Objective:
To provide access for teachers to a range of resources that support Years 7-9 Rich Task #4: Australian National Identity: Influences and Perspectives. Five major topics have been identified:
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Professional associations, community members or organisations able to provide expert information and advice on topics related to the Rich Task. Search QueenslandWeb 
(http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/qldweb.htm ) using 'history', 'australian identity' as a starting point to find local sources of information.
History Teachers Association of Australia
http://www.historyteacher.org.au/
The HTAA conducts a National History Challenge each year, with a range of topics including Nationalism, Heritage and Federation. Branches are in all states and territories. The Queensland History Teachers Association (QHTA) has an historical writing competition .
Mabo.com.au
http://www.mabo.com.au/
The Mabo site has dozens of links to cultural and other Aboriginal sites which will allow students to explore Australian Aboriginal identity issues.
DIGILIB: Architectural image database
http://www.architect.uq.edu.au/digilibHOME.html
The database can be searched for excellent colour images of places of historical importance such as shearing sheds, hotels, farmhouses in Queensland, including Brisbane, although it requires a little practice. These images will give students some idea of the circumstances surrounding the development of Australia's culture.
Register of the national estate - Australian Heritage Commission
http://www.ahc.gov.au/register/
The register can be searched for places of heritage value. Students can enter their own town or street to find if it has any heritage value. 'Rockhampton' for example, produced over fifty results. People can new items in the register and an explanation of their value as heritage.
Scattered people
http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/scatteredpeople/default.htm
Many immigrants seeking refugee status tell of the experiences that forced them to seek asylum and of their experiences in their new country. Students will gain a better understanding of the variety of people who contribute to our way of life.
ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/education.html
Part of a commemorative site, this section commemorates the Gallipoli landing in particular, but includes all other conflicts in which Australians have fought. Students will be able to appreciate the contributions of service people to our national identity.
Australian Academy of Science
http://www.science.org.au/scientists/
This part of the site lists over fifty world-famous Australian scientists who have been videotaped or otherwise interviewed. Videos can be purchased or transcripts downloaded. An interview with Professor Peter Doherty, immunologist, is available.
Australian Sports Web - Australian Institute of Sport
http://www.ais.org.au/history.htm
The history page of this site provides an interesting insight into the way sports and politics and national image intertwine, and it will show students the contribution of sports to our national identity.
Getting together
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/01548.htm 
This LOTE lesson plan from the Teaching Ideas and Practices (TIPS) collection for teachers of Years 8 and 9 could be useful in helping class members identify and understand cultural differences between people speaking their own language and the speakers of the language studied in class.
Linking Discovering Democracy and Studies of Society and Environment in Queensland schools
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/ddemo/html/resources.html
This resource comes in two versions - Years 4 to 7 and Years 8 to 10 - and covers such ideas as Parliament versus Monarchy, giving teachers several useful strategies for classroom activities about Australian identity.
Post-war migration - Immigration and national identity lesson plan
http://education.qld.gov.au/soc-sci/soc-grp/race-rel/under-skin/pdf/immigration/im_postwar.pdf (new window) 105k 
This excellent lesson plan for lower secondary classes is based on interviews with people who migrated to Australia, and will help explain, for students, the contribution to our identity of migrants.
Australian Children's Television Foundation
http://www.actf.com.au/
The 'Learning online' section of this site contains the newsletter 'Education News', with interesting sections on film making, adolescence, conflict resolution and a series of lesson plans based on the AFT's productions. Students could gain some insights into film making useful for their Rich Task.
Informational interviewing
http://danenet.wicip.org/jets/jet-9407-p.html
Although designed to help workers to find out what is happening in their occupation or industry, the techniques described here would be useful for students to know under headings like: Prepare for the interview; Identify people to interview; Arrange the interview; Conduct the interview.
SpeechTips.com
http://www.speechtips.com/
This site offers free advice on public speaking in three sections: planning, writing and delivery. Each of these is expanded into sub-topics; for example, Planning divides into Solid foundations, which in turn breaks up into Occasion, Audience and Purpose. Students will find this site useful for preparing the commentary for their documentaries.
Comprising non-website resources available from a variety of sources.
GRASSBY, Al & HILL, Marji 2000, German Australians, South Yarra, Victoria: Macmillan Education.
This book includes Germans as goldminers and farmers, their wartime internment and persecution, and German contributions to Australian cultural life. The series about migrants from different parts of the world is aimed at middle primary to lower secondary, and shows the part they played in our national identity.
Pictures and words. A1027037X
Starting with the assumption that 'if we are to understand the significance of what's happening there must be a commentary', this program shows techniques for writing narration for documentary films and examines the relationship between images and narration. Although this video is aimed at older students, those involved in documentary making will find it useful.
Matters of fact. A10841032
This documentary examines how the media has presented the sinking of the SS Titanic in the past seventy-five years, and shows how to create a television documentary of the disaster. It discusses the structure of such a report and the processes involved, including the importance of organisation and research skills.
Australia. Beginnings. A10817794
Thomas Keneally outlines Australia's history from convict days to Federation. Topics include the contribution of migrants and the development of an Australian identity through mateship, early unionism, disrespect of uniformed authority and the use of leisure time.
AccessEd Video Library online catalogue
http://nslib.qed.qld.gov.au/oau-fvlib/webinqu2.dll?
Video resources may be borrowed from the AccessEd Video Library by Queensland teachers who are registered borrowers.
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Other resources for Years 7-9 Rich Task #4: Australian National Identity: Influences and Perspectives may be found by searching the Curriculum
Exchange collections
, the Library Services collections
or the Internet. The following criteria listed under Keywords and/or Subject are
suggested search terms:
Curriculum level:
Lower Secondary; Middle Secondary
Audience:
Student
Keywords:
National identity; Australian national characteristics; Outback; Bush; Australian art; Aboriginal art; Australia - Federation
Subject:
National characteristics; Cultural traits; Aborigines; Australians; Australia - History; Cultural relations; Cultural images; Interviews; Student research; Social science research; Arid regions - Australia; Multiculturalism; Documentaries; Film production; Videotape recordings; Curriculum materials
Dewey number:
305.800994
Source:
New Basics Project, Education Queensland
April 2002
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