thinking themes: symbols of australia ages 8-10
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Part of the popular Thinking Themes series this timely book will support students in recognising and understanding the significance of symbols in Australia. The activities provide the opportunities to explore the anthems, emblems, flags and coats of arms of Australia; the significance of cultural icons; the importance of Australian celebrations and commemorative days; and natural and built landmarks and their value to Australians. Special features: • 45 photocopiable pages • ready-to-use activities • links to both Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences and Bloom’s Taxonomy of Thinking Skills.TRANSCRIPT
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At last, here is a practical resource that cross-references multiple intelligences with critical and creative thinking skills! Each title in the Thinking Themes series contains a set of ready-to-use activities built around a popular topic. Each activity is linked to both an intelligence and a thinking skill.
Use the activities as a library learning centre, or add them to an integrated unit. However you use the series, it will enable you to teach to your students’ strengths and develop their weaker intelligences, while consciously and systematically incorporating thinking skills into your program.
The perfect partner . . .
Each title in the Thinking Themes series can stand alone. Or use it as a companion to the Macmillan Library series or Macmillan Wall Charts.
Tanya Gibb
Activities to switch on thinking skills!Activities to switch on thinking skills!
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Symbolsof Australia
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Activities to switch on thinking skills!
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Anthems and songs 4
Flags and coats of arms 11
Emblems 18
Commemorative days 26
Icons 33
Landmarks 41
Contents
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Name Date
Song name
Headline _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
By-line ______________________________________________________________
Lead paragraph ______________________________________________
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Task 1
Choose an Australian song about real-life events. You could choose ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’, ‘Waltzing Matilda’, ‘Botany Bay’, ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ or any other song of your choice.
Research the events described in the song. Write your notes on the back of this page. Now, write a newspaper article based on those events.
IntelligenceVerbal-linguistic
Thinking skillApplying
Anthems and songs Read all about it!
Photo
Caption _________________________________________________________
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Words and phrases How they make you feel Why this is important
✶ I Still Call Australia Home✶ I Am Australian✶ Advance Australia Fair✶ My Island Home
Task 2
Anthems and songs
Choose an Australian song or anthem that makes you feel proud to be Australian. Some suggestions are included in the flag or you can think of one for yourself.
Song name ________________________________________________________________________________
Write words and phrases from the song. Think about why they make you feel good about being Australian.
IntelligenceVisual-spatial
Thinking skillCreating
Connecting with a song
Now, on art paper, create an artwork that represents how you feel when you hear this song. Try not to represent an image of Australia. Rather, try to symbolise your emotions. Make use of colour, texture, shapes, patterns and lines.
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Find out about Welcome to Country ceremonies, then answer the questions.
When are they held? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Who has the right to perform them? _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Why are they held? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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What do they involve? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Write your school’s response to a Welcome to Country ceremony. It needs to thank and acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where your school is located.
IntelligenceVerbal-linguistic
Thinking skillUnderstanding
Task 3
Anthems and songs Welcome to Country
Now try this . . . Research other Indigenous ceremonies, such as the smoking ceremony. Find out when and why it is held, the symbols used and their significance, and what happens during the ceremony. Present your findings to the class.
Invite the appropriate Indigenous elders from your community to your school to present a Welcome to Country ceremony.
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Think about Australia’s national anthem, ‘Advance Australia Fair’. Find a copy of the words to read, or sing the anthem to yourself if you know the words. You could sing it with a friend or classmate.
In the boxes, draw images from nature that you think of when you sing the words.
IntelligenceNaturalistic
Thinking skillAnalysing
Task 4
Anthems and songsNational anthem
Show your drawings to others in the class. On the back of this page, make a list of all the things in nature drawn by the class. What was drawn the most?
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We’ve golden soil . . .
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Our home is girt by sea
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Task 5
Anthems and songs Proud momentsDo you have a sporting team song or school chant that makes you feel proud? Have you listened to Australia’s national anthem at sporting events and felt proud to be Australian?
Imagine how it feels to win a medal for your country at an international event, and listen to your national anthem while your country’s flag is raised. Put yourself in that person’s shoes. Write down your thoughts and feelings at that moment.
I feel . . .
I hope . . .
I dream . . .
I thank . . .
