Year 9 History and MyPlace
Group presentations began on Friday Week 7A on the MyPlace Project. Mr. March shared a slideshow that brought up issues related to The New WWW - Whatever, Whenever, Wherever and how this might affect today’s students. One particularly interesting bit of feedback was that when he asked how many students would consider a small implant if it allowed them to control their mp3 players, over half the students signaled that they were ready for a little day surgery. We then watched a YouTube video of “The Last ANZAC” and discussed how it made us feel and what were some of the values we carry forward from “The ANZAC Tradition.”This week, we will continue exploring the ANZACs and “What it means to be an Australian (in the 21st Century).”
Here are some links from Week 7’s presentation:
- The Last ANZAC - YouTube Video
- Australian Figleaf - cartoon
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This Week’s Question and Handout to download
“Is this what it means to be an Australian?”
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Values for Students
- Nine Values for Australian Schooling - or download the poster (pdf)
- Schools Fly the Flag, from The Age, June 23, 2004
- Attaching flag strings to public school funding - cartoon
- Aussie citizen test crib sheet - cartoon
A “Fair Go to All - Work Choices”
WorkChoices is a national workplace relations system that provides more choice and flexibility for employees in the workplace. The system offers better ways to reward effort, increase wages and balance work and family life. (from Work Choices Homepage - For employees)
- The Search for Australian Values - Cartoon on “Mateship” and a “Fair Go”
- Darrell Lea offering undercut AWAs, Labor says - from ABC News
- Converting asylum seekers - cartoon
- Mothers skipping newborn leave, from The Australian
- George Eliot - from Wikipedia
“Mateship” & The Climate
- The “Mateship” Test - cartoon on Climate Change Task Force
- Climate change report predicts grim future for Aust, March 29, 2007 (video)
- Be Alert, Not Alarmed - cartoon on Climate Change Security
“Mateship” & The War
- Another Australian Mateship Test - cartoon on the Iraq War
Important News of the day:
- Drinking causes a quarter of young deaths, March 29, 2007
- Ribena parent fined, humbled by curious minds - (”Sick of Ribena” fame from taking on GSK)
Take Action
Express your understanding of Australian Values:
- Care and Compassion
- Integrity
- Doing Your Best
- Respect
- Fair Go
- Responsibility
- Freedom
- Understanding, Tolerance and Inclusion
- Honesty and Trustworthiness
NSW Parliament - Goulburn Electorate Web page for Pru Goward
“I don’t want a front bench position, I just want to get this right,” she said.
“For the southern highlands there are the issues of commuting, it’s the issues of what happens when you’re an hour’s drive from Sydney you spend most of that in a parking bay on the M5, and you can’t catch a train because you can’t rely on them, and down here it’s water.
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