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Questions for discussion Reconciliation 1] Retell the story in your own words. 2] Why did Powderfinger visit Christies Beach High School? 3] What was the aim of the Powderfinger and Silverchair `Across the great EPISODE 18 divide’ tour? 4] What do you think reconciliation is? 22ND JULY 2008 5] What is the Reconciliation Action Plan Christies Beach High School is working on? 6] Describe the Indigenous garden the school developed. 7] How do you think this helps with the reconciliation process? 8] How does the support of bands like Powderfinger help spread the reconciliation message? 9] Did the BtN story change your thinking about reconciliation? Explain your answer. 10] How did this story make you feel? Learn an Indigenous game. The following website has a range of Indigenous games to choose from http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/indigenous/games Teach it to another student in your school. Emissions paper 1] What is the Garnaut report and what did it find? 2] What is the carbon pollution reduction scheme? 3] How does carbon trading work? 4] What have opponents of the scheme said? 5] How will consumers be affected? 6] What support is the Government going to offer certain groups? 7] What do supporters of the scheme say? 8] Do you think that the scheme is fair? Explain your answer. 9] What other ways could the Government encourage people to reduce carbon emissions? 10] What do you think should happen next? `Should people pay more to help reduce carbon emissions?’ Vote in the online poll. Dung beetles 1] What was the main point of the story? 2] What gas does cow dung release? 3] What impact can this gas have on the environment? 4] How long have dung beetles been in Australia? 5] What do the beetles do to cow dung? 6] What benefit does this have? 7] Why do you think farmers are impressed with the dung beetle? 8] Why are there fewer flies when dung beetles are around? 9] Which country do dung beetles come from? 10] Why are there so many species of dung beetle? 1 Test your knowledge in the online quiz. Cats close-up 1] How often do the Geelong players train? 2] Describe the team of people that support an AFL team. 3] What sort of injuries does the team doctor usually have to treat? 4] Why do the players swim in the ocean the day after a game? 5] Why is diet important to the players? 6] What sort of food do the players eat? 7] What advice did Jimmy offer young people? 8] Explain the importance of attitude in AFL football. 9] What do you now know about AFL football players that you didn’t know before watching the BtN story? 10] Has your thinking about AFL football changed? Explain your answer. Use the online Biocube at http://readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/ to create a biography of your favourite AFL football player. Youth day 1] Retell the story in your own words. 2] Describe the World Youth Day celebrations. 3] What is World Youth Day trying to achieve? 4] What is a pilgrim? 5] Who is the leader of the Catholic Church? 6] When was the last time a Pope was in Australia? 7] Describe the `Stations of the Cross’ ceremony. 8] What are three facts that you learnt about World Youth Day from the BtN story? 9] What do you think the event will do for the Catholic Church? 10] Describe the importance of religious events such as World Youth Day for some people. Send a message or tell us what you think on the BtN Guestbook. 2 Carbon emissions The Australian Government has released its plan to help tackle climate change. The carbon pollution reduction scheme makes people pay for their pollution. EPISODE 18 Focus Questions 22ND JULY 2008 1] What is the Garnaut report and what did it find? 2] What is the carbon pollution reduction scheme? Learning Area 3] How does carbon trading work? 4] What have opponents of the scheme said? Society and Environment 5] How will consumers be affected? 6] What support is the Government going to offer certain groups? 7] What do supporters of the scheme say? 8] Do you think that the scheme is fair? Explain your answer. Key learning 9] What other ways could the Government encourage people to reduce carbon emissions? Students will develop a 10] What do you think should happen next? deeper understanding of the issues associated with carbon emissions. Choose a task Students will research information about carbon emissions based on the activities they choose. Negotiate with students how many activities they will need to complete. Remember and understand . Create a 10 question and answer quiz about carbon emission facts. Brainstorm all of the climate change words you know and write a definition for each word. Apply and analyse . Should people pay more to help reduce carbon emissions? Outline the different perspectives on the issue. What impact do you make on the environment? Use the energy challenge checklist to analyse your energy usage at home. Set yourself a weekly goal to reduce your energy costs. Develop an environmental action plan for your school with a focus on reducing carbon emissions. Evaluate and create 3 . Predict what will be the attitude of governments to environmental issues in 50 years from now. How different will they be from today? . Create a response to the following