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History Traditions
People Environment
IntelligenceMusical-rhythmic
Thinking skillEvaluating
National anthems and songs celebrate aspects of a nation’s history, its people, its traditions and its natural environment.
Write your own anthem or song for Australia. First, think about what is important about Australia for you. Brainstorm your ideas in the boxes.
Task 6
Anthems and songsA new national anthem
Use these ideas to write a song or anthem for Australia on the back of this page.
Then, decide how to present the song to your class. You could recite the lyrics as a chant, poem or rap, using body percussion to accompany the words.
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Lyrics Significance (what the lyrics say about the country and its people, history, geography or environment)
Country
IntelligenceInterpersonal
Thinking skillEvaluating
Task 7
Anthems and songs National songs
Present your lyrics and their meaning to your group.
As a group, discuss and evaluate each country’s lyrics. Decide which song is the best at representing its people. Write your group’s opinion.
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Work in a group. Each group member is to find a national song or anthem from a country other than Australia. Write the words, in English, in the box. Then analyse what they mean, or represent, for the country.
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Coat of arms
Australia
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Symbols Meaning
IntelligenceVerbal-linguistic
Thinking skillUnderstanding
Task 8
A coat of arms is an official symbol. It usually includes emblems and figures surrounding a shield. Each state and territory in Australia has a coat of arms.
List some of the symbols on each coat of arms. Explain their meanings.
Flags and coats of arms
Symbolic meanings
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IntelligenceVisual-spatial
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Task 9
A coat of arms carries symbols that have special meanings. These symbols can represent aspects of history, culture and the natural environment.
Design a coat of arms for your school, family, interest group or sporting team. In your design, think about the use of animals, objects, special colours, a shield, a motto and scroll, supporters for the shield, and the base on which all these items will stand. Label your design.
Flags and coats of arms
My coat of arms
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Task 10
Draw and label the Australian national flag. Use labels to explain the significance of each item included in the flag.
Flags and coats of arms
The Australian national f lag
Now try this . . . Research the rules for raising and flying the Australian national flag. Perform a demonstration flag raising and folding for your classmates.
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Sounds How to make them
IntelligenceMusical-rhythmic
Thinking skillCreating
Task 11
1 Choose one of Australia’s coats of arms. Think about the sounds and noises that would accompany the items on the coat of arms, including the chanting of the motto in Latin, English and Indigenous languages. Make a list.
Flags and coats of arms
Sound collage
2 Create a sound score to represent the coat of arms. Work out the sequence of sounds, how often each sound is repeated and how to vary the volume of the different sounds. Write your musical score on the back of this page.
3 Ask classmates to help you perform your sounds. (You’ll probably need one person for each sound.) Make a recording or podcast. Play your recording for the class.
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Task 12
Find four examples of the natural environment represented on Australia’s flags or coats of arms. Sketch and label the examples. Explain them to your classmates.
Flags and coats of arms
Natural symbols
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Task 13
Flags and coats of arms
Imagine you work for a community group. Your role is to help migrants settle into the Australian way of life. You need to explain to people who have just migrated to Australia the significance of four flags: Australia’s national flag, the Aboriginal flag, the boxing kangaroo flag and the Eureka flag. What words would you use to explain what these flags mean to you, personally, as an Australian? Sketch the flags and explain their significance.
A salute to f lags
Australia’s national flag Aboriginal flag
Boxing kangaroo flag Eureka flag
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For Against
IntelligenceInterpersonal
Thinking skillEvaluating
Task 14
Some people think that the Union flag in the corner of the Australian flag should be replaced by the Aboriginal flag.
Draw and colour what this new flag would look like.
Flags and coats of arms
Changing the f lag
Write reasons for and against adopting this new flag design.
Work in a group. Discuss the reasons for and against changing the Australian flag. Within your group, take a vote ‘for’ or ‘against’ change. Select a group member to present your group’s decision and reasons to the class.
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Emblem State or territory
Why chosen
Floral
Gemstone or mineral
Mammal
Bird
Marine or fossil
Sturt’s desert pea
Cooktown orchid
black opal
crocoite
Leadbeater’s possum
numbat
Tasmanian devil (unofficial)
gang-gang cockatoo
black swan
wedge-tailed eagle
gogo fish
eastern blue groper
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
New South Wales
IntelligenceLogical-mathematical
Thinking skillUnderstanding
Task 15
Emblems
Find out why the following state and territory emblems were chosen. Discuss the reasons with another classmate.
