📚 Week 1: Scarcity Vocabulary Sort Cards

Unit 10: Kai, Culture and Climate — Surviving Scarcity
Cut out these cards and sort them into categories: Terms, Definitions, and Examples

📋 Instructions: Print this page, cut along the dotted lines, and have students match terms with their definitions and examples. Great for think-pair-share activities!

🔤 Vocabulary Terms

Scarcity
Te Korenga
(teh kor-eng-ah)
Abundance
Te Nui
(teh noo-ee)
Trade-off
Ngā Mahinga Ohaoha
(ngah mah-hee-ngah or-hah-or-hah)
Staple
Kai Matua
(kai mah-too-ah)
Innovation
Auahatanga
(ow-ah-hah-ta-nga)
Choice
Kōwhiringa
(koh-fee-ree-nga)

📖 Definitions

Scarcity: When there isn't enough of something to meet everyone's wants and needs.

Abundance: When there is more than enough of something for everyone.

Trade-off: Giving up one thing to get another. Every choice has a cost.

Staple: A basic food that is eaten regularly and in large amounts (e.g., rice, bread, kūmara).

Innovation: A new idea, method, or way of doing something to solve a problem.

Choice: The act of selecting between different options when resources are limited.

💡 Examples

Scarcity: Empty supermarket shelves during a lockdown. Not enough water during a drought.

Abundance: A bumper crop of kūmara. A river full of fish.

Trade-off: Choosing to buy food instead of new clothes. Using land for housing instead of farming.

Staple: Rice in Asia. Bread in Europe. Kūmara for Māori.

Innovation: Māori creating rua kūmara (storage pits) to keep kūmara fresh. Vertical farming in cities.

Choice: Deciding what to eat when money is limited. Choosing which crops to grow.

🎯 Activity Ideas

  • Matching Game: Students match terms with definitions and examples
  • Sorting Challenge: Sort all cards into three piles: Terms, Definitions, Examples
  • Think-Pair-Share: Students pick a card and explain it to a partner
  • Vocabulary Wall: Display cards on classroom wall for reference
  • Quiz Game: Teacher holds up definition, students find matching term