2. Who Was the Australian Government Recently Caught Spying On?

Questions for discussion

Saying Sorry

1.  Summarise this story.

2.  Who was the Australian Government recently caught spying on?

3.  They were caught spying on their...

a.  Mobile phones

b.  Facebook account

c.  Online banking details

4.  What did protestors do when they found out that the Australian Government was spying on Indonesia?

5.  Why won’t Tony Abbott say sorry to the Indonesian President? List the reasons.

6.  Why is it important that Tony Abbott says sorry?

7.  Do you think Australia should apologies to Indonesia? Explain your answer.

8.  Imagine if you caught someone spying on you. How would you feel?

9.  What do you know about the relationship between Australia and Indonesia? Discuss as a class.

10.  What is the capital of Indonesia?

a.  Bali

b.  Jakarta

c.  Manila

Should Australia say sorry for spying on Indonesia? Have your say in the BtN online poll. To vote head to the BtN website http://abc.net.au/btn/polls.htm

Eureka Stockade

1.  When is the anniversary for the Eureka Stockade?

2.  Where was the Eureka Stockade? Locate using Google Maps.

3.  What is the Eureka Stockade? Explain what happened.

4.  What happens at Sovereign Hill?

5.  What was mined in Ballarat Victoria in the 1850s?

a.  Copper

b.  Diamonds

c.  Gold

6.  Describe what life was like for the miners.

7.  What did the miners call themselves?

8.  What happened to the miners if they didn’t hold a license?

9.  How has the Eureka Stockade contributed to democracy in Australia?

10.  What does the Eureka flag look like and what does it symbolise?

Check out BtN’s Eureka Stockade teacher resource. Students learn about the impact of the Eureka Stockade on Australian democracy. http://www.abc.net.au/btn/resources/teacher/episode/20131203-eurekastockade.pdf

Test your knowledge in the BtN Eureka quiz. http://www.abc.net.au/btn/quiz.htm

Fast Cars

1.  In your own words, describe Formula 1 racing.

2.  What is the name of the Australian Formula 1 in Schools team?

3.  How long is the car that the students made? Illustrate.

4.  How fast does their car travel?

5.  What is their Formula 1 car made from?

a.  Pine

b.  Balsawood

c.  Oak

6.  Why do you think this particular type of wood is used to make the Formula 1 car?

7.  List the different roles that the students have in making the Formula 1 car.

8.  Where did the team go in America to represent Australia? Find using Google Maps.

9.  What awards did team Odyssey win?

10.  Design and illustrate your own Formula 1 car.

Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the BtN Fast Cars story page. http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3900132.htm .

Year in Review 2013

1.  What was your favourite BtN story for 2013? Explain your answer.

2.  How many Prime Ministers did Australia have in 2013? List.

3.  Name the U.S. spy that made news headlines around the world?

4.  What country was Australia found to be spying on?

5.  The Duke and Duchess of ______had their baby.

6.  What church chose a new Pope?

a.  Uniting Church

b.  Church of England

c.  Catholic Church

7.  What AFL team was accused of cheating?

8.  Describe a natural disaster that occurred in 2013?

9.  Who reported for BtN on the Philippines typhoon this year?

10.  If you were a rookie reporter for BtN what 2013 event would you like to report on?

Check out BtN’s Year in Review 2013 teacher resource. Students will review BtN’s stories for 2013 and put together their own BtN episode. Students will understand what makes a story newsworthy. http://www.abc.net.au/btn/resources/teacher/episode/20131203-yearinreview2013.pdf

©ABC 2013

Activity

Eureka Stockade

Key Learning

Students will learn about the impact of the Eureka Stockade on Australian democracy.

The Australian Curriculum

History / Historical Knowledge and Understanding / The Australian Colonies
The impact of a significant development or event on a colony; for example, frontier conflict, the gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade, internal exploration, the advent of rail, the expansion of farming, drought.(ACHHK095)
The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony; for example, explorers, farmers, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, humanitarians, religious and political leaders, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.(ACHHK097) / History / Historical Skills / Analysis and use of sources
Identify the origin and purpose of primary andsecondary sources(ACHHS209)
History / Historical Skills / Historical questions and research
Identify a range of questions about the past to inform ahistorical inquiry (ACHHS207)

