The Big PictureThe texts are recounts about and expositions from Australian

What do you think the role of the prime minister is? How do you get to be prime minister of Australia? Ask students to name as many prime ministers as they can, and

of the home of the Federal Parliament: Old Parliament House

Joseph Aloysius Lyons—is a biography (factual recount) of the

Billboard—is an advertisement (exposition) for a fictional political campaign on a billboard.

Untitled Speech on Federation, 1900—is an extract from a

became a commonwealth.

Ministerial Statement: Republics, 7 June, 1995—is a speech

Australia becoming a republic.

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Keating could be read as class presentations. As a brief background to Australia’s federation, play the video clip from the DVD, A Continent for a Nation, and discuss some of the arguments for federation.

Ask students about what makes the Lyons biography (q2) a factual recount (past tense; many dates; events in order, linked by connectives, eg the following year, by the time). Ask students to draw a timeline on the board of Lyons’ life. How does a timeline help you to understand a person’s life?

Discuss biographies and auto-biographies (q2). Who writes biographies? Why would a person write an autobiography?

In this unitSource texts—Contemporary literature (nonfiction and speeches) and a media text (advertisement)

Text features—Exposition (speech and advertisement), factual recount (biography)

WritingOn the DVD—Video clip from A Continent for a Nation (2:28 min.); Audio recordings of speeches by

Other resources—Australian prime ministers at the National Archives, see http://primeministers.naa.gov.au; Film clips from Inauguration of the Commonwealth, see http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/inauguration-commonwealth; National Library’s Federation Gateway, see www.nla.gov.au/guides/federation; Federation people: Henry Parkes, Curriculum Corporation, 2008. The Le@rning Federation digital content L9439

See Teaching Guide pvii for this unit’s syllabus outcomes.

Listen to the recordings of speeches by two Australian prime ministers. Discuss the general settings, purpose and differences of the speeches. How do you think the two prime ministers felt when they made their speeches? Sad? Elated? Angry? What would you say if you were asked to announce the end of a war? Which speech sounds like it was made up on the spot (improvised)?

Title Description Duration

ChifleyBen Chifley announces the end of WWII in the

6:07 min.

Whitlam

A reading by the Governor-General’s secretary of the proclamation of dismissal of the Whitlam Government on the steps of Parliament House,

1:28 min.

Hold a class debate on the topic: Australia should have an Australian head of state; see notes on the DVD.

to their class. Class members assess each speech and complete the speech response form (see DVD). Collect all responses, so that you can declare a

Inauguration of the Commonwealth, possibly the first feature length documentary made in Australia; see Other resources. The clips are short, silent and can be downloaded or viewed on screen. There are teaching notes on the website.

Federation people: Henry Parkes (see Other resources). The learning object models two different types of biographies.

Listening, speaking and extension

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Review expositions and their language (q4). Note how expositions can be written or spoken, especially in politics. This speech was made in Federal Parliament; would the language have been different, with maybe even higher modality, if it had been made elsewhere?

What are people doing when they see them? How does this affect the message on a billboard?

Are the dashes in Keating’s speech (q8) any different to the commas and semicolon in Barton’s speech? Both speakers would have certainly paused. Discuss how punctuation

Compare and contrast the language in the two speeches Is the

language very different? If the current Prime Minister spoke like Sir Edmund Barton, would we listen and understand?

Read and learn—pages 101–102Refer students to the website for government in their state or territory (q2), which has the format www.initials for state or territory.gov.au.

The United Australia Party was absorbed into the new

to consider how political parties are formed and what they represent. Ask students to name any political party they know, Australian or otherwise, and explain what they perceive the party to stand for.

Revise personification (q7); see p127 for specific activities. Historically, some countries are referred to as either male or female, hence motherland/mother country (eg England, Russia) and fatherland/father country (eg Germany).

Australian referendums and British Parliament had accepted federation but before Australia officially became a commonwealth and before the first federal election.

an opportunity to discuss what people want from politicians. Could a

politician become prime minister by thinking and acting differently to most people in the country?

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short messages (q1). What are the attributes of a leader? Ask students to consider colour and design, as well as message. What are good colours for a political party?

billboard. Encourage students to find a way to add biographical details as part of their arguments for election, rather than as separate information.

Nouns and pronouns—pages 104–105Assist students to classify abstract nouns (q2) and write

Work SheetsWork Sheet 1 is an activity for pairs of students to write a conversation between prime minister and student. Brainstorm prime ministerial problems with students, eg How can we protect Australian forests but still have a timber industry? Encourage partners (acting as advisors) to be constructive in their replies.

Work Sheet 2 asks students to write a short autobiography (personal recount) of how they became prime minister. They must imagine how they became interested in politics, joined or formed a political party, became leader, campaigned and won an election. Plan the recount using the timeline; choose at least five events (keywords only) and dates to record on

then write about the events in first person, with their own comments of how successful they were.

Work Sheet 3 is a research task about people involved in Australia’s Federation, such as Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton,

Other resources and Listening, speaking and extension. With only limited space, students must consider which points to record and which to leave out.

AssessmentWork Sheet 4 contains a short report about former Prime

Assessment Answers opposite.

(Teaching Guide p88); and for Work Sheet 2 use the recount rubric (Teaching Guide p92).

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2 environment, conservation, human rights

3 Teacher to assess. Human rights are the basic rights which it is generally considered all people should have, such as justice and the freedom to say what you think.

4 He was dismissed (removed from his job) by the Governor-General.

5 The official position held by someone. Whitlam held a seat in parliament because he was elected by his electorate.

6 false

7 true

8 false

9 a he, it

b his, its

c Australia’s, Gough Whitlam’s

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(First name) (Family name)

Prime Minister You!

Prime Minister E. G. (Gough) Whitlam

1 How many Australian Prime Ministers were there before Gough Whitlam? ___________________________

2 In what three areas did Whitlam’s government introduce programs?

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3 What are human rights?

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4 What caused the end of Gough Whitlam’s term as Prime Minister?

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5 What is a “seat”?

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6 True or false? Gough Whitlam’s Government raised the voting age to 18 years. _____________________________

7 True or false? Gough Whitlam held the seat of Werriwa for 12 federal elections. ___________________________

8 True or false? The Australian Labor Party began in 1967. _____________________________

9 a Underline two singular pronouns.

b Circle two possessive pronouns.

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