Multicultural+Australia



Scenario Australia’s diverse culture and lifestyle reflects its acceptance of traditions and values, the closeness to the Asia–Pacific region and the social and cultural influences of the millions of migrants who have settled in Australia since World War II.Australia is a product of a unique blend of established traditions and new influences.Migrants have enriched almost every aspect of Australian life, from business to the arts, from cooking to comedy and from science to sport. Think about traditions/food/knowledge that you may have adapted from other cultures... Do you take your shoes off before entering a house?Can you name 5 different herbs and spices?Do you play soccer or cricket?Where did the material from your silk dress come from?

Task Your task is to reflect on Australia's culture and define why such a diverse country can work in harmony, by answering questions on the hand-out sheet.

Process Step 1.  Read all instructions **__first__**.

Step 2.  For a web-quest, always open links and websites in new tabs (right click), so that you can still read instructions at the same time.

Step 3.  If you do not have the question sheet please download it [|here]. Read your sheet, to find out what you need to look for.

Step 4 . This is an advertisement created in Shepparton, it is on TV at the moment. Watch the video and answer question 1.

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Step 5. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Go to [] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;"> click LEVEL 1. Complete this task ONLINE and answer <span style="color: #673a6e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;">question 2.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Step 6. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;"> Read the document below (pick at least 7 different countries) and answer <span style="color: #7a3884; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20.8px;">question 3.

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<span style="background-color: #ff007b; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px; text-align: justify;">Assessment

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: center;">You will be assessed on your ability to navigate online, open documents, critically reflect on a television advertisement and to demonstrate your understanding of a multicultural Australia. <span style="background-color: #ff007b; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px; text-align: justify;">Reflection <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: center;">Congratulations, upon completing this web-quest. You have hopefully reflected upon what it means to be Australian and learnt some useful facts about different cultures which you did not know before.