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Theme: Cultural diversity and multiculturalism - Culture, language and identity
Key Learning Area: Languages other than English (LOTE) - Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) - The Arts
Age Group: Primary Upper (10-12) - Secondary Lower (13-14) - Secondary Middle (15-16)
Resource Type: Maps - Posters and artwork
Stimulus Name: My family- My Australia 1982, Barbara Hanrahan
Outcomes
Students explore different cultural influences and their contribution to Australian identities.
Introduction
In this activity students reflect on their own backgrounds and making links with their peers, reflect on our heritage.
Worksheets to download
My Family - My Australia print (jpeg File)
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Resources Needed
Art materials
Suggested Activities
Students view My family- My Australia, identifying the various symbols used and suggest links there may be to the artist, her family and Australia
Students make a class family mosaic using similar strategies.
- Brainstorm images of family life and background
- Create individual mind maps of family life with self as centre- include family, community, national and international memories/history
- Share with others
- Create images using symbols, paintings, drawings, collage- pictures from magazines, photographs etc or even stitching
- The compilation could be a mural or a mosaic or based on a map of Australia to signify belonging together in a culturally diverse society
Additional Strategies - Students create individual works based on pictures of themselves surrounded by their family icons.
Related Resources
Curriculum Corporation 1999 Australian Readers- Discovering Democracy
- Middle Primary Collection- We are Australian explores how our identity has changed over time.
- Upper Primary Collection-This is My Country looks at the stories we tell about ourselves
- Lower Secondary Collection- Stories We Tell About Ourselves explores Australian identity
Boyds Mills Press The Whispering Cloth: A Refugee's Story Pegi Deitz Shea
Harcourt Brace The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland McGraw Hill 1999 Australian Issues Collection- IDENTITY Images of Australia
Relevant websites to visit Boyds Mills Press who review publications and suggest Teaching Ideas.
Copyright Acknowledgement
My family- My Australia 1982, Screen print 56 x 51cms
Barbara Hanrahan, artist
Courtesy of Jo Steele (copyright)
Date: 11 October 2000
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