Society and Environment Teachers Guides NSW: Book D - Ages 8-9

New South Wales

Society and Environment – D Teachers Guide

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Foreword Society and Environment will help to increase the students’ knowledge and understanding about their local community and environment and provide them with opportunities to compare their situation to that of others.

The seven workbooks in the series look mainly at Australia—its people, its heritage, its political and legal systems and its place in the world.

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Each workbook is accompanied by a comprehensive Teachers Guide designed to provide a structured resource for the teacher. The Teachers Guide provides teachers with clear guidelines as to the outcomes being covered, answers, assessment, discussion and background information to support the workbook where necessary.

The information provided within this Teachers Guide will assist teachers in their planning, programming and assessment. Each topic provides teachers with a number of opportunities to focus on various aspects of literacy.

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The aim of the workbook is to assist students to better understand the community they live in and to make sound decisions about local, national and worldwide issues.

This program was devised to offer students and teachers alike the opportunity to develop a wide range of language, discussion and group-working skills that will complement all learning areas in the school curriculum.

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C.Publ i cat i ons Outcomes and Indicators Society and Environment D ................... ii – vi •f orr evi ew pand ur ose stheo nl y• vii Human Society Itsp Environment and Teacher.........................

Resources ......................................................................................... viii How to use Society and Environment .................................................. ix

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Society and Environment Workbook ..................................................... x Society and Environment Teachers Guide ............................................ xi Assessment/Evaluation ...................................................................... xii

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Students with Special Needs ............................................................ xiii Blank Map—The World .................................................................... xiv Blank Map—Australia........................................................................ xv Blank Map—New South Wales ........................................................ xvi Flags of Australia ................................................................... xvii – xviii Blank Semantic Web ......................................................................... xix Group Discussion Recording Sheet .................................................... xx Further Research Recording Sheet .................................................... xxi Beliefs ......................................................................................... 1 – 20 Working Together ...................................................................... 21 – 42 Australian Communities ............................................................ 43 – 64 National Parks ........................................................................... 65 – 82

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Outcomes and Indicators Society and Environment D Beliefs Our beliefs are formed as a result of a range of influences and experiences. These influences and experiences very between people and between cultures, creating diversity within Australian communities. This unit investigates the religious and other beliefs held by people and invites students to identify their own beliefs and recognise the grounds on which they have been formed.

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Famous People 2–4 3–5 Christianity 5–7 5–7 Islam 8–9 7–8 Buddhism 10 – 12 8 – 10 Aboriginal Beliefs, Customs and Traditions 13 – 16 10 – 12 Different Faiths 17 – 18 12 – 13 Beliefs 19 – 21 14 – 15 Beliefs that Influence My Life 22 – 24 16 – 17 Cultures CUS2.3 Explains how shared customs, practices, symbols, languages and traditions in communities contribute to Australian and community identities.

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• identifies some of the community groups that people can belong to • identifies major world religions • identifies diverse customs, practices and symbols shared by their local community and all communities within Australia • examines the different perceptions that people living within a community have of that community • identifies some customs, practices and traditions of their local community, beginning with Aboriginal people • gathers information about the roles, symbols and practices of some community groups • listens to and retells traditional, religious and ethical stories that relate to their local community • gives some reasons why their local community is different to others and why it is of value and should be respected • identifies major community religions and places of religious significance in their local community, e.g. temple, church, synagogue, mosque

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Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities.

• gathers information and explains the various lifestyles and experiences that different groups have within communities in Australia • examines the different viewpoints that people might have about cultural, linguistic and religious issues that arise in their local community and in other communities • describes different ways in which citizens can value and respect others, e.g. acknowledging that people have the right to hold differing viewpoints • examines religious groups and forms of spirituality in the community • gathers information about, and participates in, local community celebrations • recognises examples of systemic unfairness, e.g. discrimination based on religious belief

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Outcomes and Indicators Society and Environment D Working Together Communities are social groups whose members reside in a specific locality, share governments and have a cultural and historical heritage. Communities are cooperative and dynamic, developing and changing to meet the needs of their members, and are interdependent with other communities, particularly during times of need.

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Communities 26 – 27 23 –24 Edgewater 28 – 30 24 – 25 Clarktown 31 – 33 26 – 27 Clarktown Survey 34 – 35 27 – 28 Clarktown Community Services 36 – 38 28 – 30 Public Contributions 39 – 40 30 – 31 Community Facilities 41 – 42 32 – 33 Local Council – Roles and Responsibilities 43 – 44 33 – 34 Helping Each Other 45 – 47 35 – 37 Cooperative Community 48 – 50 37 – 38 Environments ENS2.5 Describes places in the local area and other parts of Australia and explains their significance.

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• names and locates natural, built and heritage features in their community and evaluates their significance • locates and names the capital city of Australia and of each State/Territory, and major regional centres • uses geographical terminology to describe natural and built features in their community • examines possible consequences if a system changes in some way • discusses Aboriginal place names

Social Systems and Structures SSS2.7 Describes how and why people and technologies interact to meet needs and explains the effects of these interactions on people and the environment.

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• examines a variety of systems that have been designed to meet needs in communities and identifies the advantages and disadvantages of their use • identifies the components of a system that provides goods and services and how the components need to interlink

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Investigates rights, responsibilities and decision-making processes in the school and community and demonstrates how participation can contribute to the quality of their school and community life.

• describes how decisions are made in local government and the roles and responsibilities of those involved • explains the processes involved in civic action within the community • describes rights of individuals and groups • contributes to decision-making processes in the class and school

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Outcomes and Indicators Society and Environment D Australian Communities Australian communities are coloured with broad-ranging historical and cultural roots. These aspects of communities are explored through the services they provide, the charity organisations they embrace and the significant events and celebrations they hold. Communities worldwide are made unique through these aspects and provide a comparison with the way we choose to live our lives in Australia.

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Different Communities in Australia 52 – 53 46 – 47 Community Involvement 54 – 55 47 – 48 Buildings in Your Community 56 – 57 49 – 50 Charity Organisations 58 – 61 50 – 52 Local Community Celebrations 62 – 63 52 – 53 Community Celebrations in Other Countries 64 – 65 54 – 55 Significant Events in Australia 66 – 68 56 – 57 Interview with an Older Community Member 69 – 71 58 – 59 Life in an Overseas Community 72 – 74 59 – 61 Cultures CUS2.3 Explains how shared customs, practices, symbols, languages and traditions in communities contribute to Australian and community identities.

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• identifies some of the community groups that people can belong to • identifies diverse customs, practices and symbols shared by their local community and all communities within Australia • examines the different perceptions that people living within a community have of that community • identifies some customs, practices and traditions of their local community, beginning with Aboriginal people • gathers information about the roles, symbols and practices of some community groups • listens to and retells traditional, religious and ethical stories that relate to their local community • identifies major community religions and places of religious significance in their local community, e.g. temple, church, synagogue, mosque • locates and identifies evidence of the languages used in their local community, beginning with the original Aboriginal languages • identifies the advantages and disadvantages of living within a community

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Outcomes and Indicators Society and Environment D Australian Communities Continued Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities.

• describes the cultural, linguistic and religious diversity of communities in Australia • gathers information and explains the various lifestyles and experiences of different groups within communities in Australia • examines the different viewpoints that people might have about cultural, linguistic and religious issues that arise in their local community and in other communities • describes different ways in which citizens can value and respect others, e.g. acknowledging that people have the right to hold different viewpoints • examines religious groups and forms of spirituality in the community • gathers information about, and participates in, local community celebrations • recognises examples of systemic unfairness, e.g. discrimination based on race, skin colour, language, religious belief, gender

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Social Systems and Structures SSS2.7 Describes how and why people and technologies interact to meet needs and explains the effects of these interactions on people and the environment.

• examines the goods and services provided within the community and by community organisations to meet needs • describes ways in which people cooperate with and depend on one another in their work • describes ways in which people obtain goods and services in the local community • identifies some ways in which religious and/or belief systems operate to satisfy needs

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Outcomes and Indicators Society and Environment D National Parks Approximately 3 200 Australian National Parks have been created to conserve culturally or scientifically significant locations in their natural state. Their preservation and management is the responsibility of governments, community groups and the individuals who use them.

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National Parks 76 – 77 Parks 78 – 80 National Parks in Your State 81 – 84 Forest Management 85 – 86 Kakadu 87 – 91 Park Study 92 – 95 Rules 96 – 98 Who’s Responsible?

99 – 100 Environments ENS2.6 Describes people’s interactions with environments responsible ways of interacting with environments.

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• identifies organisations concerned with the care of features, places and environments in the community • examines the effects of regulations, laws and practices associated with the management and care of natural and built features and sites • gives reasons why groups are associated with a feature or site, e.g.

Streamwatch, National Trust • evaluates the necessity of caring for and conserving a feature, site or place • presents alternatives and consequences of using features, sites and places in particular ways • identifies the viewpoints of others regarding how sites, places and features can be cared for, and demonstrates an appreciation of the rights of others to have these viewpoints • gives reasons why a specified feature, place or site should be cared for • compares uses of environments in Australia with uses outside Australia • recognises that Aboriginal people have a special relationship with the land and sea • plans a strategy for caring for a particular place

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Describes places in the local area and other parts of Australia and explains their significance.