Discussion Questions

1.  When is the anniversary for the Eureka Stockade?

2.  Where was the Eureka Stockade? Locate using Google Maps.

3.  What is the Eureka Stockade? Explain what happened.

4.  What happens at Sovereign Hill?

5.  What was mined in Ballarat Victoria in the 1850s?

a.  Copper

b.  Diamonds

c.  Gold

6.  Describe what life was like for the miners.

7.  What did the miners call themselves?

8.  What happened to the miners if they didn’t hold a license?

9.  How has the Eureka Stockade contributed to democracy in Australia?

10.  What does the Eureka flag look like and what does it symbolise?

Activities

Remember and understand

After watching the BtN Eureka Stockade story encourage students to participate in and contribute to a class discussion about the Eureka Stockade. Find out what your students know about the event, what they learnt from the story and what questions they have about Eureka Stockade.

Working individually or in pairs students can investigate their own questions or some of the following. Encourage students to share their research with the class in an interesting way.

Primary and secondary sources

Students will identify the origin and purpose of primary and secondary sources and share their findings with the class. As a class brainstorm examples of primary and secondary sources.

·  Definition – Primary sources are from the time the people lived and are made by the people involved. Primary sources are facts from someone that was present at the time it happened.

·  Examples – diaries, letters, paintings, maps, drawings.

·  Definition – Secondary sources are records that were made by others, like a person talking about something they didn’t see themselves and textbooks.

·  Examples – newspaper articles, accounts from the internet.

Public Record Office Victoria – Eureka Stockade: Gold License No. 43

http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/Eureka_Stockade:Gold_License_No.43

Public Record Office Victoria – Eureka Stockade: Bakery Hill Meeting Poster

http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/Eureka_Stockade:Bakery_Hill_Meeting_Poster

My Place – Australia in the 1850s: Eureka Stockade

http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1850/decade_landing_15_1.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=2

Sovereign Hill Education – Historic photo gallery: A miners hut near Ballarat

http://education.sovereignhill.com.au/index878a.html?id=historicphotogallery

National Treasures – Eureka Flag (video)

http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/heritage/eureka.html

Students will use their research on primary and secondary resources to tell the story of the Eureka Stockade.

·  Learn more about digital storytelling

Digital storytelling is a great way to research historical events and to tell a story using images. A digital story is made up of images and narratives synchronized to convey thoughts, information and perspectives on a moment in time.

Public Record Office Victoria – http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/data/10343/eureka%20stockade%20-%20digital%20storytelling.pdf

·  Visit Sovereign Hill’s historic photo gallery

The photographs are presented by courtesy of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc. Collection jointly housed by the Gold Museum, Ballarat and the Ballarat Library. They are early photographs depicting aspects of the Victorian gold rushes.

After analysing the photographs answer the following questions. http://education.sovereignhill.com.au/index878a.html?id=historicphotogallery

1.  What is going on here?

2.  How do we know?

3.  What else is going on?

·  Eureka on Trial

The Eureka Stockade was an eruption of suppressed anger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1854, and remains an ongoing symbol of popular protest.

Take a look at one of the nine focus areas to explore the Eureka story further. Public Record Office Victoria – http://prov.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/eureka-on-trial

Biography

Students will develop a biography on Peter Lalor or another significant individual that has helped shaped Australia’s history in the 1850s. What sort of information is included in a biography? What does a biography tell us about a person?

The following plan provides a guide for students when writing a biography.

·  Research

·  Set a direction for your biography

·  Create a plan

·  Start writing

·  Edit

Encourage students to present their research using maps, timelines, drawings and photographs in an interesting way, for example using:

·  Prezi http://prezi.com/index/

·  Glogster http://www.glogster.com/

·  Bio Cube Creator http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Remind students that they will need to cite all references in a bibliography at the end of their biography.

English

Choose one or more of the following English activities to explore with your class.

·  Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in which you express your thoughts and feelings about the diggers’ plight and the way in which the authorities handled the situation.

·  Describe what you think this poem by Timothy Hayes would have meant to the diggers:
‘On to the field, our doom is sealed
To conquer or be slaves:
The sun shall see our country free
Or set upon our graves.’

·  Divide the class into half, one half diggers, and the other half Gold Commissioners or authorities. Organise for students to argue the case for and against the licence hunts.

Visit the Public Record Office Victoria classroom ideas for more education activities for students in

years 5-8. http://prov.vic.gov.au/education/eureka-stockade/classroom-ideas

·  Imagine you are the editor of the Ballarat Times.Create the front page of your newspaper for the 4th of December 1854. What would it say?

