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Belonging Lesson 1 Australian Visions

What is mutliculturalism? A policy which accepts and respects the right of all Australians to express and share their individual cultural heritage within an overriding commitment to Australia and to the basic structures and values of Australian democracy

Task 1 . Re-write the definition in simple language that you might use to explain to a young child that asks "What is multiculturalism?"

Task 2 . Why do some people think the multicuturalism policy is good and some people think it is bad? Read this article and answer the questions. Multicultuarlism Give two reasons why some people oppose multiculturalism. Give two positive aspects of multiculturalism.

Task 3 Australia is truly culturally diverse! In fact, people from over 185 countries have made their homes in Australia. What do you think?... What percentage of Australians were born overseas?

Task 4 Watch this advertisement. Tandoori lamb roast Advertisement
 * 1) What is happening in this advertisement? Tell the 'story'
 * 2) What two questions does the man ask?
 * 3) Why does everyone laugh at the end? What is the joke?
 * 4) What does this ad say about multiculturalism?
 * 5) What does it say about how Australia has changed?
 * 6) What is the purpose of this ad?
 * 7) Who do you think is the target audience? Explain your answer

Task 5 . Watch this advertisement. Optus
 * 1) What is happening in this ad? Tell the story.
 * 2) Where is the boy? Where is his grandmother?
 * 3) What is the purpose of this advertisement?
 * 4) Who do you think this ad would appeal to?
 * 5) What tune does the boy play on his Greek musical instrument?
 * 6) Who is the lady sitting down? What does she do at the end of the ad?
 * 7) The playful music of the ad suggests that this is funny. Why is this funny? Explain.

Task 6: Answer this question in your English books: What **visions** of Australia are shown in these two advertisements? Think about purpose, audience, and what these ads tell you about Australia and Australian people. ( Multiculturalism, equality and acceptance, diversity and tolerance of diversity and difference )

Finished?

Task 6. Fun time Trivia quizes: How much do you know about Australia and Australians? Do this quiz to find out: Australia today How much do you know about Australian history? Do this quiz to find out: Australian history How multicultural are you? Do this quiz to find out: Festivals and holidays

Essay questions: A country's values are often represented in their advertising.What values are represented in the three advertisments? How do these three advertisements help you to better understand Australia and Australian people?

1. Watch this video clip about a chef from Sri Lanka living in Australia. Channa Dassanayaka is from Sri Lanka and came to Australia when his mother, who was a politician, thought that things were becoming too dangerous in Sri Lanka and sent Channa to Australia for his safety. When his mother died, he felt adrift between two cultures and lost his way for a while until he faced his demons by returning to unfinished business in Australia with the mentoring support of an Australian of Sri Lankan origins.

Ashram: A Buddhist place of peace and meditation (in Sri Lanka). Scapegoat: Something or someone that is used to escape blame. (in this case, Channa was using the Ashram to escape the difficulties of his life) Sponsor: The Australian who helps a new migrant to come and live in Australia. A new life in Australia


 * 1) What is the purpose of this video?
 * 2) What have you learned about migration and new immigrants from watching this video?
 * 3) The woman says about Channa "By having him in the kitchen, he's not only contributing but receiving as well" . Explain what this means in your own words.

2. Watch this video about a soccer team. Club secretary and under-16 manager Stan Stokes talks about the process of assimilation of all the team members of the soccer club. The boys come from Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese backgrounds.

Assimilate: The act of mixing with (and acting more like) Australians. Soccer Assimilation
 * 1) What is the old mans opinion about the different nationalities?
 * 2) How do the younger people explain why people from the same nationality "stick together"?
 * 3) Do you think these people are racist? Explain your answer?

Excellent podcast!!!!!!! Why we need more immigrants. Article and pod link pod cast ( 1 hour: maybe allocate times of 5 mins to the class to summarise and analyse) by Philippe Legrain.

making multicultural australia

In current Australian politics, there is an election debate about immigration and population.