• names and locates natural, built and heritage features in their community and evaluates their significance • gives reasons why particular activities may be associated with particular natural, built and heritage features and places • compares natural and built features, sites and places in their local area with those in other locations in Australia or the world • compares ways in which members of the community use features of the community to meet their needs • recognises the importance of some Aboriginal land and water management practices • uses geographical terminology to describe natural and built features in their community • locates and maps national parks in NSW and uses locational terminology such as north, south, east, west

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Human Society and Its Environment and the Teacher

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The learning area of Human Society and Its Environment encourages students to develop an understanding of how groups and individuals live together and interact with their environment. Through this learning area, students understand and develop a respect for cultural heritage, social justice, democratic processes and the sustainability of their environment.

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The main goal of Society and Environment is to take students on a journey to various parts of Australia, its history, and other parts of the world—and then bring them back to their own community within New South Wales to compare and evaluate life within it. Regardless of where students live within Australia, they will all benefit from, and see relevance to themselves in, the activities within the Student Workbook. Students are constantly being asked to think about Australian and world issues in relation to their own community in order to develop their own reasoned views.

The Society and Environment workbooks encourage the students to: • study the interaction between people and their environment • make sense of these interactions and develop values aimed at improving these relationships for the future • study local, regional, national and global issues and develop an understanding of their importance • develop and extend their knowledge of those issues which are relevant to themselves • make judgments on moral and ethical issues using their understanding of democratic processes, social justice and the sustainability of their environment • use various strategies to make sense of the way the world is changing • make reasoned and informed decisions as active citizens in their community • manage their own actions based on the skills and understandings attained in this learning area Success in teaching Human Society and Its Environment depends on using a varied approach. Students may work independently, in small groups or as a whole class, depending on the situation or task involved. Flexibility is the key to encouraging students to find the mode of working which best suits them.

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Discussion is used on a regular basis throughout the program to encourage critical thinking and to provide students with the opportunity to share, listen and evaluate their own thinking and that of others. The teacher’s role in the discussion situations is that of facilitator; it is important that students are allowed the opportunity to share their own views and ideas without being judged. Questioning should be used to encourage students to search for alternatives before making a final decision in relation to a topic or situation.

Grouping students helps them to get to know one another and develops an understanding of the importance of being able to work cooperatively with others to achieve a common goal. Shy students are more likely to express themselves in small groups, where they may be intimidated by a whole-class situation. Groups should be changed regularly, rather than having them set for each Human Society and Its Environment lesson.

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Resources Providing teachers with a comprehensive guide to each unit, including: •Unit focus •Unit topics •Outcomes and indicators •Focus for each topic •Keywords for each topic •Resources required for each topic •Background information for each topic •Introductory discussion for each topic •Suggested activity outlines •Clear and concise answers •Additional activities for each topic •Further topics for discussion and debate

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The Teachers Guide

The Student Workbook

Providing students and teachers with: •a range of activities catering for different learning styles and teaching methodologies •sample studies •opportunities to relate activities to local environments and communities •a mix of contemporary and traditional content •a comprehensive range of topic areas •opportunities to develop a wide range of skills

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Any successful Human Society and Its Environment program draws on a range of resources to provide variety and the opportunity to use and develop skills in a wide range of areas. It is recommended that students use various sources to support their work within the Society and Environment workbook.

Some of these additional resources include: •a world globe •a world map •a large map of Australia •the Internet—this resource is extremely fluid and sites were active at the time of publication. Specific sites were generally not included in the workbooks because of this limitation. Recommended sites listed within the Teachers Guide have been organised into those suitable for teachers and those suitable for students, according to the level of language used within the site and its presentation.

•the school and local libraries •each other, parents, grandparents •organisations which specialise in the area being studied •local and State newspapers and magazines •video documentaries where appropriate

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How to Use Society and Environment 1. Select the unit you wish to teach.

Each workbook contains four units—one for each term of the school year. They can be taught from the first unit in sequential order to the last unit, or you can move throughout the book in an order that suits what is happening in your classroom/community/local environment.

2. Read the complete unit.

It is important to read the entire unit before dealing with it in class to avoid any surprises and to ensure you have an understanding of where the unit is heading.

This allows you to be prepared with resources, to organise any incursions or excursions which may support the unit, and to ensure a collection of adequate resources is gathered within the classroom to enhance learning in that area.

Each unit is broken into discrete topics. These topics may run over one or more lessons, depending on your students, the topic or the amount of work that needs to be covered. It is left to the teacher’s discretion to ensure adequate coverage of the topic is attained.

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3. Develop a plan.

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4. Encourage discussion.

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The information provided within each workbook has been thoroughly researched.

Certain topics lend themselves to further research, as the topic is so large that not all information could possibly be included in a workbook for students. Students should be encouraged to research topics of personal interest. Developing skills in this area encourages independent learning which is critical in any student’s education journey.

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Each topic within Society and Environment relies on class or group discussion.

This is a key feature for developing oral skills. Students are given the opportunity to clarify their thinking, express their views, listen to others and discuss or debate the topic or issue at hand. This technique is instrumental in students developing maturity and a level of understanding that will prepare them for the real world.

6. Provide opportunities for students to share their knowledge.

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Students are often a rich source of knowledge in our multicultural society. Students are able to source information from relatives and friends and provide a valuable resource for others in their class. Students who have taken the time to further research topics of personal interest should also be encouraged to share their knowledge. This shows students you value their independent learning and gives meaning to their additional study.

7. Use your community.

The community has a great deal of resources to offer the primary Human Society and Its Environment learning area—after all, that is what it is all about. Inviting community members and organisations into your classroom to impart knowledge to students adds an extra dimension to their learning, making it ‘real’ and—most importantly—giving you a break from having to ‘know everything’.

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Society and Environment Workbook The Unit Topic begins with a unit title. This can be used to lead the students into the introductory discussion found in the Teachers Guide.

The Lesson Focus and Keywords provide students with a basic overview of what they will be learning about in this topic and give them the opportunity to find the meaning of any difficult words before they begin.

Text, tables and artwork provide students with a concise source of information related to the topic. Students may need to read through the information provided several times to ensure they have a clear understanding of what they are reading and to assimilate the information before tackling the supporting activities.

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Teachers may also use the strategy of searching for keywords and phrases to further encourage students to read the text over again. These keywords and phrases help to clarify the information for the students and make the task of completing the activities easier.

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Assisting weaker readers with this text is recommended to ensure their understanding is clear or they will struggle to complete the activities accurately.

Various types of activities have been provided for the students to draw information from the text. They include: • three levels of questioning • retrieval charts; brainstorming; explosion charts • local area comparative studies • semantic grids • flags • flow diagrams; ordering • matrixes • cloze passages • tables; reading graphs • profiles • time lines • mapping; longitude/latitude • reports • cause/effect; fact/opinion • keywords/key facts

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Each unit topic is finished off with Topics for Discussion/Debate. These statements, questions or sentence starters are designed to encourage students to develop their own thoughts and ideas and share them with the class or in small groups. This technique develops oral language and critical thinking skills.

The unit topics also have Additional Activities provided. These are only suggestions and have been designed to link the students’ newfound knowledge across the learning areas.

Search Engine Keywords have been included to assist the students with any further research they wish to undertake using the Internet.

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Society and Environment Teachers Guide Each Unit begins with an introductory page providing teachers with: • an overview of what students will be learning in the unit; • the topics which have been selected to develop understanding in the unit; and

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The Unit is then broken down topic by topic, with each topic providing the teacher with: • the corresponding workbook pages; • the focus of the topic;

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• the outcomes and indicators being treated through the study of the unit.

• the keywords being introduced within the topic;

• resource requirements for successful completion of the topic, including relevant Internet sites listed separately for the teacher and student; • background information for the teacher on areas which may appeal to students, require clarification or possibly lead to misunderstanding;

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• clear and concise answers for each activity; • suggested topics for discussion and debate.

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Each Unit then concludes with an assessment tool (see following page) which has been designed to indicate broad student understanding and also provide opportunity for student feedback. It is recommended that students work through the assessment independently where possible to provide feedback to the teacher of where understanding has taken place or where the student needs further development.

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Assessment/Evaluation Assessment and evaluation is an ongoing process conducted in a variety of ways by the teacher or a support person within the classroom. Teachers generally evaluate students based on: • observations—noting any key learning milestones; • anecdotal—keeping general notes on student behaviour, skills, techniques, strengths and weaknesses; • evaluation of written work—collating and marking students’ work;

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• evaluation of oral work—recording students’ skills and techniques in this area; and

Assessment and evaluation techniques may vary from student to student depending on their individual abilities, strengths and weaknesses. For example, you would not expect a student who is working at a reduced level to achieve the same results with the activities in the workbook as a student who is working at his/her optimum level or above.

