Episode 5 Questions for discussion 6th March 2018 The Coalition 1. Discuss the BTN story as a class. What points were raised in the discussion? 2. Who recently became Australia’s new Deputy Prime Minister? 3. The current Deputy Prime Minister is the leader of the… a. Liberal Party b. National Party c. Labor Party 4. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia and what party does he represent? 5. How does the Deputy Prime Minister support the Prime Minster? Give an example. 6. What is meant by the term ‘Coalition’? 7. What are the benefits of being part of a Coalition? 8. What people in Australia does the National Party typically represent? 9. What was the National Party originally called when it first started in 1920? 10. What questions do you have after watching the BTN story? Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page. Fierce Girls Podcast 1. Before you watch the BTN story, predict what you think it’s about. 2. Why do we celebrate International Women’s Day? 3. What is the ABC’s new podcast Fierce Girls about? 4. What did Jessica Watson achieve when she was only 16 years old? 5. Who is Louise Sauvage? 6. What were some of the challenges that she faced? 7. Who started International Women’s Day? 8. About how many girls don’t have access to a good education? a. 60 thousand b. 6 million c. 60 million 9. What changes still need to be made to make women and men more equal? 10. How has your thinking changed since watching the BTN story? Check out the Fierce Girls Podcast resource on the Teachers page. Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page. Mardi Gras History 1. What did the Mardi Gras History story explain? 2. How many years has the Sydney Mardi Gras been running? 3. The Sydney Mardi Gras actually started as a big protest. True or false? 4. How were gay and lesbian people discriminated against in the 1970s? 5. Who were the 78ers? ©ABC 2018 6. Describe what happened when the 78ers protested in Sydney on the 24th of June 1978. 7. What impact did the protest have? 8. Why did the NSW Government apologise to the 78ers in 2016? 9. Who from the local community gets involved in the Sydney Mardi Gras? 10. What did you learn watching the Mardi Gras History story? Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page. Dingo Heroes 1. Briefly summarise the BTN story. 2. Some domestic dogs in Australia have dingo blood in them. True or false? 3. What noise do dingoes mainly use to communicate? 4. Dingoes live in every state or territory in Australia, except for… a. ACT b. Tasmania c. Queensland 5. What is the conservation status of dingoes? 6. Why do some farmers see the dingo as a pest? 7. What type of habitat do dingoes like? Describe. 8. What impact has an increase of dingoes had on native animals? 9. What was surprising about the Dingo Heroes story? 10. Illustrate an aspect of the Dingo Heroes story. Check out the Dingo Heroes resource on the Teachers page. Do the quiz on the BTN website. V8 Racing Class 1. Discuss the story in pairs. Share your thoughts with the class. 2. What type of cars race in the Adelaide 500? 3. About how fast do the cars travel during the race? 4. What special opportunity did the kids in the BTN story get? 5. Describe the conditions for the drivers during the race. 6. What preparation needs to go into a V8 Supercar before racing? 7. List some of the skills you need to be a racing car driver. 8. What did you like about the V8 Racing Class story? 9. Think of a question you would like to ask one of the drivers from the BTN story. 10. Design and illustrate your own racing car. Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page. ©ABC 2018 Episode 5 Teacher Resource 6th March 2018 November 2016 Fierce Girls Students will explore and 1. Before you watch the BTN story, predict what you think it’s about. understand the experiences of 2. Why do we celebrate International Women’s Day? democracy of women. Students will 3. What is the ABC’s new podcast Fierce Girls about? plan and create their own podcast about a topic of their choice. 4. What did Jessica Watson achieve when she was only 16 years old? 5. Who is Louise Sauvage? 6. What were some of the challenges that she faced? 7. Who started International Women’s Day? 8. About how many girls don’t have access to a good education? a. 60 thousand HASS / History – Year 3 b. 6 million Days and weeks celebrated or c. 60 million commemorated in Australia 9. What changes still need to be made to make women and men more (including Australia Day, Anzac Day, and National Sorry Day) and equal? the importance of symbols and 10. How has your thinking changed since watching the BTN story? emblems. HASS / History – Year 6 Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Note Taking Peoples, migrants, women and Students take notes while watching the BTN children. story. After watching the story, students reflect on and organise the information into three categories. What information was...? • Positive • Negative or • Interesting Class Discussion After watching the BTN Fierce Girls story hold a class discussion. Here are some discussion starters: • How did you feel after watching the story? • What surprised you about the story? • List some facts that you learnt from this story. • What challenges have women faced in the past? • What challenges do women still face today? • What does gender equality mean to you? ©ABC 2018 Class discussion: What is a biography? Before students begin to construct their biographies, hold a class discussion to find out what they already know about biographical writing. Record your student’s responses on the class whiteboard. Below are some discussion starters: • What does a biography tell us about a person? • Where can you look to find information for your biographical writing? It could include the internet, newspaper articles, magazine articles and interviews, other biographies, historical books or television interviews. Why is it important to use more than one source of information? • What makes a biography interesting? For example, key information and facts, a timeline of events, photographs, illustrations and quotes. Significant Women – Create a biography Students will choose a significant woman in Australia’s history and write a biography about them. Using the Biography Organiser template students will find and record information about the person they have chosen. Some possible areas of research include: • Where are they from? Locate using Google Maps. • When were they born? Describe their family life growing up. • What are some of their achievements? Choose one to explore in more detail. • What were their challenges? • How do we recognise their achievements? • How have they made an impact on people’s lives? • How did they change our understanding of the world? • What do you admire about them? • Imagine you could sit down and talk to them. What questions would you ask about their life and work? Present your findings in an interesting way. • Give a presentation on their achievements • Create a portrait • Make a “Did you know?” for other students • Write a letter thanking them for their achievements and how they have changed the world • Create a timeline highlighting significant events • Using the Bio-Cube template, design and create a 3D model to present their biographical information. Each side of the cube will include a different aspect of your research. ©ABC 2018 International Women’s Day International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. How does your school honour and celebrate the achievements of women all around the world? Go to the International Women’s Day website for more information. Make your own podcast Students will plan and create their own podcasts about a topic of their choice. Begin by clarifying student’s understanding of what a podcast is. Working in pairs, ask students to discuss and record their responses to the following questions: • How do podcasts work? • Do you listen to podcasts? • What podcast topics would interest you? Steps to create a podcast 1. Make sure you have the required hardware and software – you will need a computer or Smartphone with a microphone and software such as the free Audacity (PC or Mac). Some Mac’s come with GarageBand which is well suited to making podcasts. 2. Decide on your content and write your script. Who is your audience? How will you keep listeners engaged? 3. Rehearse the content (practise speaking). 4. Record. Create and save an audio file, usually in mp3 format. 5. Publish. To make a podcast you will need to use a free service like PodOmatic, Buzzsprout or a paid service like Libsyn. 6. Promote your podcast. Your school's website is a good place to start as well as their newsletter and social media sites. BTN would also love to share your podcast, just email a link to BTN- [email protected]. ABC Radio – Fierce Girls Podcast http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/fierce-girls/ UN Women – International Women’s Day 2018 https://unwomen.org.au/campaign/international-womens-day-2018/ BTN – Women at Work http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4628681.htm BTN – Young Explorer http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4568430.htm ©ABC 2018 Episode 5 Teacher Resource 6th March 2018 November 2016 Dingoes Students will develop a deeper 1.