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Thursday 5 January 2017

Summer Learning Journey- Day 14- Week 3

Day 14 – Powerful People
You are now fully recharged having spent the last few days watching TV and listening to music in your hotel room. You decide to go for a walk. As soon as you step outside you see a big bus drive past. On the side of the bus is a huge picture of the leader, the president/prime minister, of the country. They are the most powerful person in the whole country.
Scroll down to learn more about the prime minister and/or president for your chosen country.
Country + Title
Name
Information
Picture
Prime Minister of Canada
Mr. Justin Pierre James Trudeau
Justin Trudeau is the current Prime Minister of Canada. He became prime minister on 4 November 2015.  His dad, Pierre, was the prime minister of Canada in the 1970s. Before Justin became the prime minister he worked as a teacher.
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\Justin Trudeau.jpg
President of Chile
Ms. (Veronica) Michelle Bachelet
The current President of the Republic of Chile is Michelle Bachelet. She was first became president in 2006 and is the first woman in the history of Chile to be the president. She speaks five languages - Spanish, English, German, Portuguese and French.

C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\Michelle Bachelet.jpg
President of Chile
Mr. Joachim Gauck
The current president of Germany is Mr. Joachim Gauck. He became president in March 2012. Before he became the president, he was a minister. He is married and has four children – Christian, Martin, Gesine and Katharina.

C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\Jochaim Gauck.jpg
Malaysian Prime Minister
Mr. Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak
The current Prime Minister of Malaysia is Mr. Najib Razak. He is the 6th prime minister of the country. He became the prime minister in April 2009. He is married to his wife, Rosmah, and together they have five children.

C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\Najib Razak.jpg
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Mrs. Theresa Mary May
Mrs. May became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016. She is the leader of the conservative party and only the second woman to ever become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Mrs. May has been married to her husband, Philip, for 36 years. They do not have any children.  
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\PM Theresa May.jpg
President of the United Mexican States (Mexico)
Mr. Enrique Pena Nieto
Mr. Nieto is the 57th President of Mexico. He was elected on 1 July 2012 and took office on 1 December 2012. He was originally educated as a lawyer and had been the governor of Mexico prior to becoming president. Mr. Pena Nieto is currently married to a soap opera actress, Angelica Rivera. He has four children.
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\President of Mexico.jpg
President of the Republic of South Africa
Mr. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Mr. Zuma was elected as president in 2009 and re-elected in 2014. He is also the President of the African National Congress (ANC). Mr. Zuma is currently married to four women and has approximately 20 children.
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\Jacob Zuma.jpg
President of the United Arab Emirates
Mr. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Mr. (Sheikh) Khalifa became the president on 3 November 2004 after his father, the former president, passed away. He is the head of the government, the army and the supreme council for the UAE. His family is worth approximately $150 billion dollars. Sheikh Khalifa is married to Shamsa bint Suhail Al Mazrouri. He has no children.
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\UAE president.jpg
Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Shinzo Abe
Mr. Abe is the prime minister and the president of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. He was first elected as prime minister in 2006 but had to resign in 2007 for health reasons. He recovered and was re-elected as prime minister in 2012. He and his wife, Akie Matsuzaki, have no children.
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\PM of Japan.jpg
Prime Minister of Australia
Mr. Malcolm Turnbull
Mr. Turnbull became the prime minister on 15 September 2015. He was not elected by the people of Australia but, instead, by members of his own party, the Liberal Party. They had a special vote because they were not happy with the work that the current prime minister, Tony Abbott, was doing. Mr. Turnbull was then elected by the people of Australia in the 2016 election. He is married to his wife Lucy and they have two children.
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\PM of Australia.jpg

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May;
President of South Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Zuma;
President of the United Arab Emirates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalifa_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan;
Prime Minister of Australia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull

Activity 1
Here in New Zealand, the prime minister of the country is the Honourable John Key. Imagine that you are Mr. Key and you have the power to create laws (rules) that all people in New Zealand would have to follow. If I (Rachel) were the prime minister I would make a rule that everyone should eat lollies for breakfast. What three (3) rules would you make up if you were the prime minister? On your blog tell us what your three rules would be.
Rule No.1- Everyone lives in a house, with or without money
Rule No.2- Every Saturday is Pizza Saturday.
Rule No.3- Every child has limited time on devices
Activity 2
Some people say that the most powerful person in the world is the president of the United States. His name is Donald Trump and he became the president this past November when he beat out his competitor, a woman named Hillary Clinton. Google ‘Hillary Clinton’ to find out a little bit more about her. On your blog, post three interesting facts about Hillary.
No.1 -Hillary Clinton has two brothers, Hugh (1950) and Anthony (1957).
No.2-When she was a teenager, Hillary Clinton organized a baby-sitting group to look after the children of migrant Mexican workers in rural Illinois.
No.3-Hillary Clinton, who is a Methodist, and Bill Clinton, who is a Southern Baptist, were married in a Methodist ceremony in their living room on October 11, 1975.

Bonus Activity
Being the prime minister of a country is a big responsibility. Would you like to be the prime minister of New Zealand one day? On your blog tell us what you think. Would you like to be the prime minister?  Why or why not?
I wouldn’t want to be the prime minister of New Zealand. There would be too much work to do such as meeting up with other prime ministers(Presidents, monarchs), paperwork, political meetings. I guess you got the idea. I’m all for the being in charge, rulemaking, looking after the country part. But being prime minister requires a lot of commitment. Who knows? I might have a change of mind.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Luisa!

I agree with you. Being the prime minister can be a hard Job! I have to say you're doing great and I hope you continue to blog.

Cheers,
Von

Unknown said...

Hey Luisa,

Those are some very good facts about Hillary Clinton. I think the question was written before we all knew who the winner was, so we're sorry about that.

Those new laws you gave made me laugh. Good work. Oh, except the housing one, I think that is very sensible and kind of you.

Keep up the lovely work. I know I say it every time. Kia kaha!

Mark

Unknown said...

Hi Luisa,

Well done with your blog. This is excellent! I love the way that you provided us with three really interesting facts about Hillary Clinton and included the source for the information. That is perfect! All too often we forget to list our source or provide a link to the web page that we used to find the information but you remembered. Did you know that you're the first student in the entire programme to remember to include a reference link?

Awesome work!

I am really, really enjoying your blogs, Luisa. I particularly enjoyed reading your commentary on becoming the prime minister. It really would be a very difficult job, wouldn't it? I think that I would find it overwhelming to have to attend so many prestigious functions and host diplomats from around the world. I would also find it stressful to have so much responsibility riding on my shoulders. I'm much happier working at the university!

I hope that you are happy and enjoying a lovely start to 2017.

Cheers,
Rachel :)

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