Episode 14 Questions for discussion 29th May 2018 Live Export Debate 1. Discuss the Live Export Debate story with another student. Share your thoughts with the class. 2. What are live exports? 3. How much money do Australian producers make from live exports every year? 4. Why do some countries prefer to buy live Australian animals? Give one example. 5. Some video footage of animals on their way to the Middle East has recently emerged. How did the vision make some people feel? 6. The Government will be making some changes to the live exports industry. Give one example. 7. Which country has shut down their live export industry? 8. What are some of the pros and cons for shutting down Australia’s live export industry? 9. What do you think? Should live exports be banned? Explain your answer. 10. How did this story make you feel? Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page. What is a treaty? 1. Summarise the What is a treaty? story, using your own words. 2. What is a treaty? 3. A treaty is a legal agreement. True or false? 4. When New Zealand became a colony, Indigenous people weren’t given any rights. True or false? 5. When the British first arrived in Australia it was claimed Terra Nullius. What does this mean? 6. Complete this sentence. Many people in Australia say a treaty would be a huge step towards _____________ between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people. 7. What was the ‘Barunga Statement’? 8. Why don’t some politicians support the idea of a treaty? 9. How did this story make you feel? 10. What did you learn watching the BTN story? Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page. Brumby Control 1. Summarise the BTN Brumby Control story. 2. Complete this sentence. Horses arrived in Australia in 1788 with the First _______. 3. How many brumbies are there currently in Kosciuszko National Park? a. 6 thousand b. 46 thousand c. 400 thousand ©ABC 2018 4. Where is Kosciuszko National Park? Locate using Google Maps. 5. How will the Government manage the number of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park? 6. How do environmentalists feel about the way the brumbies will be managed? 7. Brumbies are not an introduced species. True or false? 8. What impact do brumbies have on the environment? 9. List three facts you learnt from this story. 10. Illustrate an aspect of the Brumby Control story. Check out the Brumby Control resource on the Teachers page. Do the quiz on the BTN website. Get your class involved in BTN’s Ask A Reporter! This week’s topic is brumby control. Royal Flying Doctors 1. Before you watch the BTN story, predict what you think it’s about. 2. Who does the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) help? 3. What year did the RFDS start? 4. Before the RFDS began how did people in remote areas reach a doctor? 5. Who started the RFDS? 6. What technology was invented to help people contact the doctor? 7. Complete this sentence. The first Flying Doctor took flight in a __________ plane. 8. On average the RFDS helps someone every… a. 2 minutes b. 20 minutes c. 2 hours 9. On what Australian banknote does the founder of the RFDS feature? 10. What did this video make you wonder? Discuss as a class. Check out the Royal Flying Doctors resource on the Teachers page. Bee Business 1. Before watching this story discuss in pairs what you know about bees. Share your thoughts with the class. 2. How old was Finn when he bought his own bee hive? 3. How did Finn make his garden bee friendly? 4. Describe the clothing Finn wears whilst bee keeping. 5. You don’t need a lot of land to keep bees. True or false? 6. Complete this sentence. Bees help to ____________ plants to help them grow. 7. What goals does Finn want to achieve before he starts university? 8. What will Finn do with the money he makes off his first litre of honey? 9. How much money has Finn raised so far? 10. Illustrate as aspect of this story. Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page. ©ABC 2018 Episode 14 Teacher Resource 29th May 2018 Brumby Control 1. Summarise the BTN Brumby Control story. Students will explore the issue of culling brumbies and hold a mini 2. Complete this sentence. Horses arrived in Australia in 1788 with the debate. First _______. 