question: How much are you prepared to change the way you live to show that you care about the environment? Display your response in an interesting way. Develop an effective advertising campaign promoting people paying more to reduce carbon emissions. Related Research Links ABC 730 Report – Government releases green paper on climate change http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2305816.htm ABC News – Schools urged to reduce environmental footprint http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/05/2266087.htm Department of Climate Change website – information about carbon emissions http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ Nova Science website – Carbon emissions trading http://www.science.org.au/nova/054/054key.htm Take the energy challenge checklist http://www.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au/pdf/energy_challenge_check_list.pdf Teacher’s tool kit website – explanation of carbon trading http://www.teacherstoolkit.net.au/newsletters/issue_7/newsletter_07.html#tt10 4 Reconciliation Australian rock band Powderfinger recently visited a South Australian school to support their efforts in developing a reconciliation action plan. Focus Questions EPISODE 18 22ND JULY 2008 1] Retell the story in your own words. 2] Why did Powderfinger visit Christies Beach High School? Learning Area 3] What was the aim of the Powderfinger and Silverchair `Across the great divide’ tour? Society and Environment 4] What do you think reconciliation is? 5] What is the Reconciliation Action Plan Christies Beach High School is working on? 6] Describe the Indigenous garden the school developed. 7] How do you think this helps with the reconciliation process? Key learning 8] How does the support of bands like Powderfinger help spread the reconciliation message? Students will develop a 9] Did the BtN story change your thinking about reconciliation? Explain your deeper understanding of answer. the reconciliation process. 10] How did this story make you feel? Take action! After watching the BtN story about the Powderfinger visit to Christies Beach High School, ask students to think about and record what reconciliation means to them. In pairs, ask students to share their meanings. In small groups, ask students to brainstorm responses to the following: Why is reconciliation important? What values are important to reconciliation and why are they important? How does your class and/or school support reconciliation? How is reconciliation occurring between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the community? Values can include: What else could be done to support the reconciliation process? Understanding Tolerance As a class, develop a reconciliation action plan to support the reconciliation process at Respect a school level. Ask students to think of ways this could be achieved. Here are a few Fairness starting points: Indigenous guest speakers, for example artists, musicians, sports people could talk to classes/whole school about what reconciliation means to them. Create a reconciliation wall that uses images to represent reconciliation. This could be done in conjunction with an Indigenous artist in residence. Create a bush food trail in your school. Create values flags in Indigenous colours with the core values important to reconciliation written on the flags. Display these in the school grounds. 5 The reconciliation action plan at the following website is a useful guide http://www.reconciliation.org.au/i-cms.isp?page=476 Use the school newsletter, website, assembly to report back to school community about your class’s reconciliation action plan. Encourage other classes in your school or other schools to develop their own action plans. Further investigations Create a timeline of significant events that have impacted on the reconciliation process in Australia. Find images from magazines or newspapers that represent the meaning of reconciliation. Make a card game about reconciliation. Add it to the school library’s collection of games. Learn an Indigenous game. The following website has a range of Indigenous games to choose from http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/indigenous/games Teach it to another student in your school. Related Research Links ABC News – Powderfinger supports school reconciliation project http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/27/2174611.htm Reconciliation Australia website http://www.reconciliation.org.au/i-cms.isp Reconciliation Australia – reconciliation action plan for schools http://www.reconciliation.org.au/i-cms.isp?page=476 Australian Government Culture and Recreation portal – Reconciliation http://www.culture.gov.au/articles/indigenous/reconciliation/ Reconciliation website – What is reconciliation? http://reconciliaction.org.au/nsw/education-kit/what-is-reconciliation/ Racism no way website – reconciliation fact sheet http://www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au/lens/reconactivities/index.html 6 TRANSCRIPT 22/07/08 Episode 18 On this week's Behind the News, Rocking for reconciliation Dining on dung to save the environment And getting the inside run with some cool cats Hi I'm Nathan Bazley, welcome to Behind the News.

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