It all makes sense
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Bird
Mammal
Floral
Gemstone or mineral
Marine or fossil
My emblems Other emblems
IntelligenceVerbal-linguistic
Thinking skillEvaluating
Task 16
List your state or territory’s emblems in the table. List the emblems for another state or territory of your choice.
EmblemsWhich state has the best?
Decide which set of emblems you prefer. Write the arguments why.
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Now try this . . .
Ask your teacher to organise a polarised debate so that the whole class can present their points of view about the state or territory with the best set of emblems.
After the debate, ask your class to vote for the best mammal, bird, marine or fossil, flower, and gemstone or mineral emblems across Australia.
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Thinking skillRemembering
Task 17
Emblems
Do texture rubbings of the images on Australian coins. Label each coin according to what it represents.
Symbols on money
Now, design a new $5 coin. Label your design. Explain the symbols you have used.
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Plot outline
Orientation
Complication
Series of events
Resolution
Dramatisation: director’s notes
IntelligenceBodily-kinaesthetic
Thinking skillApplying
Task 18
Australian native plants and animals feature in Aboriginal Dreaming Stories.
Work in a group. Find a Dreaming Story that involves a plant or animal that is a symbol of Australia. Use the boxes to outline the plot. Then make notes about ways to perform or dramatise the story. Rehearse and then perform for your class.
Dreaming Story _________________________________________________________________________________________
EmblemsDreaming Stories
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Chant Sound effects and percussion
IntelligenceMusical-rhythmic
Thinking skillCreating
Task 19
Emblems
Write a state or territory chant or rap. Use the chant or rap to highlight the best things about the state or territory. You might like to mention specific emblems and symbols. Use descriptive language and repetition. Think about ways to add sound effects or percussion to your chant.
Chant it out loud!
Perform your chant or rap for the class by yourself or in a group.
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Reason
Floral
Reason
Bird
Reason
Mammal
Reason
Gemstone or mineral
Reason
Marine or fossil
IntelligenceNaturalistic
Thinking skillAnalysing
Task 20
Choose a set of emblems to represent ‘you’ and what you think of yourself. Think about your attitude, personality, appearance, skills and abilities.
Sketch the emblems in the boxes. Write the reasons for your choices. Explain how these emblems uniquely represent you.
EmblemsI am . . .
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Task 21
Emblems
Emblems of Australia’s natural environment are chosen by Australia’s governments and other authorities. They are important symbols for Australians to recognise and be proud of.
Write a letter to the government to express your opinions about its choice of emblems for your state or territory. Remember to:• clearly state your opinion• give reasons for your opinion• write a conclusion that sums up your arguments
and makes a recommendation.
To the government
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to express
My reasons for this are
In conclusion
Yours sincerely,
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State
Emblems
Names of group members
Outline for play
What did the group do well?
What could the group do better next time?
Did group members share tasks fairly? How or why not?
Did any group leader emerge? Who and why?
What was your role in the group?
How do you feel you performed as a group member?
What would you change about your group for next time?
IntelligenceInterpersonal
Thinking skillEvaluating
Task 22
Work in a group. Develop a play that can teach the audience about the emblems (mammal, bird, flower, gemstone or mineral, marine creature or fossil) of one of Australia’s states or territories. Plan, rehearse and perform your play for an audience.
EmblemsGroup drama
EvaluationThink about the work of the group during this activity. Write your answers to the following questions.
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Similar Different
IntelligenceLogical-mathematical
Thinking skillEvaluating
Task 23
Commemorative days
Compare Remembrance Day with ANZAC Day. How are they similar and how are they different?
Similar and different
Why is there a public holiday for ANZAC Day and not for Remembrance Day?
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Do you think ANZAC Day is more important? Why or why not?
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Task 24
Find out when each commemorative day is held in your state or territory. In each balloon, write what that day represents.
