Questions for Discussion s2

Episode 20 Questions for discussion 1st August 2017

Basin Plan Problems 1. Discuss the BTN Basin Plan Problems story in pairs. What points were raised in the discussion? 2. Why have the Murray and Darling rivers struggled to survive over the past decade? 3. Why did farmers need water from the Murray-Darling Basin? 4. Finish the following sentence: The Murray-Darling Basin is Australia’s most important agricultural region because… 5. Why was the Murray-Darling Plan created? 6. All states involved in the plan had to agree to it. True or false? 7. What were the important parts to the plan? 8. What did a recent Four Corners investigation find? 9. Why were people living downstream angry? 10. What do you understand more clearly after watching this story?

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Parliamentary Terms 1. What was the main point of the BTN story? 2. Our country’s oldest rule book is called the ______. 3. What does Australia’s constitution say about how often a federal election has to be held? 4. What is a parliamentary term? 5. What percentage of countries around the world have a four or five-year term? 6. List the advantages of having a shorter parliamentary term? 7. What are the disadvantages? 8. What does Bill Shorten want Australia’s parliamentary term to be? 9. What did you learn watching the BTN story? 10. Do you think Australia’s federal parliamentary term should be extended to four years? Give reasons for your answer.

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Dr Yunupingu 1. Summarise the Dr Yunupingu story. 2. Which island is Dr G Yunupingu from? 3. Which award did he win in 2008? 4. His songs are sung in his traditional language ______. 5. What did you learn about Dr G Yunupingu’s life?

Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page.

©ABC 2017 Indigenous Rites 1. Explain the Indigenous Rites story to another student. 2. Indigenous people have sacred ceremonies called ______when someone dies. 3. What does Sorry Business normally involve? 4. How long does it last? 5. What rules do many Indigenous people follow when someone has died? 6. What does the media do to respect these rules? 7. Why is it important not to show a deceased person face or hear their voice? 8. Who ultimately decides whether a person’s name or image is used after their death? 9. What questions do you have after watching this story? 10. What did you learn watching this story?

Megafauna Fossil Footprints 1. What does the BTN story explain? 2. On which island were fossils found recently? 3. What is the name of someone who studies fossils? a. Ecologist b. Biologist c. Palaeontologist 4. Explain what scientists found on the island. 5. Name three facts you learnt about the Tasmanian Tiger. 6. What does Aaron say about the possibility of the thylacine being alive today? 7. Describe what a diprotodon looks like. 8. What can the footprints found on Kangaroo Island tell us? 9. Illustrate an aspect of the story? 10. What did you like about the Fossil Footprints story?

Check out the Megafauna Fossil resource on the Teachers page Do the quiz on the BTN website

App Tutor 1. How old is Yuma? 2. When and why did he start coding? 3. How many apps does he have in the App Store at the moment? 4. What was the first app Yuma created? 5. Describe the latest game he’s created. 6. Yuma says that anyone can code if they have… 7. Why did he start his own YouTube channel? 8. Why does Yuma want more kids to learn to code? 9. What did he win recently? 10. What was surprising about this story?

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