Lesson Title: Introduction to Australian Values in texts (1)

TOPIC We are Australians English in citizenship, community and cultural identity TIME 9:45-11:00
1hr 15min
INTRODUCTION LESSON RESOURCES
1. Mark the roll make introductions
Introduce self; ask students to introduce themselves and tell me what
they plan to do after school, if they know, or one thing they enjoy
Plenary Cards 1
Life in Australia booklet
http://valuesaustralia.com/ extracts
LESSON OUTCOMES

TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. Mark roll and introductions (5 mins)
2. Plenary card activity: making a statement (15 mins)
Ask the class to come up with 2 statements in 1 minute about what they have learned in this unit so far; then ask individual students what one
of their statements is, and how they came up with it. Put these statements on the board and ask for comments from other students
3. Australian values (20 mins)
Explain the official Australian values to the students from the Life in Australia booklet. Have students copy in the values and discuss what they
think they mean co-construct definitions for each value, with guidance from the booklet terminology. Consider:
What does this value tell you about life in Australia?
Can anyone give a personal experience that relates?
Where did this value come from?
4. Close passage activity on Australian values from HSC Online (10 mins)
5. Contradict this account of Australian values with those on the valuesaustralia website: http://valuesaustralia.com/ select sections only;
maybe use pdf extracts attached
6. 65
th
Anniversary of Australian Citizenship (20 mins)
Read the article about the 65
th
Anniversary (as a group, ask individual students to read sections)
Discuss: Did you already know this? What new information did you learn? How does being classified as Australian rather than a British subject
affect your personal identity? Write notes summary.
CLOSURE Plenary activity: Pictionary. Student to draw a key word from the lesson on the board and others to guess (5 mins)
ASSESSMENT