PISA WEEK 3

FRONTLEARNERS: RAPA NUI

Ruby B. Anzano
Master Teacher I- Culiat High School

HOUSE RULES

No KJ

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Enjoy

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Have a positive mindset

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Support others

RAPA NUI

Imagine that a local library is hosting a lecture next week. The lecture will be given by a professor from a nearby university. She will discuss her field work on the island of Rapa Nui in the Pacific Ocean, over 3200 kilometres west of Chile. Your history class will attend the lecture. Your teacher asks you to research the history of Rapa Nui so that you will know something about it before you attend the lecture. The first source you will read is a blog entry written by the professor while she was living on Rapa Nui.

Click on the NEXT arrow to read the blog.

Multiple Choice

1. Refer to the Professor’s Blog. According to the blog, when did the professor start her field work?

• During the 1990s.

• Nine months ago.

• One year ago.

• At the beginning of May.

Open Ended

2. Refer to the Professor’s Blog. Type your answer to the question. In the last paragraph of the blog, the professor writes: “Another mystery remained...” To what mystery does she refer?

Multiple Choice

In the book, the author describes several civilizations that collapsed because of the choices they made and their impact on the environment.

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

One of the most disturbing examples in the book is Rapa Nui.

• Fact

• Opinion

​Opinion Marking Signal

Multiple Choice

When the first Europeans landed on Easter Island in 1722, the moai were still there, but the trees were gone.

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

The book is written well and deserves to be read by anyone who is concerned about the environment.

• Fact

• Opinion

​Historical Evidence: Year of 1722

Multiple Choice

They carved the moai, the famous statues, and used the natural resources available to them to move these huge moai to different locations around the island.

• Fact

• Opinion

Personal Opinion

Multiple Choice

4. Refer to the article “Did Polynesian Rats Destroy Rapa Nui’s Trees?". What do the scientists mentioned in the article and Jared Diamond agree on?

• Humans settled Rapa Nui hundreds of years ago.

• Large trees have disappeared from Rapa Nui.

• Polynesian rats ate the seeds of large trees on Rapa Nui.

• Europeans arrived on Rapa Nui in the 18th century.

Multiple Choice

5. Refer to the article “Did Polynesian Rats Destroy Rapa Nui’s Trees?". What evidence do Carl Lipo and Terry Hunt present to support their theory of why the large trees of Rapa Nui disappeared?

• The rats arrived on the island on settlers canoes.

• The rats may have been brought by the settlers purposefully.

• Rat populations can double every 47 days.

• The remains of palm nuts show gnaw marks made by rats.