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• evaluation of activities designed as assessment tools and provided in the Teachers Guide.

Through assessment of each student’s individual work practices, teachers are able to gauge which students require extension and which require remediation.

Assistance can then be given to those students where necessary to ensure they are developing to their full potential.

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performance, as well as using the assessment tool provided at the end of each unit of work in the Teachers Guide. The assessment tool used on its own will not be an accurate representation of the student’s ability or understanding of the unit and should be used only in conjunction with the term’s work.

The assessment tool provided at the end of each unit in the Teachers Guide as shown on this page is supported with a proforma which can be copied for each student and attached to his or her portfolio assessment. It provides the Outcomes covered over the unit and room for the teacher to comment on the various aspects involved in the Society and Environment workbook program.

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Students with Special Needs All students will work at different rates at different ability levels—which should be taken into consideration when planning a unit of work from the Society and Environment workbook. It is important to remember that we are assessing students’ skills, knowledge and understanding in this area, not their ability to read and write. Human Society and Its Environment is the study of people as social beings, as they have existed and interacted with each other and the environment, in time and in place. Therefore, students who have particular difficulty with literacy should not be disadvantaged in this learning area.

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It is crucial that the teacher takes the time to develop a rapport with the student— develop a relationship in which the student feels comfortable with the expected tasks.

Those students who need additional assistance could be given the unit to read through prior the lesson, so when they come into the lesson they already have a headstart on the rest of the class.

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Remediation

Providing students with the opportunity to read and reread the text as often as they feel comfortable with prior to the lesson offers them one strategy to familiarise themselves with the text. Encourage students to look for keywords and phrases and to use any maps, tables or diagrams to help them develop meaning from the text.

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resources and confidence they need to complete the activity along with the rest of the class. Their confidence will grow as they feel they are keeping up with everyone else and their time won’t be wasted during the lesson.

Teachers can also assist students by establishing a language-rich environment where print is presented in natural and meaningful contexts. Depending upon the unit topic for the term, classroom displays could reflect the information students may require.

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Those students who find the activities in the workbook too easy can be extended through various additional activities.

Students can be encouraged to research the topic further through the use of the Internet, library, newspapers, or by contacting specific organisations and sourcing local information.

Students can be responsible for gathering resources to provide the class with additional topic material. Displays can be created to benefit the entire class.

A group of students can also be made responsible for assisting the teacher when organising guest speakers or when on excursions to various facilities in the local area.

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Group Discussion HOW

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1. Take any disputes to the Mediator.

2. Each person must take a turn to express an opinion, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, to the Mediator.

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Beliefs Unit Focus Our beliefs are formed as a result of a range of influences and experiences. These influences and experiences very between people and between cultures creating diversity within Australian communities. This unit investigates the religious and other beliefs held by people and invited students to identify their own beliefs and recognise the grounds on which they have been formed.

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• Famous People ....................................................................... 3 – 4 • Christianity ............................................................................. 5 – 7 • Islam ...................................................................................... 8 – 9 • Buddhism ........................................................................... 10 – 12 • Aboriginal Beliefs, Customs and Traditions ......................... 13 – 16 • Different Faiths ................................................................... 17 – 18 • Beliefs ................................................................................ 19 – 21 • Beliefs that Influence My Life ............................................. 22 – 24

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The topics selected to develop this understanding are:

Outcomes and Indicators Cultures CUS2.3

Explains how shared customs, practices, symbols, languages and traditions in communities contribute to Australian and community identities.

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• identifies some of the community groups that people can belong to • identifies major world religions • identifies diverse customs, practices and symbols shared by their local community and all communities within Australia • examines the different perceptions that people living within a community have of that community • identifies some customs, practices and traditions of their local community, beginning with Aboriginal people • gathers information about the roles, symbols and practices of some community groups • listens to and retells traditional, religious and ethical stories that relate to their local community • gives some reasons why their local community is different to others and why it is of value and should be respected • identifies major community religions and places of religious significance in their local community, e.g. temple, church, synagogue, mosque

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Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities.

• gathers information and explains the various lifestyles and experiences that different groups have within communities in Australia • examines the different viewpoints that people might have about cultural, linguistic and religious issues that arise in their local community and in other communities • describes different ways in which citizens can value and respect others, e.g. acknowledging that people have the right to hold differing viewpoints • examines religious groups and forms of spirituality in the community • gathers information about, and participates in, local community celebrations • recognises examples of systemic unfairness, e.g. discrimination based on religious belief

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Famous People Workbook Pages: 2 – 4 Topic Focus Students will learn what beliefs are and how people with strong beliefs can influence the lives of others.

Keywords belief, independent, devote, decision, influence, volunteer

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Ian Kiernan – A Short Biography

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Eddie Mabo – Time Magazine

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Born in Albania, Mother Teresa attended a government school and became deeply religious from the age of 12. At 36 she set up her own home to help the poor and sick of Calcutta after she received a ‘divine call’ to work among the poor. Four years later, she set up ‘Missionaries of Charity’. She was awarded the Pope John Peace Prize in 1971 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. A statue is dedicated in the southern Hungarian city of Roszke where she was born, to the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta who devoted her life to helping the poor.

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In 1987, Kiernan, an Australian builder and solo yachtsman, was inspired to begin what has become the nation’s largest community environmental organisation.

His efforts include ‘Clean Up Sydney Harbour Day’, and ‘Clean Up Australia Day’.

In 1993, ‘Clean Up the World’ was launched after gaining the support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). His most recent venture is aimed at moving the organisation from ‘Cleaning Up’ to ‘Fixing Up’. To date, the program has been successful in discovering and helping implement long-term solutions to many environmental problems facing Australia, including one of the most prominent—excessive waste. He is now chairman of Clean Up Australia, a national non-profit organisation which strives to inspire and work with all Australians to clean up, fix up and conserve our environment.

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What makes a person famous?

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Mabo, a Torres Strait Islander, spent a large part of his life fighting to change Australian laws to restore native title to his family’s land. At 31 he got a job as a gardener at James Cook University. He began to attend seminars and read what white anthropologists and white ‘experts’ had to say about his people. In 1981, a land rights conference was held at James Cook University, where he made a very important speech which spelt out land ownership and land inheritance on Murray Island. A lawyer at the conference suggested there should be a test case to claim land rights through the court system. Ruling on the 10-year court battle, Justice Moynihan came to the conclusion that Eddy (Koiki) Mabo wasn’t the son of Benny Mabo, and ruled that he had no rights to inherit Mabo land. Eddie persisted, fighting until he died of cancer in 1992. Five months later the High Court of Australia made the historic ruling that native title existed.

Record the students’ predictions about how and why Mother Teresa, Ian Kiernan and Eddie Mabo became famous.

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Break the class into three mixed groups, giving each group one famous person to read about and discuss. Rotate one-third of each group to each of the other groups and encourage the students to share their knowledge with their new group members. Use the discussion from these groups to complete question 1 on page 3.

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Total surrender to God – to love Him in every single person we meet.

Devoted her life to helping the sick and poor.

Used money from awards to fund many centres to help the sick and poor.

That waterways should be free from pollution.

He organised a group to clean up Sydney Harbour.

Led to a Clean Up Australia Day and then Clean Up the World.

White laws were wrong. Land was handed down from generation to generation.

Fought in the High Court for land rights.

The High Court declared that native title did in fact exist.

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Additional Activities 1. Research one of the following people: Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, Caroline Chisholm, Fred Hollows, Mary Mackillop, Martin Luther King.

2. Interview family members about their beliefs.

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A Christian is a person who believes in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Christians believe that Jesus was a teacher who lived in Nazareth and taught in Galilee and Jerusalem in the time of the Roman Empire; that he is the son of God; and that he lived and died for others and was raised from the dead. Jesus is called Christ because it is believed he is the Messiah, who came from God to establish the Kingdom of God in which people are restored to a new relationship with God. He is called Lord by Christians because he rose from the dead, and Saviour because through the sacrifice of his life and his conquest of sin and death he saved man from the consequences of sin.

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Introductory Discussion What to you know about Christianity?

Do you think that going to church is an important part of Australian culture?

Many children are taught Bible stories. Do you know any Bible stories?

What is so important about these Bible stories?

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1. Jesus Christ

2. To save people from their sins

3. They believe there is life after death 4. Bible: Old Testament; New Testament

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5. The Romans crucified Jesus – he rose from the dead three days later 6. A ceremony of acceptance into the Christian church 7.

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Encourage the students to share their ideas and justify why they feel the messages they found were the most significant.

Answers 1. Answers will vary; Teacher check

Additional Activities 1. Identify the different Christian denominations that exist in your local community.

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Discussion/Debate 1. Christian beliefs are more important than any other beliefs.