"How many people should we allow in to Australia?"

First let's find out how much you know about Australia's population. Population Quiz

Now let's get some facts: What is the population of Australia? 22,398,936 Here are some interesting numbers about Australia's population and migration.
 * one birth every 1 minute and 47 seconds,
 * one death every 3 minutes and 44 seconds,
 * a net gain of one **international migration** every 1 minute and 54 seconds, leading to
 * an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 13 seconds.

The Rudd Government figures showed Australia's population was set to reach 36 million by 2050. Some people say this is too high, some people say this is good, maybe we need even more. What do you think? Let's look at some opinions:

**'Against' migration opinion:** Keep Australia for (white) Australians! Keep jobs for Australians!

We don't want all these other nationalities and languages and religions. Asian migrants stick together and don't mix with other Australians. I some places all the shop windows are written in Chinese! They can't speak English and they don't share our Australian values. Australia is a Christian country"

Houses are becoming too expensive because migrants are coming and buying all the houses.Some are even paying with cash.

We will accept some clever "skilled" people to live in Australia but we like them to come from English speaking countries.

Why should we accept refugees? Why are we responsible for bad governments?

We don't have enough water in Australia to sustain a growing population.

Migration is needed. It is essential to the economy of Australia. If we did not have migration, we would not have enough people to do all the jobs.
 * 'For' migration opinion:**

Our country is a rich country because of our natural resources. We ship a lot of coal, steel and other natural resources to China and other countries. Where can the mines find workers? Australia needs migrants that are willing to work in the mining industry. If we cannot find workers, we will have to close the mines.

We are an ageing population, we need young people to work and pay taxes so that the older, retired people can be supported. We also need workers willing to look after our elderly in aged care.

Australian Politics We now have a new Prime Minister named Julia Gillard. Go here to learn more:Julia Gillard the new PM On the 21st of August, Australians will vote for who they want to be the next governement: Labor, Liberal, Democrats, Greens...? Both the Australian Labor Party (Julia Gillard) and the opposition Liberal Party (run by Tony Abbott) are talking about reducing the number of migrants in Australia. ABC News. Federal Election 2010 Immigration debate Liberal says they want to reduce migration but not "skilled workers". This means the drop in migration numbers will come from "humanitarian" migration (ie: refugees). There is a lot of media attention about the asylum seekers coming to Australia on boats. Go here to see the story. BTN: Asylum Seekers What do migrants think about all this focus on asylum seekers and overpopulation? ABC news on multicultural society What is your opinion? Should we reduce migration numbers in Australia? Discuss.

Why we need more immigrants. Article and pod link pod cast ( 1 hour: maybe allocate times of 5 mins to the class to summarise and analyse) by Philippe Legrain.


 * Lesson 3/4/5 Discussion **


 * Task 1 **
 * What is discrimination? **
 * 1) Find a definition here at Dictionary.com (GO to the World ENGLISH definition!) and write it in your English book.

Now watch this video. It is an advertisement for anti-discrimination. Choose one poster: Discrimination Posters
 * Task 2 **
 * 1) Watch this video about discrimination. As you are watching think about this question:
 * In what way was the boy discriminated against?
 * How do you think the boy felt when he was not chosen to play soccer?
 * In an exposition text. You argue **FOR** or **AGAINST** an issue. This is called your **position** . What is the position of the producer of this video?
 * Task 3 **
 * Do you think this is a good advertisement?
 * In what ways does the advertisement try to persuade you (the audience)? Think about what you saw and heard.
 * Task 4 **
 * Anti-discrimination posters **
 * What is the purpose of this visual text?
 * Who is the target audience?
 * What is the message?
 * Is the message clear and effective?
 * How does it attempt to persuade the viewer?
 * What techniques (through image or word) are used to persuade the audience?
 * Task 5 **
 * Make a poster to persuade people against racial discrimination. **
 * (Group work) **