Episode 15 Teacher Resource 5th June 2018 BTN 50th Anniversary

Students will investigate the impact Talking about the news that changing technology has on Behind the News is a valuable tool to get students how news is reported. Students will listening and talking about news and current plan and produce their own BTN style news report. th affairs. After watching BTN’s 50 Anniversary episode, use BTN’s discussion questions to get you started, but remember some of the most useful ideas come from your students. Visit the BTN website and download this week’s discussion questions. Media Arts – Years 5 & 6 Plan, produce and present media artworks for specific audiences and purposes using responsible media practice.

Media Arts – Years 7 & 8 BTN begins in 1968 Develop and refine media production skills to shape the Behind the News first went to air 50 years ago in 1968. In one of the first technical and symbolic elements of episodes BTN covered a range of stories including: an explainer on the role images, sounds and text for a of the monarchy in Australia, a look into seafaring on Australian seas and specific purpose and meaning. student demonstrations around the world. What news story would you like to Plan, structure and design media have seen covered on BTN in the year of 1968? Discuss as a class. artworks that engage audiences.

Students will look back on major events of 1968 to learn more about what was happening during that time. Students will then choose one event from 1968 and create their own BTN style news story. Alternatively, students may want to choose a significant event from another year to report on. They could use the internet or search for newspaper articles in a library to help with their research.

Below is a list of some news events for students to choose from:

News stories from 1968 • John Gorton becomes Australia’s Prime Minister in January 1968, after Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears in surf in December 1967. • Lionel Rose was the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title and the first to become an . • In 1968, completed an extensive ‘homecoming tour’ of Australia. On Australia Day, The Seekers were named Australians of the Year (for the previous year).

©ABC 2018 Other significant events • Martin Luther King delivers his “I have a dream” speech in 1961. • On the 21st of July 1969, Neil Armstrong takes the first steps on the moon. • The first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, came out in 1997. • Social networking website Facebook was founded in 2004. • Scientists successfully guide a roving robot called Curiosity onto the surface of Mars in 2012.

Make your own BTN style news report Visit BTN’s website for a range of tips and tricks on how to make your own BTN style news report.

There you will find a range of media assets as well as training videos on how to choose a story, script writing, interviewing people, getting clear audio and making the perfect video. We would love to see your reports, send them into the BTN via this email address [email protected]

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News over time Before watching the BTN History of Newsgathering story hold a class discussion to find out what your students know about how the news has changed over time.

• How do you think journalists researched a news story before the internet? • How do you think journalists wrote a news story before computers?

After watching the BTN History of Newsgathering story, students will respond to the following questions:

• What did you SEE in this video? • What do you THINK about what you saw in this video? • What does this video make your WONDER? • What did you LEARN from this story? • What was SURPRISING about this story?

What questions were raised in the discussion and what are the gaps in their knowledge. The following KWLH organiser provides students with a framework to explore their knowledge on this topic and consider what they would like to know and learn.

What do I What do I want What have I How will I know? to know? learnt? find out?

Students will develop their own question/s for inquiry, collecting and recording information from a wide variety of sources. Students may develop their own question for inquiry or select one or more of the questions below.

• Students will make comparisons between how the news is made now with how it was done in the , , 1980s, or . Students will find out what has changed and stayed the same. • What impact do you think the arrival of television had on the way news was reported? • How has technology (internet, mobile phones etc) changed the way reporters tell stories? • Do you think Australians today are better informed about the news? Why or why not? • How do most people get their news today? • Make a prediction about how the way news is reported will change in the future. Illustrate your prediction/s and provide an explanation. • How has social media changed news reporting?

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Are you after a news podcast for your students? These BTN updates are a wrap-up of the day's news told in simple, fun language kids want to hear. Get it on your favourite Podcast App, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, iTunes, ABC Listen or on BTN’s website.

Start your school day off by watching BTN Newsbreak with your students. BTN Newsbreak is a daily news bulletin designed for children, featuring stories that are relevant and easy to understand. Watch it on the BTN website.

BTN – Net News http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2653913.htm

BTN – Rookie Training http://www.abc.net.au/btn/rookietraining.htm

ABC Education – News Reporting http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/digibook/1190931/news-reporting-collection

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