2. People don’t need to go to church to worship God. He can be worshipped anywhere.

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The students will gain an understanding of the Islamic faith. submit, practices, forbidden, procedures, charity

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Islam is the only religion in the world that says that its precepts are ‘natural’. In Islam, the beliefs have primary position, they are the roots, and the practices are branches that are dependent for their existence on the roots. The primary belief is that of the Unity and Supreme sovereignty of Allah, the almighty, the Everpresent, the Everlasting, the All-knowing. Allah sent prophets to convey His message. He selected Imams to safeguard His message and ordained a Day of Judgment when the deeds of His creatures will be measured and rewarded or punished accordingly. Islam is the last divine religion and Prophet Mohammed is the last Messenger of Allah. In Islam, Allah has created all the commandments and decrees that will be needed by people until the end of the world. His commandments are there to guide his people to proper belief and to show them a proper way to live their lives.

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Do you think Islam is practised very widely in Australia? Why? Why not?

Activity – Pages 8 – 9 Read the information on page 8. Ask each child to select and contribute one piece of information from the text they feel is important to the Islamic faith.

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7. Life on earth is a period of testing for the time in paradise that follows death.

8. Pray to Allah five times a day while facing in the direction of Mecca.

Before reading the story ‘I need a lamp in front’, discuss the reasons why many religions might choose to use stories and tales to teach their followers messages.

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Read the story and allow the students time to write what they feel the son is trying to tell his father.

Discuss why the father had been so reluctant to understand what the son was saying.

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• The following websites are recommended: Teacher Buddhism (Webcrawler page – excellent links)

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Background The teaching of the Buddha is ‘to do no evil; to cultivate good; and to purify one’s mind’. The Buddha was born Siddhartha Gautama, a prince of the Sakya tribe of Nepal, in approximately 566 BC. At 29 he left home to seek the meaning of ‘the suffering’. He abandoned the way of self-mortification after six years of yogic training and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree. On the full moon of May, with the rising morning star, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the enlightened one. The Buddha wandered the plains of northeastern India for 45 years, teaching the path or ‘Dharma’ he had realised in that moment.

The Buddha’s last words were ‘Impermanent are all created things; Strive on with awareness.’

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Allow the students time to complete the questions which follow.

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4. Avoid too much wealth and luxury as well as too much self-denial and self-torture.

5. Because it has no beginning or end – it is continuous 6. Buddha 7. Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Japan

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Ask the students to write in their own words what the king’s teaching was from the experience.

Are there groups of people today who believe their knowledge is all there is? Is there an end to what we can learn?

Answers 1. That we should not think our knowledge is all there is; there is a great deal to learn about our world and we only see a limited part of it.

Additional Activities 1. In groups, reproduce the experiences of the blind men by using blindfolds and an unknown object. Describe what you feel.

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Discussion/Debate 1. This story has a message only for the followers of Buddha.

2. Buddhism is the most practical of all religions.

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The students will investigate how Aboriginal Australian beliefs, customs and traditions contribute to Australian and community identities.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have changed over time. Before the arrival of Europeans, Australia was largely an unspoilt country. To maintain the fragile environment and because of seasonal variations, people would only stay in an area for a certain time. Indigenous people lived a hunter and gatherer life.

Every part of the animal and plant was eaten or used to make things such as clothing, baskets, tools and weapons. Indigenous people passed down information through generations about the boundaries and nature of their land and stories of creation through songs, dance, art and storytelling.

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Introductory Discussion What do you know about Aboriginal beliefs, customs and traditions?

Do you think Aboriginal beliefs are similar to or different from the religions we have been investigating? Why? Activity – Pages 13 – 14 Read the information on page 13. Discuss whether there are any Aboriginal beliefs, customs or traditions which should be adopted by all Australians.

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2. Creation stories tell: how the Aboriginal people’s world was made; how animals came into being; how language groups evolved.

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1. Through stories passed on by their parents and grandparents

3. Men make tools and weapons and hunt for larger animals; women collect plants and smaller animals for food; women rear children and look after the aged.

4. Older children are responsible for looking after younger children; grandparents are responsible for teaching children.

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Read ‘The Two Wise Men and the Seven Sisters’. If a copy of the story can not be found, refer to the example on the top of page 15 to piece together the story with the students. Alternatively, find and read a different creation story and model the process of finding the relevant information to complete the table.

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Students can work in pairs to investigate two stories of their choice using the tables provided on page 15.

The information from this exercise can be used to develop an understanding of the common features of Aboriginal Creation stories. A table has been provided on page 16 to assist students to extract this information and note similarities.

Discuss these findings as a whole class.

Allow students time to retell and illustrate their favourite Creation story in the space provided on page 16.

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2. Invent and write your own Creation story, based on information you have collected.

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The students will identify what is similar and different in the faiths studied.

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Do you think all of these different faiths are true? Debate how this could or could not be true.

Are some faiths more difficult to follow than others?

Why do you think people would choose a faith which is difficult to follow?

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Activity – Pages 17 – 18 Using information from pages 5 – 16, complete the table on page 17 comparing Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Aboriginal Spirituality. Students should be encouraged to work in pairs to extract this information and discuss similarities and differences among the faiths. Ask the students to write the two most prominent similarities and differences in the spaces provided.

Encourage the students to share and attempt to justify the similarities and differences they felt were most significant with the class.

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There is one God who created the Attend churches to worship on a Bible Cross universe and still looks after it. regular basis.

Baptism and communion are two common practices.

Life on earth is a period of testing for the time in paradise that follows death.

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Buddhism teaches four noble truths: – there is suffering – suffering has a cause – suffering has an end – there is a path that leads to the end.

Aboriginal Spirituality Ancestors devised a plan of what things would be created and how

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Beliefs Workbook Pages: 19 – 21 Topic Focus The students will learn how people’s writing, such as stories, poems etc., can influence the actions of others.

Keywords graffiti, dumped, polluted, ranger, environment, caring, interview

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Greenpeace Australia was founded in 1977. The original Greenpeace organisation began in 1971 in Vancouver, Canada after the United States of America set off a one megaton nuclear bomb 1 200 m below sea level in 1969. A second test five times the size was announced and concerned conservationists formed the group ‘Greenpeace’ and registered their protest at the proposed site for the explosion.

The global campaign goals currently held by Greenpeace are: preventing climate change by stopping fossil fuel projects and promoting alternatives, eliminating sources of persistent organic pollutants and preventing toxic waste dumping, protecting the oceans from overfishing and whaling, and protecting future generations from the effects of nuclear contamination. Over 2.4 million people worldwide support Greenpeace. In Australia, Greenpeace has over 75 000 supporters.

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Which are more important? Which issues would be the most productive to support?

What are things you feel strongly about? Do you have a belief about what should be happening in your community or in the world?

Activity – Pages 19 – 21 Read the story on page 19 with the class. Discuss the reasons why this story might have been included under a heading ‘beliefs’.

Allow the students time to complete the questions which follow the story.

Discuss the beliefs held by people in the community which influence the way we live or work. Identify particular people in the community who hold strong beliefs and make a class list of them.

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Direct the students into pairs or small groups suitable for conducting an interview.

Allow the students time to discuss Interview questions 1 – 4 on page 20 with their partner or group members. Ask them to choose a community member from the class list to interview.

The students should then be guided through the presentation plan on page 21.

They will need to discuss and complete the plan before preparing their interview.

Each pair or group can write the responses for each of the interview questions, including two additional questions directly relevant to their chosen person.

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2. Empty drink cans, lumps of wood, bottles, an old bike frame, pieces of plastic.

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Beliefs that Influence My Life Workbook Pages: 22 – 24 Topic Focus The students will identify the beliefs that influence their lives and the lives of their families.

Keywords leisure, environment, influence, spirituality

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Web66: International School Web Site Registry (see other schools’ websites) http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html

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Our beliefs are not restricted to religion. Indeed, our belief system is composed of opinions we form and information we gain on virtually every issue which has an impact on our lives. Our beliefs are constantly modified and influenced by people and surroundings. We are encouraged to have an opinion and often subconsciously develop beliefs on a broad range of issues from the environment to health and fitness. These beliefs may change as we gain more information or may be internalised and adopted into our lifestyles. Our beliefs can have a profound impact on the way we choose to live our lives and can inspire us to have tremendous input into our community, such as in the lives of those investigated in the first unit of this chapter, ‘Famous People’.

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Introductory Discussion What are some of the factors that influence your beliefs?

Are there some beliefs you keep private? Why? Is it difficult to hold a belief which is different from the beliefs of others? Why? How do you think we need to treat people who hold beliefs which are different from our own?

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Discuss the beliefs people might hold in each of the areas outlined on page 22.

Give students time to complete the table independently and encourage them to consider the things they feel are important about each of these situations, rather than what they think others will think.

Ask the students to select their six most important beliefs from the table and write them into the circles on the explosion chart on page 23. The students can then argue why these beliefs are important to them on the lines below.

Question 3 on page 24 asks the students to identify beliefs about things which are more specific to the school environment. Ask the students to write their beliefs about each of the four areas listed without discussing their answers.

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1. List all the people who influence your life. Will this list stay the same as you grow older?