Commemorative daysCommemorative days
Austr
alia Day Date ____________________________
Harm
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y Day Date ____________________________ AN
ZAC Day Date ____________________________
Natio
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em
brance Day Date ____________________________
Labo
ur D
ay (E
ight Hour Day) Date ____________________________W
attle
Day Date ____________________________
Quee
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Heading or slogan
Words and phrases
Colours
Images
Symbols
Other design ideas
IntelligenceVisual-spatial
Thinking skillCreating
Task 25
Commemorative days
Harmony Day promotes respect, fairness and a sense of belonging for all Australians.
Design a poster to advertise the aims of Harmony Day. Plan your poster and then create it on art paper. Remember that the colour orange is a symbol of Harmony Day, so use it in your poster.
Harmony Day poster
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poppiesFromellesPozières
YpresSomme
BullecourtPasschendaele
Villers-BretonneuxAustralian soldier
volunteersno known grave
AmiensHindenburg Line
IntelligenceBodily-kinaesthetic
Thinking skillCreating
Task 26
Create a movement piece to depict the significance of Remembrance Day. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Commemorative daysRemembrance Day
Research
What was Armistice Day? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Why are the Western Front battlefields an important part of Australia’s history?
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When (time and date) was the armistice signed at the end of World War I?
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Why did Armistice Day become Remembrance Day? ______________________________________________________
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What is the significance of red poppies? _____________________________________________________________________________
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What is the significance of one minute of silence? ____________________________________________________________
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Express yourself
Work in a group. Create a mime, movement piece or series of frozen sculptures to represent some of these ideas about Remembrance Day. Rehearse and then present your work to the class.
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Thinking skillApplying
Task 27
Commemorative days
Each Australia Day, Australian of the Year Awards are presented to Australians who make us proud.
Choose a past Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year or Australia’s Local Hero. Research the person’s achievements. Complete the cards. Then, cut them out and make a mobile to honour their work and their contribution to Australia.
Visit www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients to find examples.
Award winners
Major achievements
Photo or drawingWhy their contribution is significant
Name
Date of birth
Place of birth
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Task 28
Australia Day has been called Invasion Day or Survival Day by some Indigenous Australians.
Think about what Australia Day represents to Indigenous Australians. Write your thoughts and feelings from the point of view of an Indigenous Australian.
Commemorative daysA point of view
On 26 January 1788 when Captain Arthur Phillip raised the British flag in New South Wales . . .
On Australia Day this year . . .
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Event management
Who to invite
Welcome to Country
Activities
Art/decorations
Food
Music/dance
Entertainment
Speeches
IntelligenceInterpersonal
Thinking skillApplying
Task 29
Commemorative days
Work in a group. Brainstorm things you would do for a huge National Sorry Day event in Canberra, with the Prime Minister in attendance. Use your imagination. Think about who you would invite, what activities you would organise and how the day would unfold.
National Sorry Day
Now try this . . . Create a pledge book and have each group member write down their commitment to reconciliation.
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Icon IconTally Tally
cork hats
thongs
surf lifesavers
vegemite
meat pies
koalas
Icons
Num
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of
vote
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cork hats thongs surf lifesavers vegemite meat pies koalas
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IntelligenceLogical-mathematical
Thinking skillUnderstanding
Task 30
IconsOur favourite icons
Represent your survey results on the graph.
Icons are instantly recognised. They are cultural symbols.
Survey family members, neighbours and people within your school community. Ask at least 20 people to vote for the icon they believe best represents Australians. Collect votes by using tally marks.
The favourite icon of people surveyed is ______________________________________________________________________________
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Cover ideas
Back cover blurb
Uluruflying doctorschool of the airgum tree
billydamper
rock paintingbarbecue
vegemitehandprintrainbow serpentNed Kelly
slouch hatHills hoistVicta lawnmowersurfboard
kangaroo
IntelligenceVerbal-linguistic
Thinking skillCreating
Task 31
Icons
Create a picture information book that describes and explains some of Australia’s icons. Here are some suggestions, or choose any other icons that you like.
Plan the pages of your book below. Don’t forget to design an appropriate cover and include your name as author. Then, make your book for display in your classroom or library.
Book title __________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Little Book of Icons
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Task 32
Create a television advertisement for tourism in Australia. Design your ad to appeal to families such as yours. Plan your ad on the back of the page. Think about the wording of your ad. Use iconic images such as the beach, the outback or native animals.
