The place of song and poetry as icons of what it means to be Australian

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1 Aussie Clue Cracker Activity The place f sng and petry as icns f what it means t be Australian The place f sng and petry as icns f what it means t be Australian Outline Inquiry apprach Students develp an understanding f the place f sng and petry as icns f what it means t be Australian thrugh illustrating and perfrming an anthem, sng r pem that already exists r that they create themselves and that they think effectively captures what Australia means t them Students will gain an understanding f: Days and weeks celebrated r cmmemrated in Australia (including Australia Day, Harmny Week, ANZAC Day, NAIDOC week) and the imprtance f symbls and emblems (Australian Curriculum, Histry, Year 3, ACHHK063) ASK: Tune In Intrduce and discuss the inquiry questin: Hw des sng and petry help me t understand what it means t be Australian? Engage yur students in their learning by brainstrming with them the range f Australian sngs and pems they knw abut and encurage them t share their wn experiences and explre with these (they will prbably talk abut Advance Australia Fair, Waltzing Matilda but als encurage them t think mre widely and include ther sngs and pems like I Still Call Australia Hme etc). Discuss with yur students hw these sngs and pems make them feel, the different strategies and symbls they use t evke such respnses and talk abut the task at hand which invlves them reviewing a sng r pem f their chice and perfrming it, r in additin writing their wn sng r pem and perfrming that fr an audience. INVESTIGATE: Find Out Students gather infrmatin frm the Aussie Clue Cracker and ther resurces utlined in this activity, as well as thrugh grup discussin and research. This is small grup r whle class activity. Yu can refer t Wrksheet Advance Australia Fair and analyse the anthem s key messages. Fr instance: Hw d the wrds Australians all wrk t make us feel part f a united Australia? Hw is Australia yung and free? Is all Australia s histry yung? What is meant by glden sil and wealth fr til? Hw is Australia girt by sea? What beauty in Australia might be rich and rare? What is meant by beneath ur radiant Suthern Crss? Wh are thse wh cme acrss the seas and what bundless plains d we share with them?

2 Aussie Clue Cracker Activity The place f sng and petry as icns f what it means t be Australian Identify with yur students the symbls cntained within the natinal anthem and encurage them t find ut mre abut these symbls and what they represent t Australia: Our beaches The Suthern Crss The land Discuss this histry behind the anthem (when it was first prclaimed as Australia s anthem in 1984 and ur fficial anthem prir t this Gd Save the Queen). Yu may chse t undertake a similar analysis with anther sng like Waltzing Matilda written by Banj Patersn and discuss the histry and meanings behind the wrds, such as: What is a swagman, a clibah tree, a billabng, a squatter, tucker and a jlly jumbuck? What is the stry behind the sng and hw might it relate t real histrical events such as the shearers strike f 1894? At this stage, yur students may refine the inquiry questin r fllw a new path that the riginal questin did nt-r culd nt-anticipate. CREATE: Srt Out Yur students rganise the infrmatin they have gathered and synthesise what they have fund. They begin t decide (either individually, in small grups r as a whle class) what the fcus f their perfrmance will be an existing sng r pem, r smething they will create themselves. If yur students decide t create their wn sng r pem, discuss the types f symbls they might include and encurage them t play the Aussie Clue Cracker game t help stimulate their thinking. DISCUSS and Make Cnnectins As yur students cmplete this task, they will be making cnnectins with infrmatin they have gathered and their wn prir knwledge. 2

3 Aussie Clue Cracker Activity The place f sng and petry as icns f what it means t be Australian As yur students begin t shape their new thughts and ideas, and decide n what they are ging t prduce (a perfrmance f an already existing pem r sng r creatin f a new ne), they will begin t develp their learning artefact. Thrughut this prcess, encurage yur students t share their new ideas and plans with thers and t cmpare ntes, discuss cnclusins, and share their experiences. When their sng/pem planning has been cmpleted, ask yur students t present their perfrmance t the whle class. EXTEND: Ging further Further explre cncepts, interests and ideas and raise new questins and challenge any assumptins made. REFLECT: Take time with yur students t encurage them t lk back at the questin - Hw des sng and petry help me t understand what it means t be Australian? and encurage them t share what they knw nw. Ask yur students t reflect n hw they used the Aussie Clue Cracker and ther resurces, what they fund, the cnclusins they made, the bservatins they tk and hw their sng r pem utilised symblism t depict what being Australian means t them. Ask yur students if an answer t the questin was fund and discuss any new questins that arse as part f the inquiry. Resurces fr teachers Australia Day (Natinal Australia Day Cuncil) The electrate ffices f Senatrs and Federal Members f Parliament have available (at n cst) Australian flags and Australian symbls bklets and recrdings f the Australian Natinal Anthem (CD and DVD). Flags are als available n request t eligible grups such as schls. Fact sheets n Australians natinal symbls may be dwnladed frm 3

4 Aussie Clue Cracker Activity The place f sng and petry as icns f what it means t be Australian Advance Australia Fair.rg Department f Freign Affairs and Trade Natinal Anthem 4

5 Aussie Clue Cracker Activity The place f sng and petry as icns f what it means t be Australian Wrksheet 1 The Australian natinal Anthem: Advance Australia Fair The Australian Natinal Anthem is the first and third verses f the sng Advance Australia Fair which was cmpsed by Peter Ddds McCrmick. Permissin t reprduce the Cmmnwealth Cat f Arms granted by the Department f the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5