Timeline

Provide students with the opportunity to create a timeline of significant Australian historical events that occurred during the 1850s including the events that led to the Eureka Stockade battle in 1854. Consider adding photos and video. Refer to the My Place website for more information. http://bit.ly/18AlnvV

Democracy

Students will choose one of the following inquiry questions to investigate and report back to the class.

·  What is democracy?

·  Some historians say that democracy was ‘born’ at Eureka. What does this mean?

·  Do you think the battle at Eureka was influenced by the miners’ desire for democracy?

·  Did the struggle at Eureka contribute to the establishment of democracy in Australia?

·  What does the Eureka flag symbolise? Illustrate.

Visit the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E) to learn more about the impact that the Eureka Stockade had on Australian democracy.

http://www.made.org/

Further Investigation

Gold Rush – Flash Interactive! Does the sight of gold make your palms itchy? Give them a scratch by mining for gold in the Ballarat goldfields of 1865. For 8-12 year olds. http://www.nma.gov.au/education-kids/classroom_learning/multimedia/interactives/gold-rush

8 Related Research Links

Australian Government – Eureka Stockade

http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eureka-stockade

Sovereign Hill – Education

http://www.sovereignhill.com.au/education/

Museum of Australian Democracy Eureka – Home

http://www.made.org/

State Library of Victoria – Eureka Stockade

http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/golden-victoria/impact-society/eureka-stockade

Department of the Environment – National Heritage Places: Eureka Stockade Gardens

http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/eureka-stockade/

Museum of Australian Democracy Eureka – Eureka Flag

http://www.made.org/Explore/EurekaFlag.aspx

Australian Screen – Riot or Revolution?

http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/riot-or-revolution/clip3/

My Place – Australia in the 1850s: Eureka Stockade

http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1850/decade_landing_15_1.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=2

©ABC 2013

Activity

Year in Review 2013

Key Learning

Students will review BtN’s stories for 2013 and put together their own BtN episode. Students will understand what makes a story newsworthy.

The Australian Curriculum

English / Language / Text structure and organisation
Understand that the coherence of more complex texts relies on devices that signaltext structureand guide readers, for example overviews, initial and concluding paragraphs and topic sentences, indexes or site maps or breadcrumb trails for online texts(ACELA1763) / English / Literacy / Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Usecomprehension strategiesto interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media anddigital texts(ACELY1713)

Discussion Questions

1.  What was your favourite BtN story for 2013? Explain your answer.

2.  How many Prime Ministers did Australia have in 2013? List.

3.  Name the U.S. spy that made news headlines around the world?

4.  What country was Australia found to be spying on?

5.  The Duke and Duchess of ______had their baby.

6.  What church chose a new Pope?

a.  Uniting Church

b.  Church of England

c.  Catholic Church

7.  What AFL team was accused of cheating?

8.  Describe a natural disaster that occurred in 2013?

9.  Who reported for BtN on the Philippines typhoon this year?

10.  If you were a rookie reporter for BtN what 2013 event would you like to report on?

Activities

Produce your own rundown

Students will put together their own BtN episode (of 5 stories) using a mix of 2013 BtN stories. Students will need to include a good balance of stories across different topics (for example: science, politics, world news, environment, arts, sport and human interest). Students will also rewrite the links and make up their own poll and quizzes.

·  Consider using BtN’s media assets (video and audio files) to create your own BtN style news report. Students can find these assets on the ROOKIE REPORTER page on the BtN website.

·  Watch some of BtN’s stories to get an idea on how the links, polls and quizzes are put together. Also, check out BtN’s News24 story, which provides a great insight into how ABC’s News24 program is produced.

Before starting this activity students will research and write their own news glossary. Students can conduct their research online and refer to BtN’s jargon buster. http://www.abc.net.au/btn/rookietraining.htm

In the news industry you'll hear some words that aren't used in usual conversation. Every industry has its jargon and the news industry is no different. Write your own jargon busting glossary!

So you've gone out and done some reporting!? We'd love to hear from you, just visit the ROOKIE REPORTER page on the BtN website and click on the Submit Report button. Check out some of our rookie reporter stories from kids around Australia and the world for inspiration!

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/rookie.htm

What make a news story newsworthy?

Events happen in the world every day. Some of these events become news stories that appear in the daily news.

What makes an event news? It needs to be new, interesting and important to people. A good television news story uses words and pictures to report the most up-to-date information about an event.