2. How will the influences on your life differ from those of a student living in Pakistan?

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Beliefs Assessment and Evaluation The activity on page 20 is provided as one assessment tool in the study of this unit. It is designed to indicate broad student understanding and also provide opportunity for student feedback. The following outcomes were addressed in this topic of study. The following pages can be photocopied as a record of student performance or as a proforma for portfolio assessment.

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Explains how shared customs, practices, symbols, languages and traditions in communities contribute to Australian and community identities.

Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities.

Distribute the activity sheet on page 20 of the Teachers Guide, one per student.

Ask students to write their name in the top right-hand corner of the page. Read through the activity sheet to ensure students are clear about what they are being asked to do. At this stage, give students the opportunity to seek clarification of any part of the activity sheet they may not understand.

It is important students work independently on these activities—this provides a true representation of what students understand or of their lack of understanding.

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Christianity: there is one God who created the universe, He sent His son Jesus to the world to save people from their sins, there is life after death, the Bible holds messages and guidelines that govern the way they should live their lives.

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Buddhism: there is suffering which has a cause and an end, there is a path that leads to the end, life is a cycle of birth and rebirth, people should not focus on material possessions and without them perfect peace and happiness occurs.

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4. (a) environment – we should protect endangered species. (b) health – a healthy body promotes a healthy mind. (c) politics – all adults should have the right to vote. (d) poverty – we should help those in need. (e) religion – we should respect the religious beliefs of others.

5. Individual people, family, local community, society, conscience, knowledge, experience, environment.

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Environments ENS2.5 Describes places in the local area and other parts of Australia and explains their significance.

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Social Systems and Structures SSS2.7 Describes how and why people and technologies interact to meet needs and explains the effects of these interactions on people and the environment.

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Investigates rights, responsibilities and decision-making processes in the school and community and demonstrates how participation can contribute to the quality of their school and community life.

• describes how decisions are made in local government and the roles and responsibilities of those involved • explains the processes involved in civic action within the community • describes rights of individuals and groups • contributes to decision-making processes in the class and school

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Communities Workbook Pages: 26 – 27 Topic Focus The students will understand and describe communities in the local area and other parts of Australia.

Keywords community, cooperating, trading, local

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http://www.indiginet.com.au/yarrabah

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Yarrabah, situated in Northern Queensland, is an example of an Aboriginal community. The community began with an Aboriginal group who originally inhabited the Yarrabah area living a very traditional lifestyle. An Anglican missionary began to visit and encourage the people to move to a mission settlement. The group’s leader supported the idea and moved to the mission now known as Yarrabah Community. When the mission closed in the 1960s, the new Yarrabah Community came under the control of the Queensland Government. The first Community Aboriginal Council was established, which in 1986 became selfgoverning. There are many services provided in the community including its own hospital, primary and secondary schools, preschool, library, shops and a museum.

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What does the term ‘community’ refer to?

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Encourage the students to share their findings with the whole class. Write a summary of the important points from each passage where the class can see it.

Allow the students time to read the passage they have not read.

Ask the students to complete questions 1– 4 on page 26 using the information the class has recorded. Based on this information, the students can then work in pairs or small groups to discuss and record notes about cooperation in communities. A spokesperson from each group can then be asked to read his or her group’s discussion points to the class.

Briefly discuss the ways in which families cooperate. Give the students time to complete questions 6 – 7 individually.

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Answers 1. A large or small group of people who live near each other and share common interests.

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Advertising is a powerful means of conveying a message to a specific audience.

In the case of the advertisement for Edgewater included in this unit, a community itself is being advertised, depicting what our society deems its most appealing aspects. Emphasis is placed on leisure and prosperous industry and focuses on the balance this township has reached between people and the environment.

Introductory Discussion Discuss the difference between natural and built environments.

Imagine an environment where nothing has been built. Discuss the implications of living in an environment such as this.

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Activity – pages 28 – 30 Read the ‘tourist pamphlet’ on page 28 as a whole class. Discuss informally some of the built and natural features mentioned in the text.

Allow the students time to complete questions 1 – 4(a).

Discuss the ways in which people are employed in Edgewater. What do the people who are not involved in the banana industry do?

Ask the students to work in pairs to brainstorm the different types of employment in their community and record their ideas in the space provided on page 30.

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2. (a) Natural features: white sandy beaches, rainforest, Black Mountain, Penguin River, countryside; Built features: 400 shops, Edgewater Mill, Old Gaol, Port Edgewater, four sports ovals, 10 pubs, 2 nightclubs, leisure centre, watersport park, library, cinema, cafes, restaurants. (b) Answers will vary

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1. Natural features are more important than built features.

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Clarktown Workbook Pages: 31 – 33 Topic Focus The students will locate and identify built and natural features of the local community.

Keywords natural, built, industry, attractions, services, shire/council

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Many communities are dependent on their environment for their existence.

Industry and, in many cases, tourist attractions are provided by the environment.

Within the community, both natural and built environments can be areas for review and improvement. These improvements are balanced between our changing needs and our beliefs about what is important. For example, we may need more housing, but believe it is wrong to damage an area of the environment which is biologically diverse. It is our right to have input into our community’s development.

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Discuss each of the criteria on the table as a whole class and encourage the students to add anything they may have missed in the second column of their table.

Discuss why the students live in the community they do. Would anyone like to leave it? Why or why not? What could be done to make the community somewhere everyone would like to live? Why would it be impossible to meet everybody’s needs in one community?

Give the students time to complete questions 2 – 3. Discuss some the suggestions for improvements from question 3 and develop a ‘Top 5’ list of improvements for the community.

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1. Write a letter to your council telling if what you like about your community and what you would like improved. Remember to include suggestions for how it could be improved and reasons why it should be improved.

1. The council wants to close the local library, because it costs too much money to run and maintain. Discuss ways the community could help to keep the library open.

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To achieve a balanced lifestyle, the members of a community involve themselves in both work and leisure activities. Participation in the work environment assists a community to provide basic goods and services to sustain itself and to achieve economic stability. Participation in leisure activities not only provides relief and variety to the lives of workers but also develops a sense of community, which builds the foundation for meeting community challenges as a unified group. Both elements are important parts of the life of a community.

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Introductory Discussion Debate what is more important: work or leisure.

Do you think your community is work-oriented or leisure-oriented? Why? Activity – Pages 34 – 35 Give the students time to read the survey on page 34. Ask them to compare the figures for work with the figures for leisure. Why do you think the total figures for leisure are higher than those for work?

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3. To develop facilities which would be most useful to the people of Clarktown

4. (a) Work: a job in which you earn money; Leisure: time that is free from work

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Background Part of the role of local government is to ensure the delivery of local services which meet local community needs. These must be affordable and delivered equitably, efficiently and effectively. Local revenues and resources can be supplemented by external resources, including commonwealth or State/Territory grants when appropriate.

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Where does the money come from to run facilities such as local clubs and recreation facilities?

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Discuss what might happen if facilities are not used by the community. Ask the students to complete activities 6 – 7 investigating reasons why services and facilities close down and the impact this would have on them and other members of the community.

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Local government is elected by the local community to respond to its aspirations and concerns, and to meets its needs within available resources. It must be electorally accountable to the local community, and manage its affairs in a transparent way. The Declaration on the Role of Australian Local Government states that ‘local government must seek to provide good governance for its community by being fully informed on local issues; by considering all aspects of environment, social and economic wellbeing through effective strategic and corporate planning based in extensive community consultation; and by balancing competing claims and interests openly, fairly and sympathetically’. (Councillor John Campbell, President, Australian Local Government Association Chair, 1997)

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Do you think that community members should have a say about changes in the community or should that be the responsibility of the elected councillors? Why? Do you think you could make something happen in your community? How could you go about it?

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Activity – Pages 39 – 40 Read the passage ‘Brad has his say ...’ as a whole class. Allow the students to complete questions 1 – 4.

Hypothesise that a new youth facility will be going into their community. Ask for suggestions about what should be included at the facility. Not all suggestions can be included. Discuss the difficulties in deciding fairly what should be included and what should not.

Using the graph on page 40, have the students conduct a survey of their fellow class members to determine the most popular suggestions.

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1. Because the shops are closed meaning the carpark is empty and it is safer 2. fractions (maths)

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If they had concluded something else, what influenced them to reach that decision.

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Why? Answers 1. True 2. To make them a focus in the headline and indicate a direct quote from the article.

3. People have already made their views on the rules of the park clear to the council.

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Introductory Discussion Why do we have a council?

What do you think are the most important roles played by a council?

What sort of decision is a council required to make?

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Helping Each Other Workbook Pages: 45 – 47 Topic Focus The students will investigate some ways in which communities help each other.

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How could a whole community provide support for another? Who would make the decisions about what would be done?

Why would it be a good policy to help other communities in need?

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Aims To achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs Make the ideal of service the basis of all enterprise, develop more intelligent and aggressive citizenship, form enduring friendships, render altruistic service and build better communities, promote international understanding and friendship

To help people who are less fortunate or unable to cope with their current situation.

To prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found.