Draw a storyboard for the ad in the boxes. Remember that a storyboard is the shooting script for the ad. It will show the sequence of images you want to film and the script for any dialogue or voice-over.
IconsAdvertising Australia
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Task 33
Icons
Make a hat that represents one or more Australian icons.
Design your own hat shaped like an icon. Sketch and plan your hat on the back of this page. Make a list of the equipment you will need. Create your hat.Or, follow these instructions to make a crown and then make icons to glue to it.
You will need• a paper plate• paint, markers or crayons• coloured construction paper or tissue paper• scissors• glue• craft or junk materials to make icons
What to do
Make an icon hat
Icon ideasHills hoist
Victa lawnmowerthongs
Sherrin footballred and yellow surf lifesaving flags
cricket gearbarbecue
Ulurunative fauna and floraSydney Opera House
Sydney Harbour BridgeGreat Barrier Reef
1 Fold the paper plate in half and cut slits through the centre of the plate to make triangles.
2 Bend the triangles upwards.
3 Paint the crown and let it dry.
Then, have a class ‘Aussie Icon’ hat parade.
4 Make icons out of craft or junk materials.
5 Glue an icon to each triangle.
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What are you advertising?
What ideas do you want to get across to radio listeners?
How will you use music, sound effects and/or song lyrics?
How will you use words and/or dialogue?
How will you use a slogan and/or a jingle?
IntelligenceMusical-rhythmic
Thinking skillCreating
Task 34
Create a radio advertisement to promote travel to a part of Australia near your home to fellow Australians. Use the table to plan your ad.
IconsRadio ad
Rehearse, then make a recording or podcast of your ad. Play it to the class.
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Restaurant name
Theme
Types of food Decoration and furnishings Other ideas
IntelligenceNaturalistic
Thinking skillApplying
Task 35
Icons
Design a restaurant menu that includes bush foods such as wattle seed bread, billy tea, damper and macadamia nuts. Think of a name for the restaurant. Think about a theme for your restaurant’s furnishings that suits the foods available. Some themes could be bushrangers, the outback or seaside icons. Write your restaurant ideas below. Then, on a separate piece of paper, create and decorate your restaurant menu.
My restaurant rules!
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Book title
Author Illustrator
What words tell readers about Australia?
What do the illustrations show about Australia?
How does the book make you feel about Australia?
Why do you think the book is iconic?
What is your opinion of the book?
Icons
WindowJeannie Baker
Snugglepot
and
Cuddlepie
May Gibbs
The Bunyip
of Berkeley’s
Creek
Jenny Wagner
and
Ron Brooks
Possum MagicMem Fox
and Julie Vivas
Where the Forest Meets
the Sea
Jeannie Baker
The Magic
Pudding
Norman
Lindsay
Wombat Stew
Marcia Vaughan and Pamela Lofts
IntelligenceIntrapersonal
Thinking skillAnalysing
Task 36
Choose an Australian picture book that you think is iconic or uses icons. Your school librarian will be able to suggest some books to you. Or, you can choose one of these books.
Aussie literature
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beyond the black stump
the back of Bourke
fair dinkum
bangers on the barbie
chook
have a go
dinky-di
bob’s your uncle
mate
nong
g’day
sanger
Woop Woop
gurgler
jumbuck
mozzie
IntelligenceInterpersonal
Thinking skillEvaluating
Task 37
Icons
Work in a group. Write meanings for these Australian expressions:
Aussie lingo
Still in your group, choose one expression to dramatise. Work together to plan, rehearse and perform your dramatisation. After your performance, evaluate the group’s ability to work as a team.
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Task 38
Create a time line that shows when famous Australian landmarks were built. Find out the year they were built or created.
Port Arthur, Tasmania ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sydney Harbour Bridge, New South Wales _______________________________________________________________________
Sydney Opera House, New South Wales ___________________________________________________________________________
New Parliament House, Canberra ________________________________________________________________________________________
Birdsville Track, South Australia _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Eureka Historic Precinct, Victoria ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victoria _____________________________________________________________________________________
Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, Canberra _________________________________________________________
Mawson’s Hut, Antarctica ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Adelaide Oval, South Australia _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Choose five more landmarks that you think are important. Write the year they were built or created.
1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On a piece of chart paper draw a time line that represents when the landmarks were built. Draw the time line to scale and include dates and labels.
