Australia and the World Around Us
Do you know what is happening in our world and society? What do you think is going on and how do you think it is impacting others?
Using the following resources (and any others that you know of), you will find out what is happening in Australia and around the world – as has appeared in our media most recently.
- The Age- Herald Sun
- The Project
- News.com.au
- Google News
- Ninemsn
These are or have news websites. / - Other sites worth looking at:
- http://www.globalissues.org/issue
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/thedrum/
- http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/03/top-10-most-urgent-problems-in-the-world-2603780.html
- https://www.un.org/en/globalissues/
After doing this, you will then need to identify the five most important things you think we should be concerning ourselves with at the moment.
1. List five for Australia
2. List five for the world
v List in order of importance.
For each thing you need to cover the following points- with detail!
· What is the story/issue/article about?
· Why do you think this issue is important? Why should we be concerned with it?
When researching, make sure you keep track of any good site that you can get news/information from.