3. How many brumbies are there currently in Kosciuszko National Park? a. 6 thousand b. 46 thousand Science – Year 6 c. 400 thousand Scientific knowledge is used to 4. Where is Kosciuszko National Park? Locate using Google Maps. solve problems and inform personal and community decisions 5. How will the Government manage the number of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park? Science – Year 7 6. How do environmentalists feel about the way the brumbies will be Solutions to contemporary issues that are found using science managed? and technology, may impact on 7. Brumbies are not an introduced species. True or false? other areas of society and may 8. What impact do brumbies have on the environment? involve ethical considerations 9. List three facts you learnt from this story. Interactions between organisms, 10. Illustrate an aspect of the Brumby Control story. including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs English – Year 5 Plan, draft and publish imaginative, Class Discussion informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, Hold a class discussion about the information raised in the Brumby Control choosing text structures, language story. Create a class mind map with BRUMBY in the middle. Use the features, images and sound following questions to guide discussion: appropriate to purpose and audience • What do you know about brumbies? English – Year 6 • What words would you use to Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, describe brumbies? choosing and experimenting • When were brumbies introduced to with text structures, language features, images and digital Australia? resources appropriate to purpose • Why were they introduced? and audience • What are some different methods of controlling brumby populations? • What does it mean to `cull’? • What do environmentalists say about the issue of controlling brumby populations? • Why are some people against the idea of culling? ©ABC 2018 Six Hat Thinking Working in pairs, students use Edward De Bono’s Six Hat Thinking to explore the issues raised in the BTN Brumby Control story. Ask students to respond to the following questions: How did the Brumby Control story make you feel? What do you know about brumbies? What have you learnt from the story? Were there any positives from the story? If so, what were they? What are some of the negatives or challenges that you learnt from the story? Why is it important to find out more about the issue? What questions were raised during this activity? What do you want to learn further about this topic? Mini Debate – National Icon or Pest? Before preparing for the mini-debate, students will investigate the environmental and moral/ethical issues related to controlling the brumby population in the Kosciuszko National Park. They may find it useful to record their information on the following chart. What do I know? What do I want to know? What have I learnt? How will I find out? Preparing for your mini debate • Working in pairs, students will prepare a 1-2-minute speech for a mini debate on the topic of controlling brumby populations. • One person will speak for the affirmative and the other will speak for the negative. • Before students begin to construct their argument, ask them to record what they already know about the topic and what they would like to find out. Students then research the topic to gain a greater understanding of the issue. ©ABC 2018 • Ask students to list their arguments in point form on paper (without their partner seeing them). When they have done this, ask them to choose the five best points that will form the basis for their debate. • Students will write in point form, their debate on cards that fit into the palm of their hand. Their debate needs to have an introduction (introducing the topic), middle (three main points) and a conclusion (restating their position). Students practise their speech and then present the mini debate to other students. Guide for giving feedback Reflection • Was the information clear and • How difficult was it to think of points to accurate? support one side of the argument? • Were the arguments logical? • Do you think you would have done a • Were the counter arguments accurate better job supporting the other side of and relevant? the argument? • Comments about the presentation style • Was I able to convince others of my (tone of voice, body language, opinion? enthusiastic, convincing). • Did my opinion change? • What did you learn from this activity? Be a reporter for a day Investigate the issue of controlling brumby populations in the Kosciuszko National Park and write a newspaper article or online news report. Things to think about: • Who is your target audience? Use age appropriate language and themes. • Write a headline that is short and to the point. • Use words and pictures in your report. • Find information from a variety of sources. • Present the facts and/or opinions clearly and accurately. Source: ABC ABC News – Culling of Kosciuszko brumbies to be banned under plan to protect `national icons’ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-20/culling-kosciousko-brumbies-banned-under-plan-national- icon/9780558 ABC News – Scientists propose declaring brumbies a threat to environment, in move that could pave way for cull http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-03/nsw-scientists-propose-brumby-threat-environment/9722800 SBS – A bumpy ride for wild brumbies https://www.sbs.com.au/news/a-bumpy-ride-for-wild-brumbies ©ABC 2018 Episode 14 Teacher Resource 29th May 2018 Royal Flying Doctors Students will investigate the history 1.