Built landmarks time line
Landmarks
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Natural site
Why does the site have World Heritage status?
Why does the site have World Heritage status?
Why does the site have World Heritage status?
Cultural site
Mixed site
IntelligenceVerbal-linguistic
Thinking skillUnderstanding
Task 39
Landmarks
UNESCO designates significant sites around the world as heritage sites. These sites have natural value, cultural value or a mix of both. The UNESCO World Heritage List includes 18 sites in Australia.
Choose one natural Australian site, one cultural site and one mixed site. Research why each site is listed as a World Heritage Site. Sketch each site.
World Heritage Sites
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Task 40
Label the map with states, territories and capital cities. Choose a natural or built landmark for each state and territory. Sketch the landmarks in the boxes. Write a caption for each landmark.
LandmarksMap of landmarks
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Landmark Why people might like to see it
IntelligenceBodily-kinaesthetic
Thinking skillRemembering
Task 41
Landmarks
Natural and built landmarks are used in advertising to promote Australia to tourists.
Make a list of landmarks and the reasons why you think people might like to see them.
Tourist attractions
Create a collage that displays images of some of these landmarks. Use travel brochures and images available on tourism websites. Sketch and plan the collage below. Then, create your collage on cardboard or art paper.
Present your collage to the class. Point out the landmarks you have used and tell classmates why people might like to visit and see these landmarks.
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Task 42
Choose one Australian landmark. Write a poem about the landmark. The poem should describe the landmark, explain its history or explain its significance to Australians.
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LandmarksMulti-voice recitation
Rehearse and perform your poem for the class.
Now work in a small group. Combine your poems to create one group poem. You might need to change some aspects of your poems so that they fit together.
Work out how to present your new poem to the rest of the class as a multi-voice recitation. Use your voices individually and in unison. Add body percussion or musical instruments to provide rhythm for the recitation.
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Landmark
Significance to Indigenous Australians
Hint! Use cotton
buds to create the dots.
Key
IntelligenceNaturalistic
Thinking skillApplying
Task 43
Landmarks
In the past, Indigenous Australians created maps using dots and other symbols. The maps showed ancestral routes, meeting places and where to find bush foods.
Create a dot painting using human and animal tracks. Mark a route from your school to a significant Indigenous landmark somewhere in Australia. Draw a key to the map so that readers can interpret your symbols. Plan your map and its key and then use art paper for your painting.
Indigenous maps
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a non-Indigenous Australian a tourist from overseas
an Indigenous Australian from a different tribal group an Anangu person
Thinking skillAnalysing
Task 44
IntelligenceIntrapersonal
The Anangu people are responsible for managing Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Tourists are discouraged from climbing Uluru and there are specific rules to protect this sacred area.
Find out what rules apply to visitors and why. Summarise the rules on the back of this page.
What would you think about these rules if you were:
LandmarksThe Anangu people and Uluru
Share and discuss your responses with others in your class.
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Landmark Tally Reasons for vote
IntelligenceInterpersonal
Thinking skillEvaluating
Task 45
Landmarks
Work in a group of four. Allocate roles to group members as follows.
And the best landmark is . . .
1 Use the back of this page to make a list of all the important natural and built Australian landmarks you can think of.
2 Come together as a group and share your lists. Decide on your group’s top five landmarks.
3 Interview school students, teachers and family members. Ask them to vote for the landmark they think is most important to Australia. Collect 10 votes each.
Leader will keep the
group on task.
Scrutineer will be the official
vote counter.
Reporter will report group
results to the class.
Observer will report on how the
group worked as a team.
4 Have the scrutineer tally all the votes.
5 Have the reporter and observer report your group’s results to the class.
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At last, here is a practical resource that cross-references multiple intelligences with critical and creative thinking skills! Each title in the Thinking Themes series contains a set of ready-to-use activities built around a popular topic. Each activity is linked to both an intelligence and a thinking skill.
Use the activities as a library learning centre, or add them to an integrated unit. However you use the series, it will enable you to teach to your students’ strengths and develop their weaker intelligences, while consciously and systematically incorporating thinking skills into your program.
The perfect partner . . .
Each title in the Thinking Themes series can stand alone. Or use it as a companion to the Macmillan Library series or Macmillan Wall Charts.
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