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Scouts Australia is an organisation designed to cater to the needs of boys while encouraging them to ‘give something back’ to the community. An example of the work scouts do is the ‘Nepal Environment Project’ which is a joint Australia – Nepal initiative aimed at bringing scouts from both nations to work together to assist nature to correct environmental damage in Nepal. Projects such as these present opportunities for boys to be involved in worthwhile projects and feel a great sense of achievement and worth, while learning the skills which will allow them to become involved or initiate further community and environment-based projects of their own.

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Introductory Discussion How do the members within a community help each other?

Whose responsibility is it to help others in the community such as children, the elderly or people who are sick?

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Discussion/Debate 1. People are too busy with their own activities to help others.

2. How would you feel if there wasn’t anyone to help you in a crisis situation?

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Working Together Assessment and Evaluation The activity on page 41 is provided as one assessment tool in the study of this unit. It is designed to indicate broad student understanding and also provide opportunity for student feedback. The following outcomes were addressed in this topic of study. The following pages can be photocopied as a record of student performance or as a proforma for portfolio assessment.

Environments ENS2.5 Describes places in the local area and other parts of Australia and explains their significance.

Social Systems and Structures SSS2.7 Describes how and why people and technologies interact to meet needs and explains the effects of these interactions on people and the environment.

SSS2.8 Investigates rights, responsibilities and decision-making processes in the school and community and demonstrates how participation can contribute to the quality of their school and community life.

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5. Answers will vary; fundraising, providing shelter, first aid, providing food, emotional support.

6. Answers will vary; Rotary, Apex, Salvation Army, Red Cross, Scouts, Girl Guides, Society of St Vincent de Paul, Country Women’s Association, Anglicare, Good Sammy.

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• describes different ways in which citizens can value and respect others, e.g. acknowledging that people have the right to hold different viewpoints • examines religious groups and forms of spirituality in the community • gathers information about, and participates in, local community celebrations • recognises examples of systemic unfairness, e.g. discrimination based on race, skin colour, language, religious belief, gender

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Keywords isolated, generator, traditional, quarters, possessions Resources

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and on its members. In the case of Aboriginal communities, extended families are important, and are organised differently among traditional, rural and urban settings. These families operate differently in each community. Aboriginal communities usually maintain a distance between themselves and the nonindigenous community. How this boundary is maintained varies from place to place, and is an important element in community identity. Traditional lore, culture and the Aboriginal identity of community members are also important.

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Do you think there are any services in your community you could live without?

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1. What are the factors that make communities in Australia different?

2. What are the necessary services every community needs?

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Gannawarra Shire Council

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Town of Cambridge (Click Services A–Z) http://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au

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Introductory Discussion What services and facilities do you use in your community? How often do you use them?

Are there any parts of the community you would like to get involved in?

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Buildings in Your Community Workbook Pages: 56 – 57 Topic Focus The students will observe buildings and places in their community and investigate what they are used for.

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City of Sydney: Historical Buildings

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The National Trust of Australia focuses on protecting all aspects of Australian heritage, whether it be environmental, cultural or structural. The organisation is not a government-funded body; it raises funds primarily through membership fees and donations. Among the successes of the group are the Great Barrier Reef being spared from oil exploration and being added to the World Heritage list, stopping a nuclear power station from being built at Jervis Bay, restoring the Chinese Joss House in Bendigo, and the conservation of the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney’s CBD.

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Show the students the table on page 56. Read through the lists of uses to ensure students are familiar with the possibilities before visiting the local neighbourhood.

Explain that they will need to give a name to each building they visit and write it along the top of the grid. The students should take their workbook with them on the excursion and tick the relevant boxes when visiting each building.

On return, discuss which were the most commonly occurring buildings in the school’s local community. The information collated can then be used to complete questions 1 – 2.

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1. Which buildings in your community should be preserved? Why?

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Introductory Discussion What is ‘charity’?

What do charity organisations do? Do you think they play an important role in the community?

Develop a class list of known charity organisations.

Activity – Page 58

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Allow the students time to read the remaining two passages and answer the corresponding questions. Check answers together.

Students can then work in pairs to design a poster encouraging people to donate to one of the three organisations investigated and to complete the summary table on the bottom of page 61.

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2. Raising money for charities; research into health; and to help those in other countries 3. Answers will vary 4. Answers will vary

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traditional words, ‘As the sun rises and goeth down we will remember them’. In Toowoomba, in 1919, Captain Harrington and a group of friends visited the graves and memorials of men killed in action in World War I and placed flowers (not poppies) on the headstones. Afterwards they toasted their mates with rum. In following years these men followed a similar pattern but adjourned to Picnic Point at 4.28 a.m. (the time of the original Anzac landing), where a bugler sounded ‘Last Post’ and ‘Reveille’.

Introductory Discussion

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Locate Fremantle on a map of Australia. Discuss what is special about its location (seaport). Together, read through the events held in Fremantle each year on page 62. Discuss why they may have chosen to hold these particular celebrations. For example, why would a Busker’s Festival be held? What does that suggest about the people who live in the Fremantle community? Allow the students time to complete questions 1 – 4.

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4. (a) Elvis Alive in Fremantle; Busker’s Festival, Sardine Festival (b) Australia Day; Indigenous Cultural Fair; Anzac Day Dawn Service; Fremantle Fishing Fleet Festival (c) John Hughes Big Walk

5. Answers will vary

Additional Activities 1. Volunteer to design posters for an up-and-coming community event.

2. Develop a calendar of events for your school community.

Discussion/Debate 1. What Anzac Day means to all Australians.

2. What Australia Day means to different groups in Australia.

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http://members.aol.com/Donnpages/Holidays.html

Students Holidays and Festivals Around the World (Dutch school site) http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/holidays/

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People in other countries celebrate. Do you think they celebrate for the same reasons?

List celebrations that are held in other countries.

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Activity – Pages 64 – 65 Read and discuss each of the three celebrations described on page 64. Ask the students if any parts of these celebrations seem unusual. Do they think any of their celebrations might be seen as unusual to children in other countries?

Use the information from page 64 to complete activities 1 – 2 independently.

Before completing question 3 discuss reasons why each of the celebrations listed may or may not be celebrated in Australia.

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Significant Events in Australia Workbook Pages: 66 – 68 Topic Focus The students will explore significant events and who celebrates them.

Keywords organise, conditions, evacuated, commemorate, reunite, preparation Resources

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http://www.acn.net.au/articles/snake/

Students Anzac Biscuits Recipe

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Clean Up Australia http://www.cleanup.com.au/

Arbor Day

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their settlement in Australia to that time. Chinese New Year, pronounced in Chinese as ‘xin ninan’, occurs on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The Chinese-Australian community holds a variety of events to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year. Since 1979, a 92-metre long Great Dragon has appeared in the streets of Melbourne, while in Sydney, festivities stretch to two weeks and include a grand parade, Dragon boat races and night markets.

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Australian Cultural Network: Chinese New Year

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A celebration does not necessarily mean a party. How else do people celebrate?

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Allow the students time to read the three passages about Australian celebrations on pages 66 – 67 and complete the quiz. When completed, use the questions in the quiz to guide discussion about each of the celebrations. Encourage the students to share experiences they have had celebrating each of these events.

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Answers Quiz 1. Ian Kiernan 2. World War I 3. Firecrackers 4. Dawn Service 5. Sydney Harbour

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1. Clean Up Australia: pollution, volunteers, plastic bags, success, results; Anzac Day: battle, evacuated, war, horror, bravery; Chinese New Year: firecrackers, lanterns, joy, wealth, happiness 2.

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War veterans and soldiers and public

Chinese New Year

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Interview with an Older Community Member Workbook Pages: 69 – 71 Topic Focus The students will collect information about their community through direct and indirect experiences.

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Students Lilydale and District Historical Society http://www.art-technology.com.au/lilyhist

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Do you think your community has changed very much over the last hundred years?

How could you find out about the ways things have changed during that time?

Do you think there will be much change over the next hundred years?

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Discuss Mrs Cameron’s last line in the interview. Why would she be wishing things were like the old days? Are there things about your community you wish had not changed? Are there things that have changed since you were a small child? Would you prefer them to have stayed the same? Are all changes good changes? Allow the students to write their opinion to answer question 8.

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Answers 1. 96 years old 2. pioneer – one of the first people to settle in a region century – a period of 100 years christened – a ceremony to be received into the Christian Church shingles – thin pieces of wood used to cover roofs and sides of houses 3. Her father and men from the district

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The students will collect information on people in communities overseas and compare their lifestyles and experiences with their own.

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• The following websites are recommended: Teacher Sriwittayapaknam School in Thailand (Very comprehensive) http://www.sriwittayapaknam.ac.th/

Students Nattawud’s Student Homepage in Thailand http://www.thailandlife.com/nattawud_02/index.html

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Background The school described in this unit, Sriwittayapaknam School, is located in Samut Prakan City, about 30 kilometres south of Bangkok in Thailand. The school is privately owned, catering for students aged between 3 and 15, and is noted for its high academic record and forward-looking policy. This is reflected in its investment in new technology. Investigation of Sriwittayapaknam School reveals the similarities and differences between Australian schools and schools in neighbouring countries. Special note should be given to the private nature of this particular school and further investigation of Thailand will create a clearer picture for students of the diversity which can exist within a country.

