed his thinking after listening to Hana.

TrueFalse

5.What did the neighbours do before choosing a plan?

They shared their ideas.
They built both plans straight away.
They asked Maia to decide alone.
They cancelled the meeting.

6.The garden plan won the vote. How did the final plan also include an idea for games?

7.Find one detail that shows the neighbours were working together.

8.What do you think the story suggests makes a decision fair? Give one reason from the story.

Plan a civics story

Create a short story about people solving a problem in their community. Your story could be set at a local park, library, beach, marae, or another place you know. Include a problem, at least two characters with different ideas, a fair way to make a decision, and an ending that shows what happens next.

9.Plan your story: Who are your characters, where does the story happen, and what problem must they solve?

10.Write the part where the characters listen to one another and decide what to do. Show how they include different needs or ideas.

11.Write an ending that shows what the characters do next and how their community benefits.