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Locate Thailand on a map of the world. Discuss what the students know about countries in that part of the world. Read the passage ‘Living in Thailand’. As this is a lengthy passage, you may choose to let students read quietly in pairs or break the passage by its subtitles and have each pair report back to the group with what they have learnt. While the students are waiting for others to finish reading, they should be encouraged to locate Thailand on the map on page 73 and colour it.

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Food eaten at morning break: meat fried on a stick, fried noodles, fried chicken and quail eggs, ice drink

Lunchtime activities:

stamp club, chess club, computer club, cartoon club

School uniform:

black shorts, white shirt, tie; dark blue skirt, white shirt, tie

Favourite sport:

basketball, football

Interests:

Thai kickboxing, TV, computer games

Favourite food:

double cheeseburger and fries

Places of interest:

crocodile farm, naval museum/ old fort, ancient city/Buddhist temples

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Food and drink, cloth and clothing, plastic and chemicals

Improvements:

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Explains how shared customs, practices, symbols, languages and traditions in communities contribute to Australian and community identities.

CUS2.4 Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities.

Social Systems and Structures SSS2.7 Describes how and why people and technologies interact to meet needs and explains the effects of these interactions on people and the environment.

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Distribute the activity sheet on page 63 of the Teachers Guide, one per student.

Ask students to write their name in the top right-hand corner of the page. Read through the activity sheet to ensure students are clear about what they are being asked to do. At this stage, give students the opportunity to seek clarification of any part of the activity sheet they may not understand.

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5. (a) Thanksgiving: speech of thanks, turkey (b) St Patrick’s Day: green, shamrock (c) Children’s Day: carp, rice cakes

6. Answers will vary; Australia Day, Anzac Day, Christmas, Easter, Queen’s Birthday, New Year’s Eve 7. Answers will vary

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Task At the conclusion of the unit ‘Australian Communities’, students were asked to complete an activity sheet independently to demonstrate their understanding of the unit.

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• Recognises the contribution made by charity organisations to their community.

• Understands that celebrations are held to recognise events or issues significant to local and wider communities.

• Demonstrates an awareness of similarities and differences between their community and communities in other parts of the world.

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2. (a) List three basic services a community needs to function independently.

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Unit Topics • National Parks .................................................................... 76 – 77 • Parks .................................................................................. 78 – 80 • National Parks in Your State ............................................... 81 – 84 • Forest Management ........................................................... 85 – 86 • Kakadu ............................................................................... 87 – 91 • Park Study .......................................................................... 92 – 95 • Rules .................................................................................. 96 – 98 • Who’s Responsible? ......................................................... 99 – 100

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Environments ENS2.6 Describes people’s interactions with environments and identifies responsible ways of interacting with environments.

• identifies organisations concerned with the care of features, places and environments in the community • examines the effects of regulations, laws and practices associated with the management and care of natural and built features and sites • gives reasons why groups are associated with a feature or site, e.g.

Streamwatch, National Trust • evaluates the necessity of caring for and conserving a feature, site or place • presents alternatives and consequences of using features, sites and places in particular ways • identifies the viewpoints of others regarding how sites, places and features can be cared for, and demonstrates an appreciation of the rights of others to have these viewpoints • gives reasons why a specified feature, place or site should be cared for • compares uses of environments in Australia with uses outside Australia • recognises that Aboriginal people have a special relationship with the land and sea • plans a strategy for caring for a particular place

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Describes places in the local area and other parts of Australia and explains their significance.

• names and locates natural, built and heritage features in their community and evaluates their significance • gives reasons why particular activities may be associated with particular natural, built and heritage features and places • compares natural and built features, sites and places in their local area with those in other locations in Australia or the world • compares ways in which members of the community use features of the community to meet their needs • recognises the importance of some Aboriginal land and water management practices • uses geographical terminology to describe natural and built features in their community • locates and maps national parks in NSW and uses locational terminology such as north, south, east, west

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National Parks Workbook Pages: 76 – 77 Topic Focus The students will identify what they know and what they would like to know about National Parks.

Keywords conservation, refuge, environment, natural heritage, sacred

Resources

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S http://www.atn.com.au/parks/parks.htm

Great Outdoor Recreation Pages – National Parks – Australia

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by the Aboriginal people. Every year, more than 4 000 000 people visit Australia’s National Parks and, as a result, almost all parks have walking tracks and picnic spots. In some parks, camping is allowed in designated areas and some allow bush camps. Visitors to National Parks can undertake a range of activities such as abseiling, bushwalking, botanical pursuits and discovering Australia’s colourful birds, mammals, and reptiles.

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Why had that area been made into a National Park?

Who decides what should be made into a National Park?

Activity – Pages 76 – 77

The students can begin by reading the introduction to the topic at the beginning of page 76. Break the class into groups to research what is meant by the following terms: conservation park, reserve, refuge and natural heritage. Have the students report their findings to the class and allow the students to complete questions 1 – 2.

Share experiences the students have had at National Parks. Discuss the reasons why the parks were created and their general characteristics. Students can record their personal experiences in question 3.

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Answers 1. Answers will vary 2. Answers will vary 3. Answers will vary

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1. Arrange for a National Park employee to talk to your class about National Parks.

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1. All of Australia should be one big National Park.

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2. People should be kept away from sacred Aboriginal sites so they are not damaged.

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Background National Parks, and other conservation reserves, exist to protect Australia’s natural diversity. They are also centres of cultural heritage for Aboriginal Australians who have occupied the land for more that 40 000 years, and for the generations of immigrants who have arrived since colonisation in 1788. The first laws to protect the country’s scenic areas were passed in Tasmania in 1863. In 1879, the Royal National Park was established south of Sydney. This was Australia’s first and the R.I.C. Publications~www.ricgroup.com.au

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world’s second National Park. There are now around 3 200 national parks, conservation parks, reserves, and refuges set aside in Australia, covering 5.3% of the Australian landmass. In addition to this, 228 marine and estuarine areas have been set aside, covering a further 38 million hectares.

Introductory Discussion Why do we need to conserve areas of land in National Parks?

How do we go about ensuring this land is conserved?

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Students can work independently to list rules they think should be applied to all National Parks in Australia and then share their thoughts with the class.

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Read the information about National Parks on page 78 and discuss questions 1 – 5 allowing the students to complete each questions as a result of what they have learnt.

Discuss the effects of tourists upon National Parks. Allow the students to work in small groups to brainstorm the main attractions for tourists in each of the environments listed on page 80. Discuss and record any elements common to all National Parks.

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3. To incorporate all different types of environments

4. (a) The speed and efficiency of today’s technology can destroy large areas in a short time; less wilderness left

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Write to your council requesting it to be made a park. Be sure to include your reasons why.

1. Tourism should be stopped in National Parks to preserve the environment.

2. ‘People are more important than parks.’

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National Parks in Your State Workbook Pages: 81 – 84 Topic Focus The students will learn where National Parks exist in their State and Australia and the location of some heritage sites.

Keywords information, tourism, location, natural, cultural, undisturbed

Resources

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Each State is home to significant protected areas which have become part of their identity. For example, in Queensland we find the Great Barrier Reef; in the Northern Territory, Kakadu; Western Australia, Ningaloo; South Australia, Lake Eyre; Victoria, Grampians; Tasmania, Cradle Mountain; New South Wales, Blue Mountains. The environmental diversity of each State is also notable. Across Australia, rainforests, deserts, mangrove swamps, eucalypt forests, alpine herbfields, coastal heaths, grasslands and many other environments can be found.

The Parks which preserve these environments range in size from massive tracts of wilderness to tiny historic sites.

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Have you visited any National Parks?

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Have you heard of any National Parks you would like to visit? Why are they of particular interest to you?

Look at the map on page 82. Discuss which names the students recognise and brainstorm any they know of which have not been included on the map.

Using an atlas and the grid on page 82, have the students draw their State and locate their capital city. Students can then locate three National Parks in their atlas and include them on their map. To complete this task, the areas of each park can also be found in an atlas.

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Activity – Pages 83 – 84 As a whole class, read the ‘World Heritage Sites’ describing a range of Australian National Parks. Discuss the climate and special features of each site, based on its short description and any general knowledge the students may have.

Using an atlas, the students can then find the areas marked on the map on page 84 and record their names.

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1. Heard and McDonald Islands

3. Tasmanian Wilderness

4. (a) Naracoorte Fossil Site (b) Riversleigh Fossil Site 5. Lord Howe Island Group 6. Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves 7. Willandra Lakes Region 8. Shark Bay

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10. Kakadu National Park 11. Fraser Island

12. Queensland Wet Tropics 13. Great Barrier Reef

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1. Research to identify a National Park in three countries other than Australia. Show on a world map.

2. Select one Australian National Park near you and research to report its special features. Present your findings to the class.

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1. Why is one area of Australia considered important enough to be a World Heritage Site and others not?

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Forest Management Workbook Pages: 85 – 86 Topic Focus The students will learn how forests require management and how people are finding alternatives to chopping down native trees.

Keywords native forest, plantations, clearfelling

Resources

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http://www.nafi.com.au/faq/management

Students Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australia http://www.affa.gov.au/outputs/forestry.html

National Association of Forest Industries http://www.nafi.com.au/faq/management

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governments, forest owners, industry and forest communities. It is dedicated to identifying and protecting forests based on conservation, cultural and heritage values, and also to creating sustainable native forests through effective management and ensuring there is no conflict between sustainable forest management and hardwood woodchip production. Sharing the ideal to ‘think globally but act locally’ is Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia, whose goal is to assist the forestry industry to grow, improve and capitalise on new opportunities while protecting the environment and contributing to the prosperity and quality of life in rural and regional Australia. While forestry enables us to continue to provide sustainably produced wood, it will increasingly provide opportunities to help reduce the level of greenhouse gases, control salinity and improve biodiversity conservation.

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What alternatives do you think we have?

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Activity – Pages 85 – 86 Read together the information at the top of page 85. Discuss whether the students feel the solutions given are satisfactory. Do they see any long-term or short-term problems with these suggestions? Allow the students to complete questions 1 – 5.

Refer to the text stating that ‘chopping down trees causes great damage to the environment’. Discuss what kind of damage is occurring as a result of chopping down trees. How could these problems be rectified? Students can answer the remaining questions independently.

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1. heating, building, furniture, housing etc.

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4. People have only begun to realise that it causes great damage to chop down trees and many years for them to grow again.

5. More National Parks, bans on logging, use of fast-growing plantation trees 6. Answers will vary 7. Answers will vary 8. Answers will vary

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Workbook Pages: 87 – 91

The students will learn about one of Australia’s most famous National Parks— Kakadu.

Keywords Kakadu, Northern Territory, billabong Resources • The following websites are recommended: Teacher Kakadu – Australia’s Ancient Wilderness http://www.pbs.org/edens/kakadu/

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Friends of Kakadu http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kakadu/

Students Kakadu – Australia’s Ancient Wilderness http://www.pbs.org/edens/kakadu/

Kakadu and Jabiru Visitors Guide http://www.northernterritory.com/3-5.html

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Kakadu is richly diverse in flora and fauna and ancient Aboriginal cultural reserves mark it as perhaps Australia’s and the world’s most important window into the existence of early man. Kakadu is also valuable in terms of the millions upon millions of dollars in revenue it could provide Australia should its uranium ore, situated within the park, be mined. Australia contains nearly a third of the world’s uranium reserves, but holds only 10 per cent of the global market. After worldwide debate, the World Heritage Committee (WHC), declared Jabiluka (the area to be mined) ‘not in danger’ and the decision was made to mine, causing company stock to skyrocket. However, production which was to begin in 2001 will not open until at least 2006. In spite of the WHC ruling, many international environmental organisations will continue to lobby against the Jabiluka mine.

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Introductory Discussion

Kakadu is Australia’s largest land-based National Park. What are some of the advantages of preserving such a large area?

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than others. Challenge the students to find the names of two creatures for each category listed on the table and develop a class chart of their findings. This activity may be most effectively used in the library where the students have access to a wide range of resources.

Read ‘The Kakadu Seasons’ with the students. Discuss the impact these seasons would have on how people living ‘on the land’ would exist. The students can use the information from pages 87 – 88 to complete questions 2 – 5 and 7 – 8. They will need to use an atlas to complete numbers 1 and 6.

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Allow the students to work in pairs to complete the creative task of naming the ‘six seasons’, using standard English, in the spaces provided on pages 90 – 91.

Discuss the maintenance of Kakadu. It is not easy to manage such a large area.

What are some of the problems its carers face? In the space provided, ask the students to record their suggestions and how they might be solved.

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2. Longest continuing human culture in the world have lived in the region for 40 000 years.

3. Introduction of tobacco, alcohol and foreign plants and animals has meant great changes to the Aboriginal culture and tradition.

4. Gagudju people 5. Answers will vary; doesn’t list specific species 6. (1) South Alligator River (2) West Alligator River (3) Wildman River

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2. Write to students in a school in the Northern Territory to find out more.

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Park Study Workbook Pages: 92 – 95 Topic Focus The students will make a study of a National Park, refuge, local reserve or local park.

Keywords conservation, management, responsible, wildlife

Resources

r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S http://www.atn.com.au/parks/parks.htm

Students Australia’s National Parks

http://www.atn.com.au/parks/parks.htm

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Conservationists are those who advocate or promote the preservation of areas which are significant, culturally or scientifically, in their natural state. They take on the role of managing a natural environment to ensure it is not destroyed in the process of development. In the face of the rapid change which accompanies the development of communities, responsibility needs to be taken for the conservation of natural environments which have been identified as being significant. Each person can make a contribution to conserving these areas in his or her local environment.

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Are they well maintained? Could any improvements be made?

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Though it is not necessary, visiting the location being investigated will assist students in recording accurately and will help them become aware of the impact people have upon their environment and what can be done to improve the situation, even in their local environment.

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Additional Activities 1. Survey your class members to find out the most appealing aspects of the park studied.

2. Create an ‘advertising brochure’ describing the highlights of the park. See page 28 of the student workbook for ideas.

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1. How could the park you have studied be improved to create a greater awareness of the need for conservation?

Topic Focus

The students will learn about the rules for using National Parks and why these rules exist.

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Death Valley (USA) National Park Rules and Regulations http://www.americanparks.net/death_valley_rules.htm

Bushwalking Code of Practice (NSW)

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The Bushwalking Code as described by the Confederation of Bushwalkers NSW outlines the responsibility National Park visitors have to protect and preserve the natural landscape for the enjoyment of future generations. The code focuses on the following areas: being self-reliant and prepared, ‘treading softly’ by keeping to the designated paths, knowing what to do in emergencies, taking rubbish away, being hygienic, conserving the purity of waterways, being careful with fire, choosing campsites carefully, protecting plants and animals, and respecting Aboriginal heritage. When visiting National Parks, we need to behave like conservationists and have a minimal impact on the environment. This means doing nothing and leaving nothing that shows where we have been.

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Introductory Discussion Why are rules necessary?

Why are rules so important in National Parks?

List some rules most commonly associated with National Parks.

Activity – Pages 96 – 98

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Brainstorm to decide upon the different areas of a National Park which need protecting and ask the students to record these on the explosion chart at the top of page 96. Use the list of rules developed by the class as a guide for students to complete the table on the remainder of the page.

Discuss the need for special rules in environments which are unique. Discuss in particular the differences in the rules that would be needed for the Great Barrier Reef National Park and Mount Kosciuszko. Students can record points from this discussion to answer questions 1 – 2.

Students can then be given time to outline an argument for and against the use of rules in National Parks. These points could later be used in a class debate.

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1. Use the Internet to find what rules are set for parks in different parts of the world.

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Workbook Pages: 99 – 100 Topic Focus The students will learn more about National Parks in their State.

Keywords government, organisation Resources

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Each State and Territory has a government department responsible for National Parks. Discuss why there are often entry fees to National Parks. What are people ‘buying’ when they enter?

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Activity – Pages 99 – 100

using the cues listed (i) – (vi) and encourage each group to complete the table at the bottom of the page before designing and making its poster.

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Outcomes Environments ENS2.6 Describes people’s interactions with environments and identifies responsible ways of interacting with environments.

ENS2.5 Describes places in the local area and other parts of Australia and explains their significance.

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Distribute the activity sheet on page 81 of the Teachers Guide, one per student.

Ask students to write their name in the top right-hand corner of the page. Read through the activity sheet to ensure students are clear about what they are being asked to do. At this stage, give students the opportunity to seek clarification of any part of the activity sheet they may not understand.

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It is important students work independently on these activities—this provides a true representation of what students understand or of their lack of understanding.

Once students have completed the activity, collect the worksheets. Mark and record results. From this activity sheet, some students may be found to require further work to develop their understanding in a particular area.

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3. (a) Great Barrier Reef – world’s most extensive coral reef system

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(c) Shark Bay – marine fauna, including a large number of dugongs (d) Fraser Island – largest sand island in the world

(e) Lord Howe Island Group – breeding ground for the endangered wood hen (f) Willandra Lakes Region – oldest cremation site in the world

4. (a) Answers will vary; housing, furniture, paper, woodchip etc. (b) Not ‘clearfelling’, where all trees in an area are cut down; creating National Parks to ensure we keep many of our forests alive; planting quick growing plantation trees and replanting in areas that have been cut down.

5. To ensure all aspects of the park are protected.

6. (a) Each State and Territory has a government department that is responsible for National Parks. (b) abseil, bushwalk, birdwatching, rock climbing, have a picnic

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National Parks 1. (a) What is a National Park?

(b) Why are National Parks important?

(b) Name five National Parks you would like to visit.

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6. (a) Who is responsible for National Parks?

(b) Circle the things you might do